I first saw professional Russian folk dancing when I was a child in the late 1950s, when during Khrushchev’s cultural “thaw” the Moiseyev Dance Company came to New York. The performance I attended (with my family, of course) was in … Continue reading →
One of the main tasks of a blogger is deciding what topics to cover. It’s not as simple as it may seem. Sometimes there are stories so huge they cry out for coverage, even if everyone else is writing about … Continue reading →
John Bolton was Trump’s National Security Advisor from April 2018 to September 2019. It seemed an odd choice, because Bolton is a hawk and Trump is a Jacksonian on foreign policy, which is not the same thing. Bolton had good … Continue reading →
Here’s the plan: The State Department said it was looking [at the 55 million visa holders] for indicators of ineligibility, including people staying past the authorized timeframe outlined in a visa, criminal activity, threats to public safety, engaging in any … Continue reading →
From Lee Zeldin, on the Inflation Reduction Act’s grants to the EPA: And when Democrats had one-party rule in Washington, D.C., they passed this bill called the Inflation Reduction Act that had tens of billions of dollars to go out … Continue reading →
This Tablet article by Gadi Taub is terribly depressing, although nothing in it is new to me and nothing should be a surprise. I think it’s especially disheartening, though, because it puts it all together in fairly succinct fashion: the … Continue reading →
Talks on the hostages continue, but Israel’s IDF is starting to move on Gaza City: The IDF has begun the first steps of its invasion of Gaza City, IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin confirmed on Wednesday. “Our forces already control … Continue reading →
I keep reading that the Democrats are finito, on the ropes. My question: then why is the right fighting so hard to hold onto the House in 2026? And why do I not know a single Democrat who has abandoned … Continue reading →
This was expected, but it’s still good to see: An appellate court has thrown out the $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump in the high-profile case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The New York … Continue reading →