[UPDATE 2:20 PM, 1/8 Still working on a solution. Just to describe the problem in a bit more detail—when I tried to view this post on my phone, it said there was one comment. And when I viewed it on … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading this collection of essays about the poet Robert Frost. It’s an older book that I took out of the library, and although it was edited in 1962 the essays in it are mainly from the 1930s, 1940s, … Continue reading →
Here’s a comment from “SteveH” in August of 2015, about the future political prospects of the GOP. I noted it down at the time and planned to discuss it in a post, a post that I drafted but never got … Continue reading →
I often cross-post at the blog Legal Insurrection, but most of the time my posts there are just slightly-edited versions of posts here. However, today I have a post up at LI which is related to one I wrote here … Continue reading →
This time, a terrible act of violence at an airport resulting in five deaths seems to have been perpetrated by a person who was mentally ill, perhaps schizophrenic: [The shooter Esteban Santiago] visited the FBI’s Anchorage, Alaska, office a few … Continue reading →
Back in 2009-2010, the Democrats couldn’t be bothered to try to fashion a health care reform bill that would get some bipartisan support. So when the people of Massachusetts warned them against a unilateral one, by electing Scott Brown as … Continue reading →
Lots of news today about the Russians, the 2016 election, the hacking, and the leaks. The Russians celebrated the Trump victory. The DNC refused to give its servers to the FBI for an investigation. Trump says it’s a politically motivated … Continue reading →
…and I hope not “gone.” Macy’s is closing a great many of its brick and mortar stores: Macy’s said Wednesday it’s shutting down 68 stores and cutting more than 10,000 jobs. The announcement was issued alongside an unfavorable earnings report, … Continue reading →
UPDATE 5:50: The four perpetrators—two 18-year-old men and one 18-year old and one 24-year-old female (the women appear from their names to be sisters or otherwise related)—have now been charged, and “hate crime” is among the charges: Authorities have charged … Continue reading →
Molly Hemingway has written a great post with an excellent list of ten things to point out to the liberals in your life who might be exceedingly upset over the Trump victory. Just a sampling; the first two: 1) It’s … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of posturing going on near the border of Russia with Poland, Belarus and Lithuania: Lithuania’s foreign minister Linas Linkevicius confirmed Russia’s military activity in Kaliningrad is terrifying the region. He said: “Iskander missiles capable of carrying nuclear … Continue reading →
When President Obama nominated Merrick Garland as SCOTUS Justice Scalia’s replacement last March, it was eight months from the 2016 election. Republicans controlled the Senate, and they decided to punt and wait for the next president. This was somewhat of … Continue reading →