Very sad news. Horowitz was the political changer extraordinaire, going not just from left to right but from leftist mover and shaker to becoming a huge force on the right. In both of those roles, but especially the latter – … Continue reading →
And why would anyone want to vote for someone like Gavin Newsom for US president? Those are rhetorical questions, of course. Efforts to recall Newsom failed. He might even have gotten more votes than Harris had he run for president … Continue reading →
I have zero idea what will happen tomorrow – or even how long it will take to name a president-elect. But when I think about the possibility of a Harris win I get more frightened than I ever have been … Continue reading →
… and that fills me with dread. But I’d been feeling dread about the 2024 election already, even when the polls were good. I have distrust for polls – although not as much distrust as some people have, because I … Continue reading →
A number of people have suggested I read this Substack essay by Richard Pollock, a left-to-right changer who was an Alinskyite leftist radical back in the 60s and 70s. My impression on reading that one essay is that he’s something … Continue reading →
When I started this blog almost two decades ago (!), my main motivation was to tell my change story. It seemed interesting to me but not so very out of the ordinary. But since then, although I’ve followed the tales … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz is getting really fed up with Democrats, but I don’t know if he can make the break. It always amazes me that he still identifies as a Democrat. However, the last few weeks may really have severed that … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “T J.”] When I first discovered the writing of Thomas Sowell, about a year into what ultimately became my political change, I experienced a tremendous sense of admiration and relief. Admiration because his writing was so clear … Continue reading →
Commenter “Yawrate” writes: I think it’s important to make a distinction between Dem leftists and Dem liberals. The leftists are destructive and driven by a need for power and they gin up support from many aggrieved leftist useful idiots that … Continue reading →
As part of yesterday’s roundup, I linked to this lengthy piece on Robert Malley, negotiator with Iran for Obama and then Biden. Afterwards, I noticed the name of the author of the Malley article: Hussein Aboubakr Mansour. I became curious … Continue reading →
The other day, commenter “AesopFan” offered the following quotes from astronomer Carl Sagan, who died in 1996: “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Commenter “Barry Meislin.”] RIP Milan Kundera. Long-time readers here probably recall that Kundera has been one of my favorite authors and almost certainly was my favorite living author, someone I’ve quoted time after time on this blog. You … Continue reading →