Politics and morality
Every now and then someone in the real (not cyber) world asks me what I do, and I tell them I write. A smaller number of people will then ask me what I write about. Because I don’t like to … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
Let’s make an analogy
There is no doubt in my mind that if Chelsea Clinton (the best analogy I can think of) had done something similar during the campaign to what Donald Trump Jr. did, the coverage and outrage would be minimal in the … Continue reading →
The Donald Trump Jr. scandal continues
I guess I have to keep writing about this one, because it seems to be the only thing in the news right now. That’s hyperbole, of course, but as Paul Mirengoff of Powerline wrote today (and remember, Mirengoff has not … Continue reading →
A bit more about the “collusion” story
There’s a certain deja vu feeling today, isn’t there? The Donald Trump Jr. collusion story is being covered as though it were a bombshell revelation of the utmost importance, evidence of extreme wrongdoing and criminal as well. Whether it’s treason … Continue reading →
Some Democratic soul-searching
An interesting article in the Atlantic by Franklin Foer entitled “What’s Wrong With the Democrats?”: If there’s any consolation to the realization of terrible fears, of worst-case scenarios springing to life, it’s that they are invigorating. Donald Trump’s presidency has … Continue reading →
Covering the Senate health insurance bill
First of all, let’s call it the right thing: it’s not a health care bill, it’s a health insurance bill. Semantics aside, what’s in it? And does it matter? I doubt this will be the final version, but it’s a … Continue reading →
Karen Handel wins Georgia seat
Georgia’s 6th Congressional District has been Republican for quite some time, sometimes solidly Republican, and it turns out that yesterday was no exception: Republican Karen Handel won by about four points despite the Democrats’ throwing a ton of money into … Continue reading →
The Georgia special election is today—and I’m making only one prediction
I have no idea who will win. Neither does anyone else. But it’s being hyped to the skies as very very important, as well as indicative of trends and signs and portents for the future not limited to this one … Continue reading →
An “orgy of rage and spite”
Camille Paglia has this to say: “In an abject failure of leadership that may be one of the most disgraceful episodes in the history of the modern Democratic party, Chuck Schumer, who had risen to become the Senate Democratic leader … Continue reading →
Jeff Sessions’ Congressional testimony
Much ado about nothing: It was said of the Seinfeld show that it was a TV program about nothing. It occurred to me, reading the transcript of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee this afternoon, that … Continue reading →
The next step for the Resistance
Yesterday I wondered what the next step for the Resistance would be. First there was the idea that Trump had colluded with the Russians. When that fell through, we had the charge of obstruction, which is current. That almost certainly … Continue reading →
British election: May miscalculation
I don’t always get the parliamentary system’s finer points. For example—until recently Theresa May’s party held a majority in Parliament, so why on earth would she risk losing it by calling for a snap election? I understand that she was … Continue reading →