Here’s a thread for tonight’s Democratic debate
Planning to watch? I’m not, but I may look at a minute or two, out of curiosity about Bloomberg.
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On the bias of DC courts and what to do about it
The problem is this: “When the District of Columbia is the venue for any prosecution with political overtones, Justice Department charging decisions must factor in the jury pool, which is solidly anti-Trump,” observed former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy… Justice still … Continue reading →
Chrissie Hynde speaks out for something that used to be ordinary but is now getting to be extraordinary
I’m referring to the idea that differences of opinion about politics are okay, and people can love one another despite them. Here’s what I’m talking about: On Twitter, the Ohio-born singer [who was the lead singer of the rock group … Continue reading →
Dueling “narratives”: 1776 vs. 1619
[Hat tip: commenter Artfldgr.] A group called the Woodson Center has launched a counter-project to the NY Times’ “1619 Project” falsehoods: As long as the perpetrators of race grievance that are represented by the 1619 Project are permitted to go … Continue reading →
Good documentaries
Many years ago I wrote about the following documentary, but I just noticed that the entire thing is on YouTube. I recommend it to anyone interested in the 1972 Andes plane crash survival story, or survival stories in general. It’s … Continue reading →
Trump grants pardons and commutations
Trump grants clemency to Eddie De Bartolo Jr., Blagojevich, Keric, Milken, and others. Blagojevich had his sentence commuted (after serving eight years) and the rest were pardoned, along with clemency in other less high-profile cases. There is a big difference … Continue reading →
Judge Amy Brennan Jackson plans to go full steam ahead with sentencing Stone
Yesterday I wrote: Once upon a time, this sort of [juror] bias [as evidenced by Tomeka Hart] would have been something liberals would have recognized as disqualifying. But now, since it hurt Trump and Stone, I predict that the judge, … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →