David Solway quotes Pope Benedict from 2007 (that’s not the current pope, it’s his predecessor): There is a self-hatred in the West that can be considered only as something pathological. The West attempts in a praiseworthy manner to open itself … Continue reading →
Looking at this video on the “refugee” crisis in Europe, I see that some aspects of the left/right divide don’t seem so very different there as compared to the US. There’s a cast of very familiar characters, even though they … Continue reading →
I haven’t read it or talked to a single person who has, but this new book by Greg Gutfield sounds interesting. It’s called How To Be Right, and it’s about persuasive techniques for arguing with liberals. Now, Gutfield is a … Continue reading →
I’ve heard it opined that the reason the GOP capitulated on the budget is that they want Hillary Clinton to be elected, because they prefer being the opposition party to having to accomplish anything. But I don’t think that’s the … Continue reading →
…that Democrats thought Republicans were evil and Republicans thought Democrats were stupid. Remember the old saying? But on the comments thread from the Hillary mendacity post, beginning around here, it’s clear that at least some people have now graduated to … Continue reading →
I watched some of Clinton’s testimony yesterday, but at a fairly early point I decided to stop. The reason? My gut feeling was that nothing would come of it. Note I don’t write that “there was nothing worthwhile that was … Continue reading →
…Richard Epstein, who had known Obama at the University of Chicago, had Obama’s number to a great extent. At the time, Epstein was also one of the few people who could be said to have “known” Obama at all, although … Continue reading →
Read this and weep. One thing I’ve long felt about the Obama presidency is that it showed the way and blazed the trail, at least for American leftists since the 60s. Particularly since Reagan, the left in this country used … Continue reading →
So, why did Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party win yesterday’s Canadian election? It seems that voters wanted hope and change. In particular, they seem to have wanted a change to a Prime Minister with very little political executive experience. Sound familiar? … Continue reading →
Have you noticed it? Used to be that the term “RINO” was reserved for Republicans who really were very close to being Democrats—that is, Republicans who crossed the line to vote with the Democrats very often, argued Democratic causes, and … Continue reading →
Commenter “Ackler” poses the following hypothetical: …[S]uppose that tomorrow Obama announced he was canceling the 2016 Election by executive order. Either he would stay in power indefinitely or he would voluntarily cede the Presidency to the anointed Hillary (or Biden, … Continue reading →
Yesterday I read this article by John Hinderaker at Powerline: During our previous wave of mass immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, both immigrants and American officials understood that assimilation into American culture, most importantly learning to … Continue reading →