After the votes are counted on Super Tuesday the race for the nomination always starts looking more clear. So that should be the case by tomorrow, even in this murkier-than-usual season. There are lots of prognostications; for example, see this … Continue reading →
Bad news from Nashville. A tornado strikes in parts of the city while people are in their homes sleeping, and the death toll so far is 22. Photos at the link. Hope you are all safe!
Continue reading →I have little doubt that Buttigieg and Klobuchar were promised something for dropping out of the race in such a timely fashion. But my guess is that another reason they dropped out with such alacrity is that neither ever expected … Continue reading →
“So far so good” means exit polls: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to declare victory in Israel’s election on Monday, a spokesman for his party said, after television exit polls showed him just a seat short of a governing majority … Continue reading →
See this. It won’t be happening before the November election, though.
Continue reading →The rumor is that Amy Klobuchar will be stepping out of the race and throwing her weight (such as it is) behind Biden. Interesting. Assuming that’s true, the winnowing is happening rather quickly – before Super Tuesday. But it’s not … Continue reading →
I’ve written several posts already, trying to offer the main facts so far as they emerge. But I see so much stuff out there that’s not only obvious fear-mongering, but just plain incorrect. It’s true that we don’t yet know … Continue reading →
Buttigieg. It was going to be hard for white Democrats, both party elites and voters, to mobilize behind a candidate with such weak support among people of color as the center-left alternative to Sanders. So Buttigieg’s departure may have seemed … Continue reading →
The Democratic primary voters of South Carolina have spoken and Biden has won a resounding victory there. I can’t quite imagine voting for someone as addled as Joe. But then again, consider the alternatives. Bernie Sanders came in a distant … Continue reading →
Galina Ulanova was one of the most famous Russian dancers of the Soviet era. I saw her in person when I was very very young and she was close to 50 and nearing the end of her dancing days. She … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] While musing about COVID-19, I wondered whether the virus really is novel. Perhaps it’s been around for a while and just wasn’t causing all that many deaths and therefore wasn’t even noticed until … Continue reading →
Paul Mirengoff of Powerline points out the ways in which Bernie Sanders’ vision of turning the US into Denmark is a dream based on a myth of what Denmark actually is, and what other Scandinavian countries he admires actually are. … Continue reading →