In the Trump era it’s gotten even more difficult to write about the news, for the simple reason that for the most part I distrust all prognostications and rumors, both of which have come to take up a larger and … Continue reading →
Take a look: I am here today to announce that the program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday at the Justice Department… In a statement after his … Continue reading →
So, what’s going to happen with DACA? I’ve read a number of articles on the right recently that mull over what Trump will do—will he preserve it or won’t he?—and a bunch more about the pernicious Republicans in Congress wanting … Continue reading →
Paul Mirengoff (not ordinarily a Trump fan) makes the case here. I confess to not having followed the Joe Arpaio conviction story. But Mirengoff’s piece seems reasonable enough to me, with its main point that the Arpaio pardon represents “a … Continue reading →
It might seem that the perps in the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks should have been easier to detect because this was a multi-person cell, a group rather than a lone wolf. Nevertheless, not a single one of the people involved, … Continue reading →
Good news: Nearly a third of territory reclaimed from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria since 2014 has been won in the past six months, due to new policies adopted by the Trump administration, a senior State Department official … Continue reading →
It’s a growing problem: When I started teaching at Long Beach City College in fall of 2000, fully one-third of students enrolled came from a traditional white working-class background. I thought that was minuscule at the time, but now the … Continue reading →
In case you haven’t seen the topic du jour—-Stephen Miller’s put-down of Jim Acosta—here it is: Miller is a bulldog there, relentlessly on message and completely unafraid. This made me curious about him, and so I looked him up. First … Continue reading →
See this at Legal Insurrection for some of the details. The gist of it is that “The majority stayed only part (as to refugees), but not the absurd expansive definition of close family used by the District Court.”
Continue reading →An interesting article in the Atlantic by Franklin Foer entitled “What’s Wrong With the Democrats?”: If there’s any consolation to the realization of terrible fears, of worst-case scenarios springing to life, it’s that they are invigorating. Donald Trump’s presidency has … Continue reading →
Well, well, well: The Supreme Court agreed Monday to let portions of President Donald Trump’s travel ban executive order take effect, a partial victory for the White House that could come as a relief after a string of lower court … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court is about to render judgment on the 4th Circuit’s upholding of an injunction against Trump travel ban EO. Professor Jacobson at Legal Insurrection suggests that, based on her prior remarks about Trump, Justice Ginsburg ought to be … Continue reading →