The decline
I had trouble sleeping last night. My mind kept turning over the debate – a debate I didn’t watch, but read enough about to know I was right to not watch it. And even unwatched, it disturbed my sleep. That’s … Continue reading →
neo
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing.
That is what I think of presidential debates. I have never understood why we hold them or pay attention to them. They are a form of strange theater, having little to nothing to do with the business of being a … Continue reading →
Debate thread
Here’s a thread for tonight’s debate. Not sure if I’ll watch or for how long, because (as I’ve said many times) debates make me very, very tense. And of course, tonight’s debate has the potential for extreme tension – as … Continue reading →
Please watch this great WalkAway video
Of all the WalkAway videos I’ve ever seen – and I’ve seen many – I believe that this is the best. Actually, it’s the best video I’ve seen on the process of political change in general. It’s long, and I … Continue reading →
What is wrong…
…with this woman? And why does Stanford Law School tolerate her? It used to be that no professor would air this sort of language or these sorts of thoughts in public. There was some notion of dignity to uphold. Now … Continue reading →
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earpieces
Reports are that although several days ago the Biden camp had agreed to a Trump request for a pre-debate check to make sure no one was wearing an earpiece, today they rescinded that agreement. Biden’s people were also were demanding … Continue reading →
On Trump’s taxes
This. And this. As well as this.
Continue reading →On that “Antiracism” authority, Ibram X. Kendi, who had this to say in response to Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to SCOTUS
Kendi is molding young minds at Boston University as the recently-appointed head of the Center for Anti-Racist Research. He’s a popular author who’s ridden the anti-racism wave as it has been building over the last few years. Now he weighs … Continue reading →
The “antiracism” big picture: the new meanings of “diversity,” “inclusion,” and “equity”
Get up to speed on the new meaning of such terms that sound good but have been redefined to mean something quite different: We’re being lied to, and it’s been costing us a fortune, both economically and socially. For most … Continue reading →
Another profile in courage: Noah Feldman
This sort of thing is unusual these days on the left: And here I want to be extremely clear. Regardless of what you or I may think of the circumstances of this nomination [Feldman disapproves], Barrett is highly qualified to … Continue reading →
What babies are really saying
I recently discovered this guy’s YouTube channel. You may not find this stuff funny, but it cracks me up every time:
Continue reading →Trump and thinking outside the box
To even conceive of Trump as president, and then to vote for him – particularly in 2016 – a person had to think outside the box. That wasn’t a sufficient condition, but it was a necessary one. Trump himself also … Continue reading →