On Trump’s taxes
This. And this. As well as this.
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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 →
A movement to bring back teaching about the ancient Greek and Roman worlds
So fascinating. Some excerpts: [In the 18th Century in the US] Both elementary education and higher education taught the classical world, but for different reasons. For the vast majority, whose only access was to elementary education, the ancient world was … Continue reading →
Trump unveils…
…his Platinum Plan to help Black Americans. Among other things, it designates the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations, but the major focus is on economics: The president is expected to tout the plan as “a bold vision that we … Continue reading →
Officer Tatum on no-knock warrants
One point of view:
Continue reading →SCOTUS: Rumor has it…
…that Trump’s SCOTUS nominee will be Amy Coney Barrett. That has always seemed most likely. But it’s not over till the Orange Man nominates. And then, of course, it’s not really over till the Senate approves. Actually, come to think … Continue reading →
More and more and more on Russiagate and on the pursuit of Flynn
There’s so much coming out that I’m mostly going to offer links. The Federalist details how one FBI agent who later was assigned to the Mueller team has testified about enormous and systemic (that word is appropriate here) misuse of … Continue reading →
Steele’s primary subsource was a person the FBI knew had been suspected of being a Russian agent
Isn’t everyone? A Russian agent, that is. Sometimes it seems that way. But that didn’t stand in the way of the FBI resting much of its investigation of the Trump administration on the reported word (secondhand) of someone suspected of … Continue reading →