When you read the transcript of this interview CNN did with Nathan Phillips, it’s good to remember that it occurred last Saturday, when Phillips was enjoying his fifteen-minutes-plus of fame and the longer video hadn’t come to public attention yet. … Continue reading →
I’m pretty sure that this change will have consequences for the world, but I can’t say I know what they will be: A key driver behind China’s declining current account is that after having long been the world’s heavyweight saver … Continue reading →
It’s not a MAGA hat (I don’t own one and have no plans to), but my metaphorical hat is off to Robert Barnes, who has taken the Covington defamation case pro bono: On Fox and Friends Wednesday morning, Barnes, who … Continue reading →
I’ve read Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four many times, but I haven’t opened it for a long long time. I recall a great many of his Newspeak terms—and I think his explanation of Newspeak’s nomenclature and aims is one of the most … Continue reading →
[Scroll down for UPDATE] Override what she says and take the high road as you do it: President Trump told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new letter Wednesday that he still plans to deliver next week’s scheduled State of … Continue reading →
It’s not easy to keep up with all of this. But it’s been reported by the Catholic News Agency that Native American (and non-Vietnam-vet) Nathan Phillips and his merry band of drummers had an even busier Washington weekend than had … Continue reading →
I think of the Covington story and the Buzzfeed Cohen/Trump story as connected, even though their subject matters differ tremendously. The common meta-subject-matter of both, the lessons to learn from both, go like this: (1) There is no limit to … Continue reading →
I just found this correction in which the WaPo admits that Nathan Phillips is not a Vietnam veteran. Fancy that. It’s something the right half of the blogosphere suspected almost immediately. I had made a comment or two about it, … Continue reading →
One of the most interesting posts I’ve seen since the whole Covington thing began is this one by William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection, describing a technique commonly used by leftist activists: The recent interaction in DC between high school students … Continue reading →
The big guns were apparently called in for the task of composing the FISA application based on the sketchy Steele dossier. This was completely out of the ordinary in terms of protocol [emphasis mine]: A former top FBI lawyer [James … Continue reading →
Nicholas Frankovich wrote a scathing piece in National Review on the Covington teenagers entitled “The Covington Students Might as Well Have Just Spit on the Cross.” I mentioned it in an earlier post, noting that I’d read his article when … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed many pundits, in the fallout from the Covington boys vs. the Native American incident, saying that the kids shouldn’t have worn MAGA hats. I’ve seen it said over and over, mainly by people walking back previous vicious comments … Continue reading →