On the election and the law
I haven’t watched this video yet, but I’m putting it up here because it’s been recommended, and I’ve liked these two lawyers’ discussions in the past. I believe the relevant part starts about minute 18:
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Victor Davis Hanson speaks about the election and after
VDH has long been one of my favorite political commentators. I don’t agree with everything he says in this entire video, but I’ve cued it up to show a part where he makes an interesting analogy (although he starts by … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ calls for healing…
…remind me of a dynamic I’ve seen over and over in human interactions. Person A mistreats Person B. Instead of apologizing, Person A demands that Person B forget about it and “move on.” To illustrate his/her own magnanimity, Person A … Continue reading →
COVID vaccine news: now it can be told
Good news from Pfizer: Of course, [Pfizer] announced less than a week after the election that its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective in the latest study. Pfizer also said it would ask to put the vaccine on the market “if … Continue reading →
If I recall the election of 2000 correctly…
…newspeople weren’t calling either Bush or Gore the “president-elect” while the conflict was ongoing in the court system. Of course, that was then, this is now. In 2000 the media had not yet gone quite so far over into utter, … Continue reading →
Tips on how to swat a fly
A change of pace from politics, and some news you can use. I’ve intermittently had a couple of especially pesky flies this fall. Noisy little buzzing buggers, and extraordinarily fast. They eluded my fly-swatting skills, even when I tried these … Continue reading →
Fire and ice: on the enthusiasm gap
Many years ago I decided that rally attendance and voter enthusiasm don’t mean a whole lot when elections come around. It’s not that they mean nothing; they just don’t tell much of the tale. There is no doubt in my … Continue reading →
They are compiling their lists of Trump supporters
They’ve been calling for this for a while, and would be doing it even if Biden had lost. Or maybe especially if Biden had lost (I realize it’s not over till it’s over, but…): “Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants … Continue reading →
Now I suppose…
…we’ll get to see the Democrat Bolsheviks and Mensheviks duke it out.
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Joe Biden says he’s got a mandate to do what the left wants to do on climate change and systemic racism: Before the results are even in Nancy Pelosi was screeching at the warring factions of her own caucus that … Continue reading →
Roger L. Simon on the disastrous 2020 election
Here’s an excerpt: If one were to design a system by which a democracy could be subverted, even destroyed, universal mail-in voting (not, of course, normal absentee voting that requires the citizen to request a ballot) would be at or … Continue reading →
James Madison knew
I am continually and deeply impressed by the foresight and wisdom of the Founders, in particular James Madison. I doubt students learn much about him anymore, and I doubt that his words would strike home with many of them even … Continue reading →