Here’s William Jacobson on the subject of Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland. It’s a canny move by Obama, and an expected one—to nominate a “moderate” and to dare the GOP to oppose him. How the GOP reacts depends on their bet … Continue reading →
Fox reports that Hillary’s IT specialist could become a very damaging witness to her: The source said Pagliano told the FBI who had access to the former secretary of state’s system ”“ as well as when ”“ and what devices … Continue reading →
Many things happened during last night’s GOP debate. The level of debate discourse (can I use highfalutin words like “discourse” without being called a snobbishly out-of-touch member of the “elites”?) has fallen even further and we are now reduced to … Continue reading →
Hey, I get busy for a day and don’t get on my computer, and when I return I see there are 158 comments to plow through in the “tyrant” thread. No better proof of the fact that discussions around the … Continue reading →
This was a creatively diabolical thing to do: Amazingly, the victim still seems to be alive, all these years later, although her health has declined according to parole hearing testimony. Heart of darkness. There is no question that the Janice … Continue reading →
This is potentially disturbing: Following a report of a series of alleged offensive online posts relating to Syrian refugees living in Rothesay on Bute, Police Scotland confirmed on Tuesday that a 40-year-old man, understood to be from the Inverclyde area, … Continue reading →
From William Jacobson. Oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas and even more more so Friedrichs v. California Teachers’ Association suggested the Court would decide for the conservative position in both. Now those cases are thrown into turmoil. The … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Although I already speculated somewhat about this question in the addenda to the previous post, I felt the issue is so important it needs a post of its own.] What will happen now? To set the scene: it’s nine … Continue reading →
This is terrible terrible news on every level. We are all hostages to fate, are we not? First, tragic for Scalia’s friends and family. Second, the left will be crowing and celebrating in the end zone, and you can easily … Continue reading →
…and don’t bother us anymore with this nonsense. Well, that’s not a direct quote. But here: The GOP senator has had his presidential bid challenged in recent months by Iowa GOP runner-up Donald Trump, who claimed Cruz’s Canadian birthplace disqualifies … Continue reading →
As a large-scale real estate developer, Trump has sometimes sued in his efforts to use government to condemn houses belonging to people of modest means whose homes—which Trump considers insufficiently attractive—have stood near his big developments and have chosen to … Continue reading →
Those of you who think Hillary Clinton will be indicted may be mistaken: “That will be a decision made by the Department of Justice and prosecutors over there,” said Earnest. “What I know that some officials over there have said … Continue reading →