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A lot of Americans dislike everything Biden has done
Count me in that group. A CNN poll for Jan/Feb of 2022 has revealed that only 17% strongly approve of Biden and 27% moderately approve, whereas 41% strongly disapprove and 17% moderately disapprove. What’s more, 56% of respondents could find … Continue reading →
Ruminations on Justin Trudeau
Our Founders set up our republic in a certain way because they were students of history, and also because they were extremely thoughtful and smart. They had studied the history of governmental rise and decline and fall, tried to learn … Continue reading →
It’s not about vaccines. It’s not even about mandates.
It’s about obedience. That thought struck me after reading various articles on the Canadian government’s reaction to the trucker convoy. I find it to be an inescapable conclusion. At this point in time, the left is discovering that mandates aren’t … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/11/22
Some people find they have a calling:
Continue reading →Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the Times…
…is ongoing, and recently one of the Times’ editors made a funny (emphasis mine): James Bennet, the former New York Times editorial page editor, said Wednesday that an error he wrote into a 2017 editorial about Sarah Palin stung particularly … Continue reading →
Why, what a surprise! Inflation is worse than expected
You probably already have noticed it in your daily life, but the latest figures on inflation are not good at all: Inflation has now hit the highest rate in 40 years, jumping 7.5 percent since last February, the biggest year-over-year … Continue reading →
The American Bar Association forces CRT-based education into all accredited law schools
It’s probably somewhat fitting, I guess – although it took some forty years – for CRT to become part of the curriculum of every law school that wants accreditation. By saying it’s “fitting,” I don’t mean it’s good. I actually … Continue reading →
What’s up with China’s Olympic accommodations?
Don’t the Chinese even have the Potemkin village concept down? Maybe they realize that ratings are abysmal, and so this time the whole world isn’t watching. Because this sounds awful: Complaints from athletes and officials are pouring in about the … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/10/22
When I listened to this video I wondered why Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris would be covering a song I knew from the Everly Brothers. Turns out it was the Everlys who’d done the cover and it was Knopfler who … Continue reading →
Biden’s Afghanistan retreat
I think for the most part we already knew much of what’s reported here, at least those who were paying attention: A 2,000-page Army investigation found that senior military officials were frustrated by the inability of the White House and … Continue reading →
The mother “realignment”
There seems to be something of a political change in some mothers: “Those on the left keep ignoring parental concerns and diminishing them,” Steinkamp says. “All it does is radicalize people and foster realignment.” Radicalize is another way of saying … Continue reading →