The hostage negotiations are great PR for the murderers of Hamas, as is the constant understandable pressure from many of the Israeli hostage families on the Israeli government. But Sinwar and the others have no intention of capitulating to any … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I originally wrote this post in 2005, nearly twenty years ago. I was reminded of the subject matter last night when commenter “Jeff Z” wrote, on the Holocaust inversion thread, “I don’t know if you’ve ever read ‘Reading Lolita … Continue reading →
Another piece of bad news from Britain: You can be jailed for social media posts that fall into some nebulously-defined “hate speech” category, and to make things even more ridiculous, at least one British cop, this one being Metropolitan Police … Continue reading →
I read Aldous Huxley’s dystopian Brave New World shortly after I had read Orwell’s dystopian Nineteen-Eighty-Four. I was around thirteen years old at the time, and I didn’t quite get Brave New World although I did finish it. In my … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post from many many years ago. It was written in the springtime during a visit to New York City. Reading it now, it seems almost archaic in certain ways.] I’ve been visiting … Continue reading →
The Democrats aren’t having what you’d call a good day. Mama said there’d be days like this, and mama was right. SCOTUS has handed down some important rulings that didn’t go the left’s way. The first is to allow anti-camping … Continue reading →
On yesterday’s SCOTUS decision in Murthy v. Minnesota: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to vacate a historic preliminary injunction granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Murthy v. Missouri, finding … Continue reading →
I guess he did it just in time for the debate on Thursday: Merchan on Tuesday partially lifted the gag order because the trial has concluded. Trump is now able to speak about protected witnesses and jurors. Steven Cheung, Trump … Continue reading →
It appears that Julian Assange will be returning to Australia, his original home: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty on Wednesday to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and … Continue reading →
Here’s the way the left’s game is played. It’s not just about the Trump verdict – for example, they have used the same technique in connection with accepting the results of the 2020 election. But it is very much in … Continue reading →
The verdict makes it more and more plausible – to fair-thinking people anyway – that there indeed was voting fraud in 2020 and that there will be voter fraud in 2024. After all, the trial and verdict have made it … Continue reading →
Clearly, the Democrats thought it would be well worth it to convict Trump in a nakedly political show trial. The lawyers among them – and there are many such – had to be aware of the abysmal weakness of the … Continue reading →