We don’t know much yet about the perpetrators in a horrific and deadly attack on a Quebec mosque that left six dead and many wounded. Reports are that there were two and perhaps three shooters, but we know that such … Continue reading →
…and Obama can’t refrain from praising the protests against his successor. No surprise there. He does it through a “spokesman,” of course, rather than directly. Here’s the text of the statement: “President Obama is heartened by the level of engagement … Continue reading →
All answers are speculative, of course, but my answer is a resounding “yes.” Commenter Yancey Ward writes: One of the issues some on the Right keep bringing up here is paraphrased this way: “Trump should have better explained this EO, … Continue reading →
And when the press gets the vapors, so do its obedient readers. And yes, there are still plenty of those. Another thing that happens is that I’m sometimes moved to violate my Never On Sunday rule and write a Sunday … Continue reading →
Kellyanne Conway got some flak for this: Kellyanne Conway is defending the red, white and blue military-style coat she sported during the inauguration after she was ruthless mocked on social media for the patriotic look. In defending the $3,600 Gucci … Continue reading →
If you want to get some clarity on what Trump’s executive order on immigration actually said and what it didn’t say, read this post by William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection. One of the many topics it elucidates is one that … Continue reading →
President Trump has proposed a temporary suspension of immigration from seven countries and some new rules for the admission of immigrants to the US: Donald Trump has outlined a new screening process for would-be immigrants designed to exclude Islamic extremists … Continue reading →
I just posted a piece critical of Trump’s dealings with the Mexican president. But I have high praise for what’s going one with Britain: Donald Trump has told Theresa May he believes Brexit will be a “wonderful thing” for Britain … Continue reading →
During the campaign, one of the main fears about Donald Trump (a fear I shared) was that he would be a loose cannon in terms of foreign policy as president. Until now I’ve been reassured by most of his moves, … Continue reading →
It’s one of the most famous saying in American history (whether Lincoln said it, as reported, or not): You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool … Continue reading →
In that long long first press conference of Spicer, most of the attention went to the crowd count question. But embedded in all the verbiage was a far more interesting sequence, almost a monologue by Spicer in which he does … Continue reading →
Right now I don’t have several free hours to take on the task of trying to sort out the confusion in this story, as evidence by the first three headlines listed at Memeorandum: —From the WaPo: “The State Department’s entire … Continue reading →