Commenter “J.J.” wonders: How do you account for this? Hillary is on record as being for closing down the coal industry. Trump is on record as saying he will put the miners back to work. Polls today in West Virginia … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of talk lately about how everyone was predicting Trump would go nowhere—except, of course, his fervent supporters, who believed almost from the start that he could win the nomination. Looking back, my recollection was that at the … Continue reading →
The Chicago Tribune states an idea I’ve thought about quite a bit lately: …[T]the odds are very good that the next president will be someone most voters actively dislike or even detest. I don’t think there’s ever been a situation … Continue reading →
Pathological and/or compulsive lying is not the same as ordinary lying. Ordinary lying is strategic and episodic, and the person doing it usually realizes he/she is lying. There is a reason for the lying, a reason an objective observer can … Continue reading →
Republican Senator Ben Sasse has written an open letter to America. I agree with a great deal of it, but I wanted to take issue with something. Here’s an excerpt: In the history of polling, we’ve basically never had a … Continue reading →
An interesting mix of responses from the crew at Legal Insurrection. You can’t say we’re not a varied bunch. I especially identified with the response of blog host William A. Jacobson.
Continue reading →I think it’s safe to say that we will be likely to revisit this topic many, many times again, and that the answer may vary over time as events shape up in this crazy, crazy, crazy (mad mad mad mad) … Continue reading →
And what we did know, we didn’t like. Reports are that John Kasich is about to drop out of the race. Only about six months too late. From the very start of this fabulous primary season, Kasich seemed extraneous. Why … Continue reading →
For quite a few years now I’ve been hearing the slogan “burn it down” from a lot of people on the right side of the blogosphere. So one thing I didn’t have to learn from Trump’s candidacy is that there … Continue reading →
I have a theory here. The idea is that Trump has been pushing the envelope, testing his supporters to see how far he can go. Whether he believes the lies he tells, or whether he just thinks they will and … Continue reading →
Today is Indiana primary day. I think Trump will win, and this would mean that Trump would almost certainly become the GOP nominee. The word “sobering” doesn’t even begin to describe how that prospect appears. Actually, it fills me with … Continue reading →
I thought of this the other day when contemplating Trump’s “play fair,” “don’t rig the process to deny me” tactic. I realized this was a case of Trump following Alinsky Rule 4 through and through: “Make the enemy live up … Continue reading →