World Series tonight
It’s the Red Sox vs. the Dodgers, and it’s scheduled to start at 8:09 PM. But there may be a rain delay. The Sox won the Series in 1918 and then didn’t win it again till 2004. People who weren’t … Continue reading →
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Dershowitz may WalkAway…
[CORRECTION: OOPS! I apologize for not checking the date of the article. I was assuming it was new because I just heard about it, but it’s actually quite old (February, 2017). So the original body of this post is old … Continue reading →
Trump, the unlikely populist (redux)
Last night I watched about ten minutes of Trump’s latest rally speech. It struck me that he hasn’t changed all that much from the last (and first) time I watched one, over three years ago (can it really be that … Continue reading →
The caravan moves on—and on
“Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in,” Trump said in one tweet. “I have alerted Border … Continue reading →
Prognostications on the House in November 2018
I’ve said before that I’m worried about the makeup of the next House of Representatives. The specter of Pelosi or someone politically similar as Speaker, the rise of the hard left, the end of ongoing investigations that I think are … Continue reading →
To all leftists and “Resistance” members
Take it from one who knows: As a straight, white, Christian, right-wing, middle class male of European extraction I get told to shut up a lot. As you can imagine, this does not at all stop me from speaking out… … Continue reading →
Jersey Boys: here and there and everywhere
I saw a production of “Jersey Boys” recently in southern Maine at the Ogunquit Playhouse. It’s still going on, but apparently it’s sold out or almost sold out for the rest of the run—and no wonder, because watching it is … Continue reading →
Election 2018: thinking about impeachment
And the Democrats are indeed thinking about it. If the blue wave materializes in the House—and it definitely might—the repercussions would be great. All the investigations the Republicans have launched into Democratic machinations in 2016 would end, and the full … Continue reading →
When fathers discover their children have a different biological father
This is a disturbing article on a lot of levels, although it describes a phenomenon that’s not a great surprise: the fact that sometimes a man is married to a woman who cheats, and sometimes that cheating results in a … Continue reading →
Who was Khashoggi?
See UPDATE at end of post. [NOTE: I use the past tense for Khashoggi because the consensus is that he is dead. This is certainly more likely than not. But I am not convinced of it, because it has not … Continue reading →
In the competition to see who can be most hateful towards Republicans…
…without actually doing them physical harm (that’s a different competition), Google executive David Hogue is going for the gold. I’m not going to reproduce what he wrote; it’s just too hateful. Follow the link and you’ll get the picture. I … Continue reading →
Mark Judge: the other casualty
And perhaps the more wounded one, at least in personal terms. After all, Kavanaugh still has a job, at least: The Kavanaugh confirmation circus is over and the fighters have gone back to their corners, but not before drawing massive … Continue reading →