Their words after the meeting were cautiously optimistic and purposely vague. We don’t know if any real progress was made although they seemed to be saying there was: “productive” according to Trump; “a starting point” according to Putin. I certainly … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ message that violent crime isn’t bad in Washington DC is a prime example of what Milan Kundera called “imagology.” I’ve written about imagology before; it’s one of the earliest themes on this blog, with my first post on … Continue reading →
… for defamation. Here’s the story: Hunter Biden, in an interview with British journalist Andrew Callaghan, stated, “Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep.” He doubled down with “Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania, and that’s … Continue reading →
Do they use the word “summit” anymore? And can you imagine Kamala Harris meeting Putin? Trump is trying to lower expectations somewhat: President Trump estimated Thursday there is a 25% chance that his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin … Continue reading →
Isn’t that a losing game? Don’t the vast majority of US voters want to be safe from crime? And after all, didn’t Democrats learn their lesson about this during the election of 1988, when one of the reasons Dukakis lost … Continue reading →
A while back I was looking up one of my favorite films, The Lives of Others, and I came across this quote at Wiki: …Maxim Gorky [said] that Lenin’s favorite piece of music was Beethoven’s Appassionata. Gorky recounted a discussion … Continue reading →
Yesterday my ex-husband did indeed manage to get out of the rehab hospital and come home, against their recommendations. Without going into details, I’ll just say it was a very stressful day. I don’t know how it will ultimately go. … Continue reading →
Are you kidding me? Dialup? It was still around? AOL dialup is sort of like the coelacanth, but its days are numbered: AOL, the company previously known formally as America Online, is discontinuing its Dial-up internet service after 34 years. … Continue reading →
From Powerline: The number of defendants charged in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud has now reached 73. Fifty have been convicted. Almost every defendant is a first- or second-generation Somali immigrant. In a case that has yet to be … Continue reading →