…but if it does it could be massively entertaining: President Trump has reportedly made plans to live-tweet the first two Democratic primary debates scheduled for next week against the advice of his closest aides. Guy’s a showman. Actually, I have … Continue reading →
…according to Victor Davis Hanson: By many criteria, 21st-century California is both the poorest and the richest state in the union… …[B]y some indicators, the California middle class is shrinking — because of massive regulation, high taxation, green zoning, and … Continue reading →
Fancy that: The Scandinavian systems are similar to Medicare for All in the respect that they use regional offices to administer reimbursements to providers. Yet they differ in critical ways: They employ cost-sharing for certain services, they are less comprehensive … Continue reading →
Not that AOC actually cares about history. AOC is a rabble rouser and a demagogue. She may be ignorant about a particular fact or she may actually know the truth and be blatantly lying about it. But either way, she … Continue reading →
Brandon Straka is the founder of the #WalkAway movement. A gay man and former liberal, Straka recently left the Democratic Party and made a YouTube video about his defection and the reasons for his change of mind. The video went … Continue reading →
It’s been five years since MH370 and all its souls on board seemingly vanished from the face of the earth, and although the mystery remains unsolved, we have plenty of information. This Atlantic article presents an overview of what’s known … Continue reading →
Kyle Kashuv, a conservative who is one of the young people who became somewhat of a celebrity for speaking out after the Parkland shootings, was recently accepted at Harvard. And then Harvard changed its mind and rescinded its acceptance. Why? … Continue reading →
For a while, the phenomenon of leftist censorship of the right concentrated on potential speakers at college campuses. The mechanisms were boycotts, demonstrations, disruptions, and demands that they not be allowed to speak there at all because it was too … Continue reading →
…appears to be Shoplifting 101. It goes a ways towards explaining some of the elements of the Gibson Bakery case. And before you get too shocked by the seemingly high rate of shoplifting committed by Oberlin students, it appears they’re … Continue reading →
Franco Zeffirelli died Saturday at the venerable age of 96. But to me, he was and always will be the director of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” a movie that breathed extraordinary life into Shakespeare. The sweep, color, costumes, … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] It’s Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who … Continue reading →
Reading this Althouse thread about friendship, I was struck by a few things, particularly in the comments. There seem to be some rather sharp divides between groups of people on the nature and value of friendship. There are the loners, … Continue reading →