An interesting half-admission at the Times: …[T]here is a bigger lesson contained in the data, one that is important beyond any one month’s tally of the job numbers: that the American economy is capable of cranking at a higher level … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a somewhat-edited version of a previous post.] Today is the seventy-eighth anniversary of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. The generation that reacted to it by mobilizing and fighting World War II is on its last … Continue reading →
The economic news is good: The jobs market turned in a stellar performance in November, with nonfarm payrolls surging by 266,000 and the unemployment rate falling to 3.5%, according to Labor Department numbers released Friday. Those totals easily beat the … Continue reading →
The upcoming UK election (December 12) has focused on the Brexit issue, but there’s another one: the Labour Party’s anti-Semitism. You can find several articles on the topic in today’s Telegraph: for example, this one as well as this. You … Continue reading →
If impeachment doesn’t lead to Trump’s removal the first time, it can be tried again and again, according to Democratic House member Al Green: “A president can be impeached more than once,” Green advised. “So, we can do this, we … Continue reading →
If this turns out to be true, wow: The Trayvon Martin case was built on a fraud, with a key witness being swapped out with an imposter when the real witness wouldn’t testify, George Zimmerman said in a lawsuit Wednesday. … Continue reading →
…seems a mite testy lately, doesn’t he? For that matter, so does Nancy Pelosi.
Continue reading →I’m not speaking metaphorically when I say “dark days.” Right now is one of those days of the early early sunsets. To me, sunset is the most important marker rather than the shortest amount of daylight, which can actually involve … Continue reading →
…but will the Democrats order it, only to be told by the Senate chefs that they won’t prepare the dessert of conviction? [Yeah, I know, it’s not a great metaphor. But I’m jet-lagged.] Today Pelosi gave articles of impeachment the … Continue reading →
Apparently Ann Althouse has a stronger stomach than I do, because she was able to watch today’s impeachment hearing: I thought…the idea would be for the 3 law professors called by the Democrats to provide cover for the Democrats by … Continue reading →
Democrats would love, love, love to get rid of the EC. Their rhetoric is to establish a “make every vote count” democracy (republic? who needs it?). But the actual motivation is that they believe a national vote would favor them … Continue reading →
I was on the west coast for Thanksgiving, got delayed by the snowstorm coming home, and therefore had a big travel day today (actually, last night; I came on the redeye). So I’m getting a late start today. But I … Continue reading →