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What would be the political consequences of a SCOTUS decision in Dodd to overturn or modify Roe?
Food for thought: Democrats backing abortion rights predict a “revolution” of outraged voters ousting anti-abortion Republicans in elections for state legislatures and Congress. At least some Republicans are nervous about such a backlash… Today, the leading pro-abortion rights constituency is … Continue reading →
Milan Kundera on national memory
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting was the first book I ever read by Milan Kundera back when it was first published in 1980, and it probably is still my favorite work of his. It’s a very strange but wonderful … Continue reading →
Medical discrimination on the basis of race
White people in some states willl have a tougher time getting possibly lifesaving meds for COVID [emphasis mine]: It takes a score of 4 or more to be somewhere on the list to receive monoclonal antibodies, the best treatment we … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/4/22
Ozzy Man in an un-cynical mood for 2022:
Continue reading →January 6th anniversary: the invented coup lives on…
…and has a one-year anniversary coming up. The Democrats and the MSM are planning a big big celebration of their finest propaganda hour. But how many people other than the leftist core care anymore? One of the problems for the … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick on the escalating international war against Israel
Glick writes: The [UN] Human Rights Council’s decision to form its new permanent inquisition constitutes an unprecedented escalation of the political war the UN has been waging against Israel for the past fifty years. To grasp the danger, it is … Continue reading →
Japan’s birthrate is low. But why?
[NOTE: This post was inspired by some comments in today’s open thread.] The Japanese are failing to reproduce in anywhere near replacement numbers. The population is therefore skewing older, and it has a negative effect on the economy already. It’s … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/3/22
I guess this is for real:
Continue reading →Happy New Year’s Day
Today I’m trying to relax. I don’t have a hangover because I don’t drink, although I had my customary thimbleful of champagne last night. I don’t have any resolutions because I’ve learned over the years that I break them quickly. … Continue reading →
Belief systems: Proving or disproving AGW
Commenter Richard Aubrey writes: Looking at such belief systems from the outside is puzzling. Is it that the individual believes in certain things? Or is it that the individual believes in BELIEVING, irrespective of factual difficulties? From time to time … Continue reading →
COVID tests
Commenter “Griffin” writes: And I know it’s tempting to criticize the administration for not supplying ample amounts of tests but that is the wrong approach also. Tests are how this goes on forever so by criticizing them now you are … Continue reading →