All hail the intrepid, leave-no-stone-unturned investigative reporters of the NY Times and their colleagues in the AP, busy night and day protecting the republic: The New York Times and Associated Press both filed requests under the Maryland Public Information Act … Continue reading →
Quite a few people have come here today, no doubt wondering when the move will happen. I don’t know for sure, but when I hear something I will post it at both blogs. It’s supposed to happen today or this … Continue reading →
Here’s an article at NPR that gives advice on talking to doctors about pain. It questions the usefulness of the old tried-and-true 1-10 pain scale and comes down in favor of more descriptive words. It’s not that I disagree entirely; … Continue reading →
The title of this post refers to the old joke about the optimistic child: There is a famous joke about a child who wakes up on Christmas morning and is surprised to find a heap of horse manure under the … Continue reading →
“Low-cost pheromones!!” a bot that tried to post today on the blog advertised. I used to get up to 10,000 spambots a day here, the vast majority trapped in a spam filter than I had to clean out several times … Continue reading →
This article in HuffPo describes how wonderful the housing in Vienna is, and how cheap: “Vienna’s Affordable Housing Paradise: Public housing is the accommodation of last resort in the U.S. Not so in Austria’s capital city.” Paragraph after paragraph describes … Continue reading →
And what of the tape CNN played of a conversation between Trump’s attorney and Trump himself discussing possibly buying the rights to a Playboy bunny’s story of Trump infidelity? Salient points: (1) There’s no there there. No evidence of a … Continue reading →
…much like the others: A waiter at a Texas steakhouse made up the viral story about a customer leaving him a racist note, his employer said Monday. The story gained national attention after Khalil Cavil, a 20-year-old server for Saltgrass … Continue reading →
It’s nitpicky and tedious work to analyze the FISA application, its flaws, and the claims made about it. But there are a few people who consistently do thorough and reliable work, and so I recommend you read what they have … Continue reading →
In this column Victor Davis Hanson opines on an ironic phenomenon that has resulted from the Democratic need to discredit President Trump: their sudden discovery of the awfulness of the Russians. Like so many things happening today, it’s so obvious … Continue reading →
I’ve had a little ongoing dialogue with commenter “DNW” on this previous thread about eastern Europe vs. western Europe and the “migrants.” You can find the start of our back-and-forth here; just start reading and scroll down if you want … Continue reading →
The FISA application for surveillance on Carter Page finally was released to the public on Saturday, in a heavily redacted but lengthy version. Saturday is the time that news stories ordinarily go to die, but this one has gotten quite … Continue reading →