Good news: Nearly a third of territory reclaimed from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria since 2014 has been won in the past six months, due to new policies adopted by the Trump administration, a senior State Department official … Continue reading →
You may have noticed that I haven’t discussed the brouhaha around White House security advisor H.R. McMaster—you know, the allegations that he’s working against Israel and eager to undermine all of Trump’s foreign policy. That would seem to be big … Continue reading →
The Netherlands euthanasia thread on Saturday generated a fascinating discussion in the comments section about the use of morphine at end of life, so I thought I’d highlight it here and expand on my remarks. First, a personal note. In … Continue reading →
…and lit that fire. Who’s the “he” who described himself as having put on his Bach hat? Ray Manzarek, who was the inspired and superlative keyboardist for The Doors, and co-founder of the group with Jim Morrison. Recently it was … Continue reading →
Euthanasia has been legal in the Netherlands since 2002, and since then the incidence of such deaths has risen to become 4.5 percent of all deaths. What’s more, the number of people availing themselves of this form of death who … Continue reading →
Big Sister is watching you.
Continue reading →Ann Althouse performed a task that very few people have taken on: she actually read the WaPo transcript of Trump’s call with Peé±a Nieto and closely analyzed it. What she found may surprise you, but it dovetails with my own … Continue reading →
What struck me initially about the leaked Trump phone calls published by the WaPo was the fact that they were even leaked and published in the first place. So till now, my posts on the subject were all about that. … Continue reading →
Even some Democrats have been critical of the recent leaks of transcripts of talks between President Trump and various foreign leaders, stating national security concerns. Not enough Democrats have condemned it, in my book. But that there are any at … Continue reading →
It’s a growing problem: When I started teaching at Long Beach City College in fall of 2000, fully one-third of students enrolled came from a traditional white working-class background. I thought that was minuscule at the time, but now the … Continue reading →
In case you haven’t seen the topic du jour—-Stephen Miller’s put-down of Jim Acosta—here it is: Miller is a bulldog there, relentlessly on message and completely unafraid. This made me curious about him, and so I looked him up. First … Continue reading →
I believe I would have the same attitude no matter which president was the subject of leaks such as the ones published in today’s WaPo involving classified conversations between the president and various foreign leaders (particularly Mexico’s President Enrique Peé±a … Continue reading →