The current Trump brouhaha is about his statements calling on the Russians to find Hillary’s missing emails. I think it’s clear that it was sarcasm with an extra edge; you can listen to what he said here and decide for … Continue reading →
Is Kaine, the Democratic senator from Virginia, going to be Hillary’s VP pick? Signs point to it: After an extensive, months-long process during which the campaign considered a host of different options — even vetting a serious candidate from outside … Continue reading →
I have rarely felt so repulsed by Congressional testimony as I did yesterday on watching some of Loretta Lynch’s answers before the House. I used the word “answers,” but they were really the most astoundingly verbose double-talk I’ve ever heard. … Continue reading →
…performs the extremely-limited extremely-modified hangout. See also this and this. And although it’s not directly related, what’s up with Ruth Bader Ginsburg going on and on lately about the awfulness of Donald Trump? In this case, Trump is the one … Continue reading →
It’s often an empty exercise to mourn what might have been. One reason is that one can never know, because the road not taken is just that: not taken. We are free to imagine any “if only” that suits our … Continue reading →
Hillary Clinton’s decision to use an alternate and insecure email system has never been adequately or convincingly explained. Her initial excuse was nonsensical and/or mendacious (wanting to use one device), and people have speculated ever since on the real reasons. … Continue reading →
56% disapprove, to be exact, and only 36% approve. I had two thoughts on hearing this. The first was surprise that it was that many disapproving, and the second was, “What difference, at this point, will it make?” I doubted … Continue reading →
[Part I can be found here, and Part II(a) is here.] In addition to the Petraeus case (which I discussed in Part IIa), another well-known case that’s relevant to Hillary Clinton’s emails is that of Sandy Berger, described here. It’s … Continue reading →
[Part I can be found here. I found as I researched and composed Part II that, as I had suspected, to write it properly would take several weeks of solid work and end up the equivalent of a lengthy law … Continue reading →
First of all: forgive me, but I haven’t watched it. My excuse (besides the usual “busy doing other things earlier today”) is that at this point it’s hard to stomach much more of this. I never expected Hillary to be … Continue reading →
It’s a curious thing that yesterday’s Comey statement was shocking even though it was fully expected by the vast majority of people on the right. Although we didn’t know exactly how Comey was going to wriggle out of recommending an … Continue reading →
[NOTE: See my previous posts on the Comey announcement about Hillary Clinton’s email server violations, here and here.] So now we know for sure that there will be no Hillary Clinton indictment, and that she will almost certainly be the … Continue reading →