[NOTE: I’m hoping to post Part II of the Sullivan piece tomorrow (Part I is here). The present post provides some background to the other posts, but it’s not primarily about Sullivan.] There are so many issues in the Flynn … Continue reading →
That’s a liberal politician’s specialty. The COVID pandemic and the related shutdowns are seen by the left as an opportunity to get in their idea of election “reform”: On Sunday, the Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congressional Committee … Continue reading →
I’ve posted this song before, but I think it bears repeating, especially on Memorial Day. It’s Tim McGraw’s extraordinarily moving song “If You’re Reading This“: If you’re readin’ this My momma’s sittin’ there Looks like I only got a one … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Here’s my attempt to tackle the question of what may have sparked Judge Sullivan’s behavior in the Flynn case. It’s probably going to be a two-parter, of which this is the first installment. So, what’s going on here? Let … Continue reading →
From Andrew C. McCarthy: Well, the mystery is solved, at least if you can believe what the usual sieves — those courageously anonymous “former U.S. officials” — have told their notetakers at the Washington Post. As I surmised in last … Continue reading →
Trump’s got good “hunches.” Apparently, this was one of them: …[B]ack in March, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated a 3.4 percent [case] fatality rate and Dr. Anthony Fauci estimated that the [case] fatality rate of the coronavirus was about … Continue reading →
…that the FBI will be investigating itself to see if “current employees engaged in misconduct,” and whether any “improvements might be warranted to FBI procedures.” Now that the cat’s been let out of the bag by others, I guess Christopher … Continue reading →
Please see this: Earlier [yesterday], the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued an extraordinary order — on its own motion — directing Judge Sullivan himself to file a response to the Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed by … Continue reading →
And he gets all folksy doing it: “You’ve got more questions? Well I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black,” Biden quips, before smiling broadly. And that … Continue reading →
I like some of Steven Pinker’s work. His book The Better Angels of Our Nature, for example (which I wrote about here) presents a fascinating thesis that is quite persuasive, although it sounds absurd when you first hear it: that … Continue reading →
I think his instincts are correct on this: “People say that’s a very distinct possibility. It’s standard. And we’re going to put out the fires. We’re not going to close the country. We’re going to put out the fires,” Trump … Continue reading →
I was up very late last night, thinking and reading. Or maybe reading and thinking. When I get hold of a mystery, something that puzzles me and interests me, it’s hard for me to let it go. I often do … Continue reading →