I haven’t done a jello post in many moons. But recently commenter “parker” requested one. So—since my readers’ wishes are my commands—I went to YouTube to see the latest on jello. I discovered that the jello world has expanded tremendously, … Continue reading →
Every scandal that comes down the pike is given the “gate” suffix these days. But this one really deserves it, because it involves evidence of the Obama administration spying on political rivals and then leaking information obtained in that effort: … Continue reading →
District Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii has been in the news quite a bit lately. You may recall that he was one of several judges who issued orders in separate but similar cases to block Trump’s revised EO regarding travel … Continue reading →
I try to follow the general outlines of the current theories of theoretical physics, but it goes without saying that I don’t understand the math, and that I miss a lot of the details. So although I’d never even heard … Continue reading →
We all know the superficial answer to the question of why Trump threatened the Republican members of Congress known as the Freedom Caucus: because they thwarted him in the passage of the Obamacare reform bill (Ryancare, Trumpcare, GOPcare, whatever you … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repeat of a previous post.] When blogger Andrew Sullivan bit the blogging dust and quit, I took special note of his departure for personal reasons, because you might actually say that it’s actually because of … Continue reading →
This is a curious article. It describes the arrest of three men in Venice who were allegedly planning an attack on the Rialto Bridge, out of admiration for and in imitation of the recent attack on Westminster Bridge in London. … Continue reading →
That title wasn’t sarcasm; I mean it. The editors of the Los Angeles Times thinks it was overreach for California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra to charge the makers of the Planned Parenthood videos with crimes: There’s no question that anti-abortion … Continue reading →
A good question, one asked by commenter “Cornhead” in the Republican unity thread: But why are the Dems so united? They rarely ”“ if ever ”“ break ranks. Nebraska’s Ben Nelson was a perfect example. Conservative state but he voted … Continue reading →
…is hard to do. As Britain is now learning. When a country voluntarily signs away some of its autonomy—in this case, to join the EU—it would seem at the outset that such a decision would be reversible if that country … Continue reading →
In his column today in the NY Post, Michael Goodwin discusses some contradictory communications from Trump about the failed health care bill. Goodwin also mentions that calls for bipartisanship are doomed (agreed), and suggests that what Trump really needs to … Continue reading →
You think the press is bad now? And you think relations between the press and presidents have never been worse on both sides? Don’t be too sure. The following quote is taken from an article by Ryan Holiday about a … Continue reading →