Usually when Democrats run as moderates they end up voting like good little leftists, except for votes that don’t matter. Democrat Senator Krysten Sinema of Arizona, who won a close election in 2016, ran as a moderate. I haven’t followed … Continue reading →
I don’t know and nobody else knows either, because the results of yesterday’s election were a dead heat and no one has a clear majority to form a new government. So there will be a lot of wrangling ahead. Here’s … Continue reading →
I plan to update later as actual results come in. So far it’s only exit polls – which I don’t credit much. They say that it’s close, which I do believe will be the case. It may be that no … Continue reading →
It’s no secret that the left wants to hold the House and take the Senate, so that even if Trump wins again they can thwart his every move in terms of legislation. And the Senate is particularly important, of course, … Continue reading →
In their defense, I guess it must be hard to find a leftist who isn’t an anti-Semite.
Continue reading →The Times hit piece on Kavanaugh that I discussed yesterday is still in the news, partly because the Times issued an addendum/correction to say that oh yeah, we forgot to mention it, but the supposed victim is reported to have … Continue reading →
Gary Saul Morson has written an extraordinary aticle for New Criterion. It’s hard to capture its flavor. I suggest you read the whole thing, if you haven’t already. I could excerpt almost any part of it, but I’ll choose this: … Continue reading →
What gives?: Assuming Iran is indeed behind the attack on Saudi Arabia’s major oil refining facility, it represents a step-increase in Iranian-backed aggression in the region… The prospect of a wider general war between Gulf states is hard to predict, … Continue reading →
You gotta say this about the NY Times: they keep trying. If one lie [*see NOTE below] doesn’t work, they come up with another similar lie and hope that the second lie makes the first lie seem more true. Or … Continue reading →
I’ve posted clips of the Russian folk dance company known as the Moiseyev before. A signature move in a few of their dances is a quick scurry of the feet that gives the illusion of the dancer being on wheels … Continue reading →
It’s easy to mock George Packer for what he writes in this Atlantic essay about choosing a school for his son in New York City. But I find his essay heartbreaking as well as complex. He’s a well-meaning liberal who … Continue reading →
I just wrote a post about the Democrats’ cavalier attitude towards the 2nd Amendment, but that post was more about politics. Now I want to emphasize the anti-Constitutional aspects of the move. As John Hinderaker of Powerline writes: …[W]hy should … Continue reading →