…that thinks the election might have been rigged, and is suggesting a recount in several close states. I will go out on a limb and say I don’t think it’s going to happen, in part because so much time has … Continue reading →
Seem to be the best of friends now. The whole interview is well worth reading, as a glimpse into Trump’s mindset at the moment (he’s looking into this and that), and his ability to work the room. For example: TRUMP: … Continue reading →
This one puzzled me at first: I am glad to be a visitant of this sodding site. Until I looked it up. I believe it’s British.
Continue reading →Is anyone surprised at this newest iteration of the kinder, gentler Trump?: President-elect Donald Trump won’t subject Hillary Clinton to a criminal inquiry ”” instead, he’ll help her heal, his spokeswoman said Tuesday. “I think when the president-elect who’s also … Continue reading →
I confess that I haven’t had time to read this presentation from 2014 by Steve Bannon, which was sent me by a reader. But I thought it might be good to mention it, since it at least gives us some … Continue reading →
By now you probably have read the stories about how Trump called a meeting with the press, only to give them a dressing down. If you don’t care much—well, the press certainly does. Just as an example, see this from … Continue reading →
I’m not so very interested in an incident that seems to be absorbing people so heavily this days, in which an actor in the Broadway show “Hamilton” made a condescending speech from the stage around curtain call time suggesting that … Continue reading →
An interesting premise: I’ve read the Left’s indictments, including Chris Mooney’s bestseller, The Republican War on Science. I finished it with the same question about this war that I had at the outset: Where are the casualties? Where are the … Continue reading →
Yes, polls. Again. Why am I still talking about them? Well, I see a lot of statements on the subject, here and elsewhere, that are just plain incorrect. That’s not new, either; it’s been going on as long as I … Continue reading →
I’d never heard of ballet dancer Zenaida Yanowsky before. But I idly clicked on a video while procrastinating about something-or-other, and what I saw puzzled me. It was the “Black Swan” pas de deux, and I didn’t love her dancing. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a post in which I continue to explore the more extremist wing of the alt-right, because I think it bears watching and comprehending. That doesn’t mean I think it’s an enormous group. Nor do I think Donald … Continue reading →
I call the president-elect’s Trump Tower residence the Gold House. And it’s quite the security challenge: Other presidents have used retreats ”” the compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, or the ranch in Crawford, Texas, for the Bushes ”” but they were … Continue reading →