Let’s listen to Aldous Huxley…
…in 1958:
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Schumer lets us know he wants the Iran deal to go through
Why do I say that? Because of this Politico piece entitled “Chuck Schumer working the phones on Iran.” Now, if you were to stop there, you might assume that Schumer is trying to get other Democrats to agree with him … Continue reading →
About Trump’s “blood out of her whatever” remark
I’m getting rather tired of talking about Trump. But he certainly knows how to get publicity. For example, there’s a predictable furor right now about Trump’s remark that during the debate Megyn Kelley had “blood coming out of her whatever.” … Continue reading →
Why support Trump when there are other non-establishment, bona fide conservatives in the race?
Those people on the right who are mad at the establishment and continually frustrated by it, and are therefore supporting Trump, puzzle me for the following reason: this election cycle they finally have a very good chance to elect what … Continue reading →
Further reflections on the Trump phenomenon
Donald Trump’s popularity has been the talk of the political world. To me it reflects two things more than anything else. The first is that politics has become dominated by the idea of celebrity. The second is that many people … Continue reading →
Fiorina: watch this…
…and see why Fiorina’s star is rising. Doing what she does best: How she manages to hold her own like that, put Matthews in his place, barely come up for air, and not sound like a shrew is something I … Continue reading →
The Iran apologists have been around for a long time
Here’s a tremendously informative article in Commentary on the “give Iran a chance” wing of the left, and how long they’ve been trying to influence our foreign policy—essentially, ever since the 1979 Iranian revolution that ushered in the theocracy there. … Continue reading →
Kerry doesn’t want us to screw the Ayatollah
And “screw” is our illustrious Secretary of State’s word, not mine. Here is the full Kerry quote, from a Jeffrey Goldberg interview in the Atlantic. It is worth pondering and understanding that Kerry is the man in charge of the … Continue reading →
The Iran deal: Schumer’s choice
Senator Charles (“Chuck”) Schumer of New York faces a tough choice: back Obama’s Iran deal and anger many of his New York Jewish constituents, or oppose the deal and anger Obama and much of the Democratic Party leadership. Prediction: Schumer … Continue reading →
Carly Fiorina’s Reagan Library speech
[NOTE: If you watch it and like it, please pass it around via email, Facebook, Twitter, and any other way you can think of. I’d really like to see her poll numbers rise so that she gets the exposure of … Continue reading →
Woody Allen continues to demonstrate his moral bankruptcy
I know, I know: why bother to even discuss Woody Allen at this point? But this interview with the 79-year-old comedian and film director was featured on Yahoo, and so I admit that I succumbed to the click bait and … Continue reading →
Why Fiorina isn’t higher in the polls despite her obvious gifts, and Trump is
I asked that question yesterday, and I’ll try to answer it today. I believe Carly Fiorina scores low because she’s not held elective office, and she lost the one election she entered. Even though she did well considering it was … Continue reading →