Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe lied to the FBI not once, but over and over and over (or “lacked candor,” which is quite the euphemism). The number of self-serving lies McCabe told (as well as some well-placed leaks), the … Continue reading →
Lately there have been so many big news stories each day that there’s no way a single person can write about all of them. So I’m going to weasel out of this one (for now, anyway) and refer you to … Continue reading →
Here’s the story. I bet Trump has gained increased sympathy in recent months for those caught up in a politically vindictive net and charged with “process” crimes. Libby was certainly one of them. Libby’s sentence had already been commuted by … Continue reading →
I had forgotten (or never knew) the Mueller connection to the Whitey Bulger case, but Alan Dershowitz hasn’t forgotten. For those of you non-New Englanders, here’s the gist of it: Look, [Mueller’s] the guy who kept four innocent people in … Continue reading →
From Andrew C. McCarthy, a little recent history: Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign was caught hiding the sources of 1,300 large campaign donations, aggregating to nearly $2 million. The campaign also accepted more than $1.3 million in unlawful donations from … Continue reading →
I watched the Levin/McCarthy discussion videos I mentioned in my previous post today. Unfortunately, they can’t be embedded, and in their entirety they’re rather long. So I’ll just suggest you watch the concluding one, which is the third in the … Continue reading →
What’s so disturbing is not just the raid on the office (and home, and hotel room) of Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer, but the broader context in which it took place. What I mean by “broader context,” is the vendetta nature … Continue reading →
When you do away with guns, you apparently get more knives. It stands to reason. And you know what? You apparently get guns, too: The increase in London homicides has been so profound that for the first time in recorded … Continue reading →
I’m not going to write another book on this—yesterday’s tome was enough. But here’s a bit more on the subject of the Williamson firing and its fallout. First, let’s get this straight: of course Williamson was hired in the first … Continue reading →
The Atlantic‘s firing of conservative columnist Kevin Williamson about a week and a half after hiring him has been a huge story lately. Talk about revolving doors! The sides have lined up as one might expect: the left in favor … Continue reading →
Canada, like most other countries, does not have as robust a free speech tradition as we do in the US. They also have hate speech laws, which we (so far) have not passed here, although many universities have codes against … Continue reading →
I have no idea whether Bill O’Reilly’s accusers are telling the truth about him and what he did. But for the sake of argument, let’s say they are. Are they being “silenced” by O’Reilly? That’s the premise of this headline … Continue reading →