One of the things that often strikes me is that Trump is no gentleman. Oh, he can be a gentleman. When he wants to, he can act as graciously as anyone and exhibit excellent manners. But that’s not his usual … Continue reading →
Perhaps you’ve heard about the accusations against Eric Swalwell? The scandalous claims, the denials, the controversy?
Continue reading →This isn’t going to be a post bashing college students for being fragile flowers. It’s true they are more fragile than they used to be, but here’s a serious discussion in The Guardian, of all places, about the phenomenon. Reading … Continue reading →
I plan to write more about Bill Barr’s recent speech, the one so many people have been talking about. But I have a busy today today, so this is just a post to establish a thread for you to talk … Continue reading →
So far it’s not working out in quite the way Schiff planned: Support for the impeachment inquiry (not necessarily removal, but just the House process) was enjoying support in the 60% range not too long ago. Now, we are seeing … Continue reading →
…so goes the rest of Western Europe? Sweden today: There have been 187 bomb attacks this year. In just 1 week in August, there were three major bombings. Much of the violence is concentrated in Malmo which experienced 58 bombings … Continue reading →
Of course, it helps to have Shakespeare writing your lines. But still, words – even Shakespeare’s – are not enough to convey the experience (one that some deny, but that does truly exist) of love at first sight. Not just … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson lists 10 reasons why the ongoing impeachment is really a coup. I’m particularly interested in the following items on his list, which all seem quite obvious to me and yet the MSM has been somewhat successful at … Continue reading →
I haven’t actually watched the hearings in real time, although every day I check the stories and exchanges that have emerged from them. Most of the focus until recently has been on the testimony of the witnesses and the behavior … Continue reading →
Peter Boghossian writes: The correspondence theory of truth basically states that objective truth exists and we can know something about it through evidence and reason… In Culture War 2.0 the correspondence theory of truth—with its commitment to the idea that … Continue reading →
I think the outrage the left feels towards Trump boils down to two main issues. The first is that he’s president at all, and does what presidents do with all the attendant powers of a president. The second is that … Continue reading →
Deval Patrick has entered the Democratic race, and John Hinderaker writes: …[I]t is worth noting that Patrick resigned from Bain Capital the day before he announced. Of course, there is nothing wrong with working for Bain; it is a perfectly … Continue reading →