Democrats make the closing arguments for Trump’s side
What am I talking about? This [hat tip: Scott Johnson at Powerline]:
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Yesterday was Holocaust Remembrance Day
I’m a bit late with this, but I thought that for yesterday’s Remembrance Day I’d link to a two-part series of mine. I’ve written many posts on the subject of the Holocaust, some of which you can find by doing … Continue reading →
At least Bernie Sanders is being honest
Bernie admits he hasn’t a clue: “Your agenda has promised free health care for everybody, free college tuition, and to pay off peoples’ college loans. The price tag for that is estimated to be $60 trillion dollars over ten years. … Continue reading →
Impeachment: to call witnesses or not to call witnesses?
Now that the NY Times has come out with another perfectly-timed “bombshell” based on “I heard it through the grapevine,” it seems that enough RINO senators are leaning towards voting to hear witnesses that the gambit of supposed Bolton revelations … Continue reading →
Trump’s defenders
I’ve only seen the briefest of clips, but I hear that yesterday Dershowitz and company were restrained, particularly compared to the feverish Democrats who preceded them. Of course, the president’s defenders can afford to give a more relaxed presentation because … Continue reading →
“The age of impeachment”
Coverage of today’s presentations from the Trump defense can be found here. And see this about the role of John Bolton, his book, and his “bombshell.” And this is related. All providing cover to allow “the Eternal Turncoats to turn … Continue reading →
The best laid schemes: Kobe Bryant
I’m not a basketball fan; I stopped watching back in the 1970s. But I’d heard of Kobe Bryant even beore yesterday’s helicopter crash that killed him. He was that big a sports star, and the mourning is widespread. But although … Continue reading →
I’ve not yet written a post about the new coronavirus…
…worrying the world. The reason is quite simple: much of what we know so far is fragmentary and suspect. The media loves to fan the flames of panic, anyway. But some is just lack of basic understanding as the authorities … Continue reading →
Nervous intensity
Speaking of the ballet “Agon” – and we were – I noticed this quote from the man cast in the original, Arthur Mitchell, about the qualities of his partner Diana Adams: Diana’s nervous intensity made the whole pas de deux … Continue reading →
Agon: no contest, no struggle
“Agon” is the name of a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine, with music by Stravinsky. It premiered in 1957 and was revolutionary at the time, but nowadays it doesn’t seem so strange. It featured a pas de deux between a … Continue reading →
The impeachment trial: truth, lies, and narratives
It’s often been said that left and right in this country are watching different movies. We do indeed tend to read different sources of information in which different things are covered and emphasized and others ignored. But regaridng the impeachment … Continue reading →
Hey, shouldn’t the Democratic candidates who are senators…
…recuse themselves from the impeachment trial because they are running for president as Trump’s opponents, and his removal through a “guilty” verdict would benefit them greatly politically? Actually, that’s true of all the senators in the sense that, whether they … Continue reading →