There’s been widespread condemnation of Trump’s tariffs and his trade war with China, and the stock market doesn’t seem to like the policy one bit—at least, so far: The threat of a global trade war continued to hang over the … Continue reading →
The appointment of John Bolton as Trump’s National Security Advisor was bound to cause controversy and criticism, and so it has. I have always felt that Bolton is smart and tough, and much (not all) of the time I have … Continue reading →
…but warns that he won’t do it next time. Do you believe him?
Continue reading →…is explained here. Nobody’s especially happy with it, many people on both sides are angry with it, and it will probably pass. The misgivings are bipartisan. House Democrats are reportedly threatening to not vote for the rule bringing the legislation … Continue reading →
What do these three things have in common: the recent Biden vs. Trump war of threatening words, the Dozens, and Inuit song duels? They’re all ways that people (especially men) threaten each other in an almost-comical way, in which the … Continue reading →
He says that Trump was right that no special counsel should have been appointed, since there was no probable cause for one. And he’s been saying that from the start: First of all, the president’s 100% right. There never should … Continue reading →
Someone (almost certainly from the NSC) has leaked news of Trump’s phone call to Putin, and it’s not the first time a similar type of leak has occurred: …only a handful of people at the White House…would have access to … Continue reading →
Why was Arthur Jones allowed to run as a Republican? [see ADDENDUM] It only gives fodder to the “Republicans are Nazi racist” memes. I don’t care that it was a foregone conclusion that, because the district is heavily Democratic, the … Continue reading →
Found and cornered by Austin police, the bomber who had terrorized Austin in recent weeks killed himself by setting off an explosive device in his car. Mark Conditt, 23 years old, was traced and located by police through a series … Continue reading →
…I’ve reactivated the comment edit function, which had somehow gotten lost in the crash. Let me know whether anything else here isn’t working properly for you (or anything at the new site, for that matter). One person said that the … Continue reading →
For quite a wile, psychiatric hospitalizations have been on the decline. New drugs are responsible for a lot of this; what used to be untreatable is now often controllable. In addition, there is Szaszian PC mental-illness-is-a-myth thinking, which began to … Continue reading →
Mount Holyoke is one of the few all-women schools left. But that sentence needs to be revised, because of this: The Supporting Trans and Non-Binary Students guide was created by officials at the college, which touts its legacy as an … Continue reading →