It’s complicated. And it happened during the Obama administration. And it’s just coming out now: According to The Hill’s John Solomon and Alison Spann, the FBI began to piece together a Russian operation designed to advance Vladimir Putin’s control of … Continue reading →
I read somewhere recently that births to teenage mothers had set a new historic low–which made me wonder for a moment what that might be about. Within a moment it occurred to me that “teen births” is a pretty meaningless … Continue reading →
Together again. Will the show of unity last? Will they manage to pass any important legislation? Or will the split GOP, with its barely-there, small, shaky majority, end up deadlocked again? Just to repeat: A fifty-two vote majority isn’t much … Continue reading →
Bowe Bergdahl has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and this article reminds us—if anyone needed reminding—what a terrible deal Obama made for him, and what a farce his welcome-home ceremony and the publicity around it was: … Continue reading →
Laurence Lessig is a law professor at Harvard, with credentials of the impeccable sort (or what used to be called “impeccable”): the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center … Continue reading →
…would turn out to have been one of the few heroes in the sordid Weinstein story (this clip is from 2005): Note how she looks around furtively as she speaks, and almost swallows her own words as she says, “don’t … Continue reading →
There’s a hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego, and this article was the first one I read about it. It seems to tap-dance around directly stating what has caused the problem, but it’s not all that difficult to figure it … Continue reading →
It’s a trend: Angela Merkel’s misguided migration policy ”” which allowed nearly 1 million people from Africa and the Middle East to enter Germany in 2015 ”” has claimed another political victim. Her centrist Christian Democratic government lost a great … Continue reading →
…without an MSM article on this sort of theme: “Inside the ”˜adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump”? There’s a steady stream that never flags. They all seem more or less the same to me. Some … Continue reading →
Betrand Russell was a socialist, but he wasn’t impressed by the Communists: I am compelled to reject Bolshevism for two reasons: First, because the price mankind must pay to achieve Communism by Bolshevik methods is too terrible; and secondly because, … Continue reading →
Why am I still talking about Weinstein? This isn’t really about Weinstein himself, it’s about people’s reaction to him.
Continue reading →You may think the title of this post is sarcastic. After all, as commenter “Bill” wrote today, in regard to Trump’s recent announcements on Obamacare : I don’t know enough about the changes, yet, to know if they will be … Continue reading →