Gary Saul Morson has written an extraordinary aticle for New Criterion. It’s hard to capture its flavor. I suggest you read the whole thing, if you haven’t already. I could excerpt almost any part of it, but I’ll choose this: … Continue reading →
The thing I particularly like about this video is when he says “It’s easy to be a Democrat.” So true! A person with an open and questing mind, which predisposed him to be open to change. I find him to … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Artfldgr.”] Here’s a very interesting article about another kind of changer, who told his story recently in a talk to the Heritage Foundation: Khalid, now a scholar in cybersecurity studies at the University of Maryland, was born … Continue reading →
I couldn’t resist that headline, even though it’s not true that Comey is a Communist. But apparently he once was a Communist, according to his own report, and it wasn’t just a supposed one-off like Brennan (whom I wrote about … Continue reading →
Norman Podhoretz is eighty-nine years old and still going strong, not to mention sharp as a tack. Case in point, this interview. Unfortunately, the Podoretz interview itself is behind an impregnable paywall, so that link is to a post at … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: Navratilova tweeted out before Christmas, “You can’t just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women. There must be some standards, and having a penis and competing as a woman would not fit that … Continue reading →
The founder of the #WalkAway movement, Brandon Straka, appeared last night on the Mark Levin show. His interview has been posted on YouTube, and a fascinating interview it is. The entire interview is well worth watching, but the part that … Continue reading →
This is sad news: Pollster and political analyst Pat Caddell died from a stroke on Saturday at the age of 68. I don’t watch cable news very often, but I’ve certainly watched it enough to be familiar with Pat Cadell. … Continue reading →
Here’s a sad article by a New Yorker named Lester Berg who’s just beginning to discover that any sort of disagreement on political matters can turn certain old friends against him. It wasn’t that way back when Obama was president, … Continue reading →
One aftermath of the Kavanaugh hearings is that quite a few NeverTrumpers on the GOP side have decided Trump’s not so bad after all, and have said so in print. Public declarations of having changed one’s mind about something important … Continue reading →
I was going to put up a post about Serena Williams’ meltdown at the US Open, and the reaction to it. But I think I’ll wait till tomorrow, because I want to stick to the topic of 9/11 and its … Continue reading →
I’ve now watched a great many #WalkAway videos at YouTube. If you’re not familiar with #WalkAway, it’s a movement of people attesting to their decision to walk away from the Democratic Party and/or voting consistently liberal. That doesn’t necessarily make … Continue reading →