If you don’t get enough people on board for “yes” and schedule a vote anyway, you’re going to end up having to cancel it. And that’s what happened today. There was a lot of jockeying for position and a lot … Continue reading →
I purchased a battery-powered implement the other day of a type that’s been proliferating in stores during the last few years: the heel smoother. You can find a plethora of buffers and scrapers, shavers and grinders, all guaranteeing to pare … Continue reading →
See this.
Continue reading →And most likely a prison convert. He’s been identified by several possible birth names and aliases, but the bottom line is that he was born in Britain of non-Muslim parents, had a history of violent crime as a younger man, … Continue reading →
Note I put a question mark after the word “threat.” Here’s the story as it’s being reported: … a frustrated White House told a group of GOP lawmakers meeting in the Capitol basement Thursday evening that negotiations were “done” and … Continue reading →
I’m not even going to bother to put up any links because the situation is so fluid and changing that nothing anyone says is worth much in terms of prognostication. Will the House vote this evening on repeal/replace? That’s the … Continue reading →
…on Gorsuch: he’s too retro and sort of folksy. What sort of idiocy is this column by Milbank in the WaPo? It sounds like junior high school gossip: No fewer than eight times [Gorsuch] punctuated his testimony with “Leave It … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE below.] I had never seen this statue before. But I noticed it in a photo taken at the site of the terrorist attack yesterday: Churchill’s expression is apropos, I think. I doubt he’d be the least bit pleased … Continue reading →
Two makeovers that preserve silver hair:
Continue reading →So, who’s bluffing? Will conservatives (and even some moderates who oppose the bill) prove correct when they say they have enough votes to block the current version of GOP health care reform on Thursday? Or will Trump be able to … Continue reading →
There has been a terrorist attack in London today. The death toll is unclear (at the moment, I’m reading between 2 and 4 dead). But here are the facts as they’ve emerged so far: More than 12 people were said … Continue reading →
The WSJ has published an editorial excoriating Trump for being a liar. For some reason I can’t get to the whole thing in the usual manner—Googling the title of the piece and the paper’s name—so I can’t report on the … Continue reading →