On Saturday I wrote a post comparing the attitudes of the singer in several breakup songs. One of those songs was “Red Rubber Ball,” which I’ve just recently discovered, to my great surprise, was written by Paul Simon (and Bruce … Continue reading →
Is he going to just let her walk away? Or is he going to plead with her to come back? Then again, maybe she’s been giving him mixed messages. This song, written by Bruce Springsteen, was popularized in a female … Continue reading →
This chaotic 2020 election and the subsequent SCOTUS rejection yesterday of the Texas lawsuit have highlighted the enormous influence election fraud in big cities in swing states can have on the final outcome of a presidential race. We already knew … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Something tells me that now might be a good time to revisit and add to some ideas I expressed in this post from two years ago.] Remember the brouhaha that ensued when Trump called a judge who ruled against … Continue reading →
You can read some of the details at Legal Insurrection. Excerpt from the opinion: The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas … Continue reading →
…and kept mum about it. That doesn’t surprise me at all, if true. My reading of Barr is that he’s an old-fashioned by-the-book guy, and that although he sometimes acts as if he understands the enormous stakes, he still feels … Continue reading →
Again. This seems to happen periodically. Sorry! At the moment, my plan is to wait a few days and see if the edit function returns, which has happened sometimes in the past. If not, I’ll go to Plan B, whatever … Continue reading →
Commenter “I Am Sparacus” writes this about the Hunter Biden investigation: I disagree that this investigation will end up in nothing. The Obama team is not going to let “this crisis go to waste”. They will use it to push … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] This is the first night of Chanukah, and I wish everyone a happy one. Chanukah is about a successful revolt and a miracle of light: The miracle of the … Continue reading →
The right has known about this sort of thing since the Hunter Biden laptop story broke, not long before the election. I said “broke,” but perhaps I should have said “tried to break but only caused the slightest of ripples … Continue reading →
…can be found here. Recommended reading. In particular: Texas’s lawsuit is a procedural creature differing greatly from the Bush v. Gore case about the 2000 election. Unlike Bush v. Gore, which traveled to the Supreme Court on appeal, Texas’s lawsuit … Continue reading →
…but never had a symptom, and the quarantine period has passed. Interesting. Just another reminder that, even for the very elderly who definitely are at much greater risk of dying from COVID than people of other age groups, a positive … Continue reading →