Barbara Bush dies at 92
I remember her as a forthright, no-nonsense woman who felt like a breath of fresh air as First Lady—and I was a Democrat back then. And what a life! Married at 19 to George Bush, she’d met him at 16 … Continue reading →
Category Archives: People of interest
Aha! It had to happen—the real Onion weighs in on Comey
Just a few hours ago I wrote about some of the news du jour as being too much like the Onion for comfort. One of those news items was Comey’s interviews and book, about which I said: Oh, how the … Continue reading →
The Not-The-Onion news of the day
Look, I take my humor wherever I can find it these days. Even if it’s in the real, live, very unfake news. And even if that unfake news sounds like the sort of fake news that used to air only … Continue reading →
Still another demonstration of the fact that liberals think it’s perfectly okay to be racist towards black conservatives
They’re Uncle Toms, or minstrels, or whatever the epithet du jour is. And this somehow proves that it’s those on the right who are the racists. The logic is impeccable. Bree Newsome, an artist and activist, described [Diamond and Silk, … Continue reading →
Trump pardons Scooter Libby
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 →
Mueller and Bulger
I had forgotten (or never knew) the Mueller connection to the Whitey Bulger case, but Alan Dershowitz hasn’t forgotten. For those of you non-New Englanders, here’s the gist of it: Look, [Mueller’s] the guy who kept four innocent people in … Continue reading →
Zuckerberg on Facebook bias
I didn’t watch Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony yesterday, and I didn’t read a transcript of it, either. But I did read several summaries, and I’m in agreement with what John Hinderaker writes here: Zuckerberg responded by acknowledging”“remarkably, I think”“that Silicon Valley … Continue reading →
Paul Ryan won’t be running in 2018
Does this news make you happy? It doesn’t make me happy. Ryan is a moderate Republican. A lot of people on the right can’t stand moderate Republicans and want them out, either believing they can be replaced by conservatives, or … Continue reading →
Dan Rather will teach you how to avoid fake news
And who better to do it? I initially thought that any advice Rather could give on the topic would be utterly ridiculous, given his history. But actually, his advice isn’t half bad. Is it possible he’s learned something in the … Continue reading →
Allan Bloom on undermining the American vision
[NOTE: Here’s a blast from the not-so-distant past—a repeat of a post I first wrote in May of 2016, close to two years ago. At the end of the original post I added a note stating that, despite my strong … Continue reading →
This sort of thing is why long-time liberal Alan Dershowitz is no longer invited to liberal dinner parties
He says that Trump was right that no special counsel should have been appointed, since there was no probable cause for one. And he’s been saying that from the start: First of all, the president’s 100% right. There never should … Continue reading →
Nick Freitas of Virginia on gun control
[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 →