[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of an older post.] The story “The Man Without a Country” used to be standard reading matter for seventh graders. In fact, it was the first “real” book—as opposed to those tedious Dick … Continue reading →
On “Spygate,” informants, sources, and scumbags.
Continue reading →Author Philip Roth died last Tuesday. You can read hundreds of tributes to him and many criticisms of him, and I don’t have too much to add to that except to say that I liked his early works (including two … Continue reading →
Trolls come in many shapes and sizes: concern trolls, flamers, and goalpost movers, just to mention a few. But there’s another kind of troll who comes to blogs on the right now and then, and we had a recent visit … Continue reading →
Kimberly Strassel in the WSJ on the real constitutional crisis that’s going on: The Constitution set up Congress to act as a check on the executive branch””and it’s got more than enough cause to do some checking here. Yet the … Continue reading →
Brilliant talk by Haidt: I’ve become more and more impressed with Haidt over time. Fearless, clear, supported by evidence, he keeps churning out these videos and giving these talks. He started as a liberal—I don’t know where he’s at politically … Continue reading →
And that has been true for his entire presidency. So take a look at a sampler for today at memeorandum. Nothing unusual about today; it’s very typical. Trump doing badly vis a vis North Korea. Trump “venting anger” at this … Continue reading →
It’s rather commonplace to see people on the right mention that the machinations of Comey, Clapper, McCabe, et. al. regarding the investigation of the Trump campaign would never have been revealed to the American people had Hillary Clinton been elected … Continue reading →
At least, that’s the way I see this announcement: “Please let this letter serve to represent that the Singapore summit, for the good of both parties, but to the detriment of the world, will not take place,” Trump wrote in … Continue reading →
Clapper has now admitted that there was Spying in my campaign. Large dollars were paid to the Spy, far beyond normal. Starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history. SPYGATE – a terrible thing! — … Continue reading →
The bill passed with bipartisan support, 258-159. The beneficiaries will be smaller banks that claim to have been unduly hampered by the bill: The bill stops far short of unwinding the toughened regulatory regime put in place to prevent the … Continue reading →
Safe spaces at Duke. Safe from thought, by way of purges: About 100 students and alumni have asked Duke University to reinstate a professor whose teaching style encourages students to think critically about their opinions and opposing views. They believe … Continue reading →