I don’t see how this can possibly end well: A threatening email has derailed one of the Portland Rose Festival’s signature events, and spurred new debate about the ongoing political protests in Portland. Organizers of the 82nd Avenue of Roses … Continue reading →
The election in France now comes down to a contest between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. Neither is from France’s political establishment, which is exactly in line with election results in this country, reflecting trends described in Saturday’s post. … Continue reading →
An ex-aide to Obama has made this claim: “I think Barack Obama is probably still the leader of the Democratic Party,” Alyssa Mastromonaco, who served as Obama’s deputy chief of staff for operations, said during a CNN interview. That’s somewhat … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting article in City Journal. I use that word “interesting” a lot. That’s because an awful lot of things are interesting. But some are more interesting than others, and this is one of them. It pulls together a … Continue reading →
When the Republicans in Congress decide to “shut down the government” (which isn’t really completely shutting down the government) in order to defy something the Democratic president is doing, then it’s the GOP’s fault. When the Democrats in Congress decide … Continue reading →
Amidst all the talk about the new book Shattered, describing the failed Hillary Clinton campaign, I have to say that on some deep deep level I don’t care. After over a year and a half of feeling tension and anxiety … Continue reading →
It’s been interesting seeing the spin on yesterday’s special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. What was at stake was a seat in the US House of Representatives, so whatever the outcome, it wasn’t going to change the composition of … Continue reading →
This article by Michael Totten is a review of a book by James Kirchick entitled The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age. The most important line of the Totten article is “the West is losing the … Continue reading →
I want to call your attention to this article by Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard on how McConnell twisted arms to get the Gorsuch nomination. Some of the usual suspects—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Bob Corker were extremely hesitant … Continue reading →
Yesterday the Senate GOP did something a lot of people thought they’d never do: used the nuclear option in order to clear the way for the confirmation of Gorsuch. I’m certainly not going to defend all the actions of the … Continue reading →
Here’s a bit of nuclear option history: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was smugly looking ahead to the presidency of Hillary Clinton last October and the possibility that Senate Republicans might dare to filibuster the new president’s Supreme Court … Continue reading →
We all knew it would happen. But now it has happened: the GOP has voted to exercise the nuclear option for the confirmation of SCOTUS justices. This does away with the ability of the minority Senate party to block a … Continue reading →