Good idea at this point: Republicans voted on Thursday to change the rules of the Senate in a rare move that will allow them to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees. The party-line vote using … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I already have put up this post about the suspect’s capture.] The story is worthy of literature, although there’s no Dostoevsky or Truman Capote around to write it: Robinson was turned in after his father recognized him in photos … Continue reading →
Note that I wrote “the suspect,” not “a suspect.” His name is Tyler Robinson, 22, and he is a Utah resident. Cracking this case demonstrates the tremendous usefulness of the ubiquitous surveillance cameras in public places, plus the technology to … Continue reading →
I’ve never lived in a new house:
Continue reading →I keep hearing in the MSM that Charlie Kirk was “divisive” and “polarizing,” two of their favorite words for any figure on the right. What do these pundits really mean when they call Kirk that? They mean that he said … Continue reading →
The modus operandi in the Kirk assassination seems somewhat similar to that of the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. One difference is that, when an ex-president and presidential candidate speaks at a large open-air venue, the roofs are supposed … Continue reading →
It’s been almost a quarter of a century. When put that way, it seems hard to believe, doesn’t it? And yet in some ways a lifetime ago. As the British poet Philip Larkin wrote in a poem looking back on … Continue reading →
I love these guys:
Continue reading →This is terrible terrible news: Trump, 79, announced Kirk’s death in a post on Truth Social, writing: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States … Continue reading →
It’s really really hard to know what to make of this sort of thing. Seems like a lot of rumors and anonymous sources. But make of it what you will: Israeli officials appeared on Wednesday to increasingly cast doubt on … Continue reading →
There are few details as yet on this story, but it sounds bad: Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Wednesday. Bystanders report seeing Kirk shot near his neck during a Q&A … Continue reading →
When I was very young – in my early teens – I was alone, flipping around the TV dial late one night, and came across the Ingmar Bergman movie The Virgin Spring. It’s not for young people. I didn’t know … Continue reading →