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 →
First, I learned a new word today: “satnavs,” for satellite-guided navigators. Next, this is exactly what I intuitively sense when I use my navigator to help with driving directions: ”˜Our results fit with models in which the hippocampus simulates journeys … Continue reading →
…steal Tom Brady’s Superbowl jerseys? I wonder whether the jerseys could be authenticated by DNA, even if they’ve been washed. More: The NFL confirmed the suspect was indeed a properly credentialed media member. The league also confirmed that the primary … Continue reading →
I have no idea what the answer to the above question might be. How’s that for incisive, cutting-edge blogging? House conservatives are saying they have the votes to defeat the bill as it now stands. The bill’s proponents (who include … Continue reading →
The Department of Homeland Security under Trump has prohibited passengers from carrying certain types of electronic devices into the cabin of airplanes coming to the US: Passengers traveling to the United States from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will … Continue reading →
Decades ago, the book review section of the NY Times used to be one of my favorite portions of the paper to read of a Sunday, back when I read it in the paper version. Implicit in my mind—without my … Continue reading →