And it’s the overuse of the word “whine.” I’ve noticed that whine is employed a great deal in political discourse, both on this blog and elsewhere. It’s ordinarily used to describe—and trivialize—a complaint by people with whom you don’t agree. … Continue reading →
You can’t be too careful, right? Fearful of ruffling feathers in Charlottesville and elsewhere, MSESPN made this decision: In a story that seems made for The Onion, but is actually true, according to multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN MSESPN decided … 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 →
[See ADDENDUM below.] At Powerline I saw this post by Steven Hayward about a new movie on Churchill called “Darkest Hour,” set shortly before D-Day. It stars Gary Oldman in the lead role, and from the trailer posted at Powerline, … Continue reading →
First let’s look at the transcript of the speech (sorry it’s a link to CNN, but they’re the ones providing it right now, so they’re definitely good for something). And here’s the way the leftist press (the Guardian, in this … Continue reading →
Last night commenter “Sergey” made the observation that Trump is “the most underestimated politician I heard about…He thinks outside the box, not even thinks, but grasps and sees what nobody else can grasp and see.” I don’t know how cerebral … Continue reading →
I purchased a battery-powered implement the other day of a type that’s been proliferating in stores during the last few years: the heel smoother. You can find a plethora of buffers and scrapers, shavers and grinders, all guaranteeing to pare … Continue reading →
We take our humor wherever we can get it these days. From the Telegraph: …[Trump] claimed his predecessor ordered a wiretap of the phones at Trump Tower in New York, Mr Trump’s campaign headquarters. James Comey, the FBI director, asked … Continue reading →
Today is Presidents’ Day. Or is it “Presidents Day”? Or even “President’s Day”? You can find all those variations online, although if you parse them they mean very different things. It was significantly easier before 1971, the year they consolidated … Continue reading →
Those who say that of course Trump’s EO on immigration was meant to be a ban on Muslims are relying on Trump’s long-ago campaign statements as well as a more recent remark of his and some recent comments by advisor … Continue reading →
The right geek is very, very tired. And it’s only been three weeks so far: I was alive and politically aware during the post 9/11 W. Bush administration, and back then, I saw my fair share of leftwing nonsense. I … Continue reading →
…on the left used the term “failure theater”* to describe what the Democrats in Congress are doing these days? That is, empty histrionics that are getting them nowhere so far in terms of stopping the approval of Trump’s cabinet? Is … Continue reading →