For once, Democrat infighting can’t be contained and Pelosi seems to have lost her iron grip on the group. I don’t trust it to be long-lasting, though, because the “moderate Democrat” has become mostly a myth, and the “progressives” (that … Continue reading →
Richard Fernandez has been writing a great many posts about China lately. In fact, his last five were on the subject: here, here, here, here (that one’s indirectly about China, anyway), and here. One of the essays highlights a quote … Continue reading →
It seems to me that the Biden administration’s proposal to expand the spy powers of the feds and the IRS wouldn’t be popular even with most Democrats, if they knew about it: The Biden proposal would drop the dollar threshold … Continue reading →
SCOTUS has ruled on Biden’s eviction moratorium: A District Court had ruled the moratorium illegal, but stayed its decision pending appeal. In a prior visit to SCOTUS, the stay was left in place because the moratorium was about to expire … Continue reading →
Amidst everything else, this happened yesterday: Striking a deal with moderates, House Democratic leaders have muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle, ending a risky standoff and putting the party’s domestic infrastructure agenda back on track…. … Continue reading →
Not “fascism” as in “mean people doing mean things that I don’t like,” but “fascism” in its economic sense of “large private businesses being in bed with government”? Fascism as an economic system is sometimes described this way: As such, … Continue reading →
…in their fishing expedition to try to find a reason to prosecute Trump. From an article in the NY Times: The prosecutors had been building a case for months against the executive, Allen H. Weisselberg, as part of an effort … Continue reading →
Joe Biden isn’t so addled that he can’t pull a fast one. Or maybe being addled helps him to pull a fast one, because he forgets the contradictory things he says. At any rate, this is how it went: Mr. … Continue reading →
…to his real bosses, the Palestinians: The head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza apologized on Tuesday for comments he made to Israeli TV in which he said that IDF strikes on the Strip appeared to be … Continue reading →
I’m unfamiliar with the site and the author, but this article certainly is interesting. I’m curious what you all think of it. The title is “Bowling Alone: How Washington Has Helped Destroy American Civil Society and Family Life.” I’m familiar … Continue reading →
It happens nearly every time, almost like Lucy and Charlie Brown and the football. Why are they called “experts”? Well, they’re expert at predicting what the left wishes will happen, and then they’re expert at being perpetually astonished at what … Continue reading →
This is why (it’s premium content, so you probably won’t be able to read the whole thing, but a big chunk of it can be found here): Twitter’s stock fell 15 percent last week apparently because they’re not getting sufficient … Continue reading →