My mother was an excellent writer. She was also a good storyteller—that is, an entertaining one—although she sometimes embellished things for the sake of the story. I know this for a fact because I sometimes heard her stories about me … Continue reading →
I didn’t watch it. I’m not a masochist. And I dislike debates anyway, no matter what side they’re on. But I hear tell about it. Sounds like the highlights (or low lights, depending how you look at it) were Beto … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Some of the following is lifted from a back-and-forth discussion I had with commenter “Montage” on a previous thread.] I maintain that the left’s goal is to be in charge forever: one-party rule. And they believe in breaking the … Continue reading →
Well, well, well: U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu has recommended moving forward with charges against CNN contributor Andrew McCabe, Fox News has learned, as the Justice Department rejects a last-ditch appeal from the former top FBI official. McCabe — the former … Continue reading →
See this: Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who is presiding over the case, gave Powell an unusual amount of leeway as she argued the government withheld information from her client to pressure him into accepting a guilty plea, which he never … Continue reading →
The Swiss have a long tradition of gun ownership. And they are not part of the EU. However, the EU will get you one way or another. The Swiss are part of what’s known as the Schengen Area, in which … Continue reading →
From a Kevin D. Williamson article in National Review: They [several writers, but really much of the Democratic Party today] do not understand the United States as having two legitimate competing political camps but as suffering from a kind of … Continue reading →
A number of people have recommended this article by Christopher Caldwell that appeared in the Claremont Review of Books, entitled “Why Hasn’t Brexit Happened?” It’ well worth reading. A few excerpts: In Britain as elsewhere in the world, the struggle … Continue reading →
Here’s a tweet posted today by The New York Times that has since been taken down, probably because they got too much criticism for it: Eighteen years have passed since airplanes took aim and brought down the World Trade Center. … Continue reading →
Eighteen years is a long time. On September 11th of 2001, many of the people about to vote in 2020 hadn’t yet been born, and others were so young they don’t remember a time before 9/11. The attack has always … Continue reading →
I can’t say this comes as a surprise, because it seems to me that Bolton and Trump had some serious disagreements on general policy regarding US involvement in certain areas: I informed John Bolton last night that his services are … Continue reading →
I think they dearly wish they had a better crop of candidates. But given that they don’t, who are they trying to promote? Is a smattering of articles questioning Biden’s mental fitness and history meaningful and part of a concerted … Continue reading →