When we had to wait
While taking a walk the other day in a suburban area, I passed a yard with a tire swing tied to a large tree branch. Into my head popped a song lyric that goes like this: Life was just a … Continue reading →
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Alfie Evans and British liberty
Alfie Evans died last night. RIP, and condolences to his mourning and suffering family. Evans’ death has spotlighted some legal and philosophical issues about the Brits that I first noticed years ago when I was researching the laws of defamation … Continue reading →
Dear Donald: Please pardon Martha!
The logic is impeccable.
Continue reading →Austin Bay on Trump and the Koreas
Austin Bay on Trump and the two Koreas. Here’s a sample: In March 2017, Trump’s foreign policy team of then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Vice President Mike Pence and the tweeter-in-chief himself began a coordinated … Continue reading →
Pro-Trump vs. Never-Trump blogging
Ace has a fascinating piece about the decisions bloggers and other pundits on the right have had to make in the era of Trump. Fascinating to me, anyway. He writes: Some time ago I faced the choice of doing an … Continue reading →
North Korea and South Korea, together again
Well, the optics are certainly good. The reality is probably something quite different, although I couldn’t tell you what it is. But there is no reason to trust anything that Kim does. However, I can tell you one thing: if … Continue reading →
The Cosby verdict and the law
Yesterday Bill Cosby was found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand in 2004. The MeToo movement is happy, flooding Twitter with tweets such as these: Finally some justice for Bill Cosby’s victims. May they find … Continue reading →
SCOTUS has been hearing arguments on the Trump travel order
How will the Court rule? You can see various tweets discussing it here. I’ve long been impressed by how much of the speculation about future SCOTUS decisions, based on how the oral arguments go, turns out to be wrong. But … Continue reading →
Trump: guilty till proven innocent…
…and of course there is no way he is innocent no matter what proof might be offered. Here’s Andrew C. McCarthy on the subject: Byron York’s Washington Examiner column takes up the question of whether, where Donald Trump is concerned, … Continue reading →
The state vs. Alfie Evans’ parents
Like Charlie Gard before him, British toddler Alfie Evan’s situation highlights not just questions of medical ethics, but the power of the state over the individual. I wrote about Charlie here. Alfie Evans’ situation differs in some details, but it’s … Continue reading →
What does the special election in Arizona mean?
Whatever conclusions you draw from it, I don’t think the news is good. The Republican Debbie Lesko won; that’s true. But she won by a far smaller margin than she had every right to expect, considering the district’s history, according … Continue reading →
Let me just say once again…
…that I would not like to be standing next to Melania Trump, inviting comparisons. The woman can wear anything and look good. This outfit, for example. I really like the asymmetrical suit jacket, but the whole thing is so over … Continue reading →