The starting point for this post was one of NBC’s Savannah Guthrie’s remarks to Nick Sandmann in her recent interview with the teenager: There’s something aggressive about standing there. Standing your ground. You both stood your ground. Both? Actually, Nathan … Continue reading →
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have turned out to demonstrate against the Maduro government, and this appears to include may former Maduro supporters: Even the poorest areas, the beating heart of the country’s socialist government set up by Hugo Chavez, … Continue reading →
This information was compiled by US immigration courts and recently given to Congress. The numbers apply to fiscal year 2017: —43 percent of all aliens free pending trial failed to appear for court in 2017. —Since 1996, 37 percent of … Continue reading →
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 →