This is a description of the insidious tightening of the state’s grip on France via radar on the roads. The process is a goodly part of what the yellow vests are protesting. Things like this often start with something that … Continue reading →
You may have already heard about the punishment meted out yesterday by Republicans to Representative Steve King of Iowa: House GOP leaders moved Monday to remove Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) from all of his committee assignments following a firestorm over … Continue reading →
Actually, a great many things are going on in Europe, but I’m referring to one particular thing that I’m going to call Trump-envy. Brexit was part of it. I think that the yellow vests of France are at least somewhat … Continue reading →
Good point here: The conservative consensus is that Democrats don’t want to fund President Trump’s wall because they hate him. Well, yes, Democrats do indeed hate President Trump, and yes, it’s a deep-seated hatred, a visceral, soul-rotting hatred, but that’s … Continue reading →
John McWhorter has written an article for the Atlantic entitled: “Trump’s Typos Reveal His Lack of Fitness for the Presidency: They suggest not just inadequate manners or polish, but inadequate thought.” Oh, really? The conviction that grammar and/or spelling errors … Continue reading →
Did you ever notice that young people sometimes write and/or perform as though they’re old? Some do it very successfully; the best example that comes to mind is T. S. Eliot—who perhaps was born old—who began writing his masterpiece “The … Continue reading →
…and widens. I wouldn’t rule any of them out, however obscure, however extreme. We’ve seen too many surprises in the past. I remember how optimistic I was about the GOP field in 2016. And then the debates began, and the … Continue reading →
The title of this article by Holman Jenkins intrigued me: “Politicians Never Lied Before Trump,” and so I clicked on it. I was almost certain that the title was sarcastic—of course politicians lie often, and have done so since time … Continue reading →
We don’t know all that much about pot, but much of what we do know is that it appears to be bad for some people: Over the past couple of decades, studies around the globe have found that THC—the active … Continue reading →
This is one of those articles that Pocket seems to think I would be interested in, and they weren’t mistaken. It compares psychoanalysis to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for treating emotional problems. It’s not a bad article at all, but … Continue reading →
This: Time is happening in the mind’s eye. It is related to the number of mental images the brain encounters and organizes and the state of our brains as we age. When we get older, the rate at which changes … Continue reading →
…Beto O’Rourke instagramming his dental cleaning is a big story. I kid you not. This sort of thing promises to be the wave of the future in political campaigns. Right now O’Rourke’s main activity since losing his Senate race seems … Continue reading →