Tulsi Gabbard – who is no longer in office, having declined to run for re-election to the House – seems to be speaking reasonably about what’s going on these days in terms of restrictions on liberty. Tulsi appears to have … Continue reading →
First they deplatformed him, and now he’s been arrested. The allegations are as follows: Brandon Straka, 44, was arrested on a felony charge of interfering with police during civil disorder. The self-described founder of a movement to “walk away” from … Continue reading →
It was understandable that Democrats wanted good security for the inauguration this year. So did Trump in 2017, who had plenty of death threats and hatred thrown his way. But although I’m sure there was security for Trump’s inauguration (and … Continue reading →
Glenn Greenwald has some theories. [NOTE: Although Greenwald doesn’t talk about this, I was just wondering how many Americans have any knowledge of what the words “Reichstag Fire” might mean. For those who know their history, the parallels can be … Continue reading →
Commenter “D. Cohen” describes a problem: One big lack in the constitution is a statement about how small a state can be… Suppose political party A controls a state and both houses of Congress. It can then, constitutionally, have its … Continue reading →
If COVID had never happened and everything else had remained the same, I believe that Trump would have been re-elected. After all, the economy was going well, and none of the left’s attacks on him had really gained traction. Plus, … Continue reading →
The left may not have trashed Martin Luther King’s statues, but they’ve done an excellent job of trashing his message and his legacy. I cannot help but think that King would weep if he were alive today and could see … Continue reading →
Could the following process have been successfully stopped by GOP challenges prior to the 2020 election? I don’t see how that could have been done in states in which the office of Secretary of State was held by a Democrat. … Continue reading →
We’ve really only barely begun to get the fuller story on what happened on January 6 at the Capitol. But the House was in such an all-fired hurry to stab at Moby Dick Trump that they couldn’t wait for some … Continue reading →
From a coment by “Eris Guy”: The Left/Communist/Democrats have been calling Republicans “Nazis” since Wendell Willkie. (Can you imagine claiming — or worse believing — Willkie is a Nazi.) It’s a slow, steady drip of hate until the water becomes … Continue reading →
The charge is “incitement to insurrection.” Which is appropriately Orwellian, since there was neither “incitement” (see this) nor an “insurrection” – except to the degree that any protest against the government that involves any violence at all could be labeled … Continue reading →
I came across two older posts of mine yesterday, and decided they are worth revisiting in light of recent events. The first is from December 12, 2016, about a month after Trump’s election. Here are some selected quotes from it: … Continue reading →