I was on the road most of yesterday and didn’t have time to respond to the comments at the thread with the Monty Python video till just now. Seems to me that the misunderstandings of what I was attempting to … Continue reading →
Actually, it’s just one of the many reasons. But it’s a pretty big one, IMHO: Jeb Bush says that the Senate should confirm the nomination of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s choice for attorney general. A number of Senate Republicans … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The word “deal” is in scare quotes because it’s not actually a deal, it’s an announcement of a tentative deal to make a deal. But for the rest of this post I’ll leave out the quote marks for the … Continue reading →
Dershowitz: I wouldn’t hire this administration to negotiate a one-month lease for me,” Dershowitz said. He also called Obama “undiplomatic,” “petulant,” and “juvenile,” according to Noah Pollak of the Emergency Committee for Israel… And yet, and yet—although these actions by … Continue reading →
…Ted Cruz has thrown his hat into the 2016 presidential ring. Early-bird Cruz is one of the smartest guys ever to run for the presidency. And I don’t think even the staunchest conservatives would be likely to question his conservative … Continue reading →
I think that this comment from “Eric,” our resident strategist, is worth highlighting: …[I]t’s up to the Republicans to counter the Democrats. It’s up to the Right to counter the Left. Yes, the Democrats have been taken over by the … Continue reading →
This is certainly interesting: Represenative Eliot Engel of New York, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said he and Republican Chairman Ed Royce of California were sending a letter to President Barack Obama expressing their concerns about what needs to … Continue reading →
I can’t help but notice a lot of anger on the right at the right, or at least at Republicans. It seems to take two forms. One is nit-picking about each Republican candidate—even conservative ones—to see if he or she … Continue reading →
Well, you know my answer: constantly. It’s been especially hard socially. Althouse writes: It’s my hypothesis that people take the positions that are comfortable to them. Living in Madison, Wisconsin, I often wonder about the depth of the political opinions … Continue reading →
“Open Blogger” at Ace’s has a good piece on political argument and why it’s so hard to change minds. His point is that a lot of liberals seem to actively resist hearing facts that might challenge them. He mentions people … Continue reading →
I have learned that’s like reading tea leaves—reading tea leaves in a steamy room where you can’t even see the leaves or the tea. If previous examples serve, nobody knows. Nobody has much of a clue whether any question each … Continue reading →
Let me begin by stating my point of view. I’m with commenter “Harold,” who writes: Not only should Republicans break the filibuster, they should break, bend, ignore every rule and tradition in the Senate. Republicans don’t seem to get that … Continue reading →