Of course, to call it an “anti-Trump effort” is to both understate and simplify the matter. Since the evening it became clear that Donald Trump would become president of the United States, and millions upon millions of totally shocked Americans … Continue reading →
Why? Because he said something they want to hear: that the meeting between Kushner et. al. and some Russians was “treasonous.” Bannon, of course, has reason (or thinks he has reason) to hate Kushner. You may or may not recall … Continue reading →
First of all, Happy New Year once again! You may have noticed I don’t tend to make a whole lot of predictions. Every now and then, though, I offer one up. For example (and of course, here I’m remembering the … Continue reading →
There have been a great many claims that the new tax bill passed by the GOP will have a chilling effect on charitable giving because it reduces the incentive represented by a tax deduction by increasing the standard deduction. In … Continue reading →
When I updated to the new Firefox, a bunch of things came with it. On my home page there was a sampler of websites I’d recently visited, and searches I’d done. I got rid of that almost immediately; I don’t … Continue reading →
Long, long ago Paul Krugman was an economist of some objectivty. Then he added a gig as opinion columnist for the NY Times (around 2000), and since then he’s written about a great deal more than economics, with a remarkable … Continue reading →
That’s the question asked by Andrew C. McCarthy, who so far has written the most consistently insightful and in-depth articles on the subject of the investigations of Trump by various government agencies. It’s another of those “read the whole thing … Continue reading →
Andrew McCabe works for the FBI. He was the deputy director beginning in February of 2016, then from May to August he was the FBI’s director, and now he’s the deputy again. On Wednesday McCabe was called in front of … Continue reading →
If you read Democratic reactions to the tax bill just passed by Congress, you’d think it orders that poor people and the middle class be shot at dawn. If you read Republican reactions, you get a spectrum of reactions from … Continue reading →
New Year’s Eve is coming up. But it’s not that transition I’m talking about. I’m talking about the election of 2018. Every single day when I look at the news I see the articles about how well-positioned the Democrats are … Continue reading →
I’m not sure what the odds are, but I do think that with the defeat of Roy Moore (remember him?), they’ve become a great deal less than they were before. Franken’s resignation always seemed to be motivated by the need … Continue reading →
I have long thought that this sort of thing may be true (the link is to a piece by Rich Lowry): But every indication is that Obama and Trump are similar in that their modes of operating work much better … Continue reading →