It can be boiled down to reverse the Obama doctrine*. Totten doesn’t say that—not exactly, anyway. But his final paragraph indicates it: All this advice is based on one simple principle””you reward your friends and punish your enemies. It’s the … Continue reading →
I find George Bush’s continuing dedication to painting to be quite fascinating. I like his paintings and think he’s improved since he began. Now he seems to be concentrating on portraiture; this is what an art critic has to say: … Continue reading →
By now you’ve probably heard that president-elect Trump has announced some appointments: The president-elect announced Sunday that he has selected Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to serve as chief of staff in his incoming administration. In the same announcement, … Continue reading →
Almost as soon as the Trump win had occurred, I began noticing that, among former Trump opposers left and right, it was shaking down into two camps: the optimists and the pessimists. The optimists were saying some version of “wait … Continue reading →
After giving us the gift of his music for nearly fifty years, Leonard Cohen has finally gone home: His son issued this statement on his father’s death: “My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles with the … Continue reading →
Get ready for an awful lot of the f-word in the following video, which is by a guy who detests Trump and would have preferred Sanders. But this rant is actually very good. I think he may just be learning … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of post-election fear out there on the part of many liberals who voted for Hillary Clinton. Not all of them by any means, as I think I’ve made clear in other posts. But along with some my … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] Yes, indeed, I am that old—old enough to just barely remember when Veterans Day was called Armistice Day. The change in names occurred in 1954, when I was very small, in … Continue reading →
There may be riots in the streets, but some of the people I know are settling down at least a little, post-election. One of the big reasons, in my opinion, is demeanor. I’m not just talking about Donald Trump’s demeanor. … Continue reading →
Here’s an epic anti-MSM rant by Will Rahn, a political correspondent and managing director for CBS News Digital. Why brave? He’s at CBS, and his essay doesn’t pull any punches about the press. And I don’t think a lot of … Continue reading →
This Republican victory was a very republican victory. Not the small “r” in that last “republican.” On election night I noticed, long before Trump had been declared the victor, that although a lot of states were still undeclared, there was … Continue reading →
I just heard the news that Leonard Cohen is dead at 82. I am tremendously saddened. Cohen’s music, his lugubrious voice, and his poetry are the gifts he gave to the world, and they will live on.
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