A recent poll has shown that Donald Trump has an astounding amount of support among African-Americans: 25%. Astounding, that is, for a Republican in this era. Of course, the poll could be an outlier. But for the sake of discussion … Continue reading →
Violette Verdy is now in her early 80s, but in her heyday as a soloist with the New York City Ballet I saw her dance many times and loved her performances, particularly in the role she created as the girl … Continue reading →
No way you can disagree with this, from Donald Trump: [Jeb’s] doing very poorly in the polls, he’s a very low-energy kind of guy… Bush comes across as the most boring teacher you ever had, a fairly decent sort but … Continue reading →
Chris Cillizza writes in the WaPo about the unprecedented shift in Donald Trump’s favorable/unfavorable polling in Iowa, from 27/63 back in May to 61/35 now. Did I say “shift”? More like “reversal”: Numbers just don’t reverse themselves like that in … Continue reading →
He was my early favorite, a fighter who had been remarkably successful in a blue state. Yes, he’s a low-key Midwestern-nice kind of guy, but I thought he’d pick up the pace when he started campaigning for president. But Scott … Continue reading →
…and Orin Kerr tells us the ways in which the Times has distorted the truth in order to make Thomas look bad (many of the comments there are worth reading, too). Most liberal Democrats long ago absorbed and swallowed whole … Continue reading →
I watched Trump’s speech in Mobile last night without ever planning to do so. I was flipping around looking for something to watch on TV (in the background while I was doing some cooking) and noticed that CNN was showing … Continue reading →
That’s presidential characters, not character. It occurs to me that one of the things people really like about Trump is that he is a character—flamboyant, unpredictable, colorful, one of a kind. We haven’t had too many of them in the … Continue reading →
Hugh Hewitt has a good interview with Carly Fiorina that focuses mainly, but not hardly exclusively, on Hillary Clinton’s problems with her server and her explanations about it. The following portion of the interview interested me in particular, however. You … Continue reading →
Watch it; I’m in awe of Cruz here: Very impressive. In the end, they had nothing to say. Of course, this technique might not work the same way with a really huge group of protesters. But this assortment seemed large … Continue reading →
In the 2012 election there was a not insignificant amount of ire towards the GOP coming from the GOP base. But in the years since, that anger and frustration has reached a fever pitch. This may account for odd changes … Continue reading →
[NOTE: If you don’t know who Ta-Nehisi Coates is and what I think of his work, please see this. I decided to add the following for further clarification.] When I read this quote from Coates, it seemed to me to … Continue reading →