Please read this article by Caroline Glick about recent developments in the Netanyahu trial. Whether or not you’re especially interested in Israel or in Netanyahu himself, you will probably be impressed by the similarities to the actions of Donald Trump’s … Continue reading →
Much of France is a mess right now, and there is that déjà vu feeling from memories of the US during the George Floyd summer of 2020 [comments in brackets are mine]: Paris and other French cities resemble war zones, … Continue reading →
SCOTUS is on a roll, with two more decisions in which the justices have voted 6-3, with all the Republican-appointed justices in the majority and the Democrat-appointed justices dissenting. The first case defends free speech: The Court held 6–3 that … Continue reading →
Affirmative action is a subset of what the brilliant Thomas Sowell called The Quest For Cosmic Justice (and if you’ve never read that book I highly recommend doing so). Here’s Sowell: Cosmic justice is not about the rules of the … Continue reading →
The decision was 6-3, so all the Republican-appointed justices were with the majority and all the Democrat-appointed justices dissented. That’s a bit of a surprise; I thought there might be more defections from the Republican side. William Jacobson writes: The … Continue reading →
Here’s a good article by Jonathan Turley on the latest “pay no attention to Hunter, he was just a junkie and is to be pitied, exonerated, and praised” approach to Hunter Biden’s leveraging of his father’s position in order to … Continue reading →
The latest from Heather Mac Donald is called When Race Trumps Merit: When Race Trumps Merit provides an alternative explanation for those racial disparities. It is large academic skills gaps that cause the lack of proportional representation in our most … Continue reading →
By now you’ve probably read about the leaked audio from 2021 in which Trump discusses some documents he has that are supposedly classifed. Here’s a sampler of varied opinions: this from Andrea Widburg, this from William Jacobson, and this at … Continue reading →
From Garland: “I certainly understand that some have chosen to attack the integrity of the Justice Department and its components and its employees by claiming that we do not treat like cases alike,” Garland said. “This constitutes an attack on … Continue reading →
California is getting close to passing another dangerous law that undermines parental authority: California Democrats on Tuesday advanced legislation to let mental health professionals remove children from their homes and place them in state custody without parental consent. The Senate … Continue reading →
Commenter “sailorcurt” makes a interesting point concerning the Titan submersible when he writes: Freedom also comes with the responsibility to accept the consequences for those choices and actions. “Did the waiver that had to be signed by the clients/tourists actually … Continue reading →
The two-tiered “justice” system marches on. This time the IRS was willing to apply the usual standard to Biden’s son Hunter and charge him with a felony, but the DOJ never carried out the recommendation: Rep. Jason Smith (R., Mo.) … Continue reading →