Old home movies
I recently bit the bullet and finally sent out some reels of old home movies to be converted to video files. I was worried that the films would be lost or destroyed, or the lesser but still significant worry that … Continue reading →
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What should happen to the Stone verdict because of jury foreman Tomeka Hart’s bias?
Jonathan Turley writes about the bias of jury foreman Tomeka Hart in the Roger Stone trial: She referred to the President with a hashtag of “klanpresident” and spoke out against “Trump and the white supremacist racists.” She posted about how … Continue reading →
Andrew C. McCarthy on why McCabe wasn’t charged
McCarthy sets up the question very well: Why not indict McCabe on felony false-statements charges? That is the question being pressed by incensed Trump supporters. After all, the constitutional guarantee of equal justice under the law is supposed to mean … Continue reading →
On the evolution of report cards
A father reports on his second grader’s report card in Madison, Wisconsin: In the old days, it was easy for my parents to see that I was slacking off in school. They would simply look at the report card and … Continue reading →
Karlyn Borysenko of New Hampshire walks away
A number of people sent me links to this article by Karlyn Borysenko entitled “After Attending a Trump Rally, I Realized Democrats Are Not Ready For 2020,” and subtitled “I’ve been a Democrat for 20 years. But this experience made … Continue reading →
Beware the #MeToo Furies
The #MeToo movement has given me the willies from the very first moment I read about it. It seemed, and still seems, designed to allow unfounded accusations to be disseminated, accepted on faith, and proceed to destroy men’s lives. Note … Continue reading →
Draining the swamp, part thousand
J. Christian Adams has been on this theme for a long, long time. His latest: The Scales of Justice come in two versions, one for Democrats and one for Trump. Let’s examine those Justice Department “career lawyers.” It is now … Continue reading →
When is a socialist not a socialist?
When he’s Bernie Sanders, and he’s the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president. [NOTE: By the way, the title I gave this post reminds me of a joke I hated in my youth: “When is a door not a … Continue reading →
Well, then there’s this about the Flynn case
Barr has appointed a special prosecutor to review what happened to Flynn: The Department of Justice has tapped an outside prosecutor to review the case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Fox News has learned. A senior Justice Department … Continue reading →
McCabe walks
And it’s not a perp walk, either: The Justice Department said Friday it will not pursue criminal charges against former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, after a nearly two-year-long investigation into accusations brought by the agency’s independent watchdog who claimed … Continue reading →
Happy Funny Valentine’s Day!
Four sterling singers. [NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.]
Continue reading →Those early hominids
It’s pretty well-established that early humans outside of Africa mated with Neanderthals. For example, through DNA testing, I learned that I have an only slightly less-than-average share of Neanderthal myself. Now we learn that people of west African heritage have … Continue reading →