When President Obama nominated Merrick Garland as SCOTUS Justice Scalia’s replacement last March, it was eight months from the 2016 election. Republicans controlled the Senate, and they decided to punt and wait for the next president. This was somewhat of … Continue reading →
I was at a holiday party recently. A small one that was really a dinner party, with all the guests (about twelve) gathered around a dining room table. It was a pleasant and convivial evening. Would have been, anyway, had … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE below] It seems to be the big story of the day—the news that the House GOP has, as the NY Times puts it, voted “with no warning” to “hobble the independent ethics office.” That certainly sounds bad, very … Continue reading →
…ye shall know them. Sort of, anyway. According to Saleno Zito in the Washington Examiner: Obama’s books defined his public image in a large part because the political class gushed and plowed their way through his words for insights into … Continue reading →
…who are the ones most akin to Nazis in this story? Café 8 ½ in Honolulu, Hawaii, is facing harsh criticism for hanging a sign on its front door that tells voters who cast their ballot for President-elect Donald Trump … Continue reading →
…is that several political careers are now over. Hillary Clinton’s. Barack Obama’s—although he apparently intends to continue his political activism, and others are begging him (and Democrats) to drop their usual benevolent kindness towards their opponents and finally take the … Continue reading →
Okay, now we’ve heard everything: Sex therapist Kimberly Resnick Anderson claims Trump winning the presidency has led to a widespread loss of libido in the bedroom among her clients. Dubbing it ‘The Trump Bedroom Backlash’ Resnick Anderson says she has … Continue reading →
It strikes me (and not for the first time) that Obama must detest Hillary Clinton: President Barack Obama still believes in the message of “hope and change” he campaigned on in 2008 ”” so much so that he believes it … Continue reading →
As I wrote on Saturday, Obama’s decision that the US should abstain in the UN and allow a vote against Israel on measures very similar (and even worse) than those he had vetoed in the past was possible—and to him, … Continue reading →
Eliminating the Electoral College is the next goal of the left in its never-ending quest for political domination, although at the moment it’s still reeling from the shock of losing the presidency and just about everything else. Attacking the Electoral … Continue reading →
Now that President Obama’s second and last term is about to come to an end, I’ve seen an increasing number of adoring essays such as this one, subtitled “Our outgoing leader brought out the best in all of us”: The … Continue reading →
Commenter “mollyNH” writes about the 2016 election: It was all so tantalizingly close for the Left… “Tantalizingly close” is one big reason this election has been so very difficult for the left, and why the right isn’t just happy but … Continue reading →