There are so many wonderful Jordan Peterson videos it’s hard to choose just one (or watch just one; they’re like potato chips). But I think this is especially fine: I’ll add that, having watched quite a bit of Peterson speaking … Continue reading →
Here’s the story. I bet Trump has gained increased sympathy in recent months for those caught up in a politically vindictive net and charged with “process” crimes. Libby was certainly one of them. Libby’s sentence had already been commuted by … Continue reading →
From Andrew C. McCarthy, a little recent history: Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign was caught hiding the sources of 1,300 large campaign donations, aggregating to nearly $2 million. The campaign also accepted more than $1.3 million in unlawful donations from … Continue reading →
I watched the Levin/McCarthy discussion videos I mentioned in my previous post today. Unfortunately, they can’t be embedded, and in their entirety they’re rather long. So I’ll just suggest you watch the concluding one, which is the third in the … Continue reading →
What’s so disturbing is not just the raid on the office (and home, and hotel room) of Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer, but the broader context in which it took place. What I mean by “broader context,” is the vendetta nature … Continue reading →
You may remember Diamond and Silk. They started out on YouTube when Trump was just a candidate, and became a sensation for their humor, their attitude, and the fact that they were two black women who supported Trump. Then they … Continue reading →
Canada, like most other countries, does not have as robust a free speech tradition as we do in the US. They also have hate speech laws, which we (so far) have not passed here, although many universities have codes against … Continue reading →
Homeowner Richard Osborne-Brooks, 78, grappled with and then stabbed an intruder who entered his home in the middle of the night: The pensioner, named locally as Richard Osborn-Brooks, was upstairs asleep with his wife when he was woken by the … Continue reading →
This is shocking (or rather, it should be): former SCOTUS Justice Stevens (who is now 97), has written a NY Times op-ed piece calling for the elimination of the Second Amendment. The reason he gives is this: Rarely in my … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter Geoffrey Britain.] He’s talking about gun control, but it’s a primer on how to talk about heated issues in general: Freitas bears watching. When I say that he gave a primer on how to talk about these … Continue reading →
Let’s look at what Trump said, in context: Vice President Mike Pence: Violence, restraining orders, California has a version of this. And I think in your meeting with governors earlier this week, individually, and as a group, we spoke about … Continue reading →
The Parkland shootings—and the police reaction to them—have sparked predictable responses on both sides. Here’s the way the liberal position on this seems to work, based on some or all of the following beliefs: (1) “Good guys” don’t kill people … Continue reading →