On certain days (today is one of them) I’m happy to rely on other people to present the Russiagate news du jour. So here are some links from Ace: More on the Ohrs. On getting dirt from the Russians. And … Continue reading →
Wow. The jury really really really didn’t buy Oberlin’s “poor little me” argument: Daniel McGraw, our reporter in the courtroom, reports that in addition to the $11.2 million compensatory damages awarded last Friday, the jury awarded a total of $33 … Continue reading →
…Boris Johnson leads the race to head the Conservative Party and become Prime Minister. This is just the first round, and it involves a secret ballot by the 313 Conservative MPs. The next step in the process is for further … Continue reading →
Commenter “Snow on Pine” makes the following excellent observation about the differences between left and right: The fork in the road occurs at the crossroad named Human Nature. Believe that humans are innately good and that it is just their … Continue reading →
As you might expect, when I saw the headline “Don’t get divorced because of Trump. The tough work of settling America’s political differences,” I immediately clicked on it, because it sounded as though it would deal with one of my … Continue reading →
Russiagate has so many elements and such complexity that it’s easy to lose track of the details. One detail I haven’t covered all that much is the role of Bruce Ohr, who was an Associate Deputy Attorney General during the … Continue reading →
Can you imagine what the headlines would look like if a Republican had claimed on his/her tax returns that Person A was his/her spouse while still married to Person B? But when Ms. Intersectionality does it, crickets. At least, according … Continue reading →
California is poised on the brink of expanding Medi-Cal (the state Medicaid program) to cover illegal immigrants 19-26. When I read that, my first thought was aren’t they already covered in California? It turns out that previously they only had … Continue reading →
In a recent article in The New Yorker about the very popular HBO mini-series “Chernobyl,” the author writes: The Soviet system of propaganda and censorship existed not so much for the purpose of spreading a particular message as for the … Continue reading →
It seems to be a growing trend among young people: Getaway is a sober bar, a new kind of dry nightlife option that is cropping up in New York City. The idea is to provide outlets for people who want … Continue reading →
I find NeverTrumpers interesting. Are they political changers, or political fail-to-changers? Are they virulent anti-Trumpers because of class and style objections, elitism, being part of the DC circle, desire to curry favor with liberal friends, or (as most of them … Continue reading →
I’m writing this as a public service. I hope to spare at least one person from the same sort of 5-hour effort I recently went through when my computer suddenly and mysteriously refused to load any new photos from my … Continue reading →