During a 1976 interview, author and poet James Dickey said this about poets and celebrities pronouncing on politics: INTERVIEWER Some of your detractors have mentioned the fact that they felt that you should use your influence, your place in the … Continue reading →
Word is that a deal is in the making: Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee said they had a deal Tuesday that could lead to a bipartisan vote in favor of giving Congress a vote to approve or disapprove a … Continue reading →
I’ve seen the meme over and over and over on the right: stupid Boehner ruled out impeachment for Obama. But as I see it, nothing of the sort was done, nor could it be done. Congress can’t waive its right … Continue reading →
Commenter “Mrs Whatsit” asks: Is anyone besides me wondering whether the reason that the Obama administration has been so quick to throw Hillary under the bus might be to make room for a new candidate who’d offer the trifecta of … Continue reading →
I think that this comment from “Eric,” our resident strategist, is worth highlighting: …[I]t’s up to the Republicans to counter the Democrats. It’s up to the Right to counter the Left. Yes, the Democrats have been taken over by the … Continue reading →
Leon H. Wolf writes: This year, the predetermined attack on Walker as insufficiently ideologically pure converges with a critical mass of voter resentment over Republican failures of leadership in Congress. Scott Walker and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)82%, the only two … Continue reading →
Well, one can hope. It’s a fairly small and circumscribed game of hardball, but I applaud it: Ms. Lynch’s vote to become attorney general is on hold for precisely one reason: Democrats won’t play ball on a bill to combat … Continue reading →
This is certainly interesting: Represenative Eliot Engel of New York, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said he and Republican Chairman Ed Royce of California were sending a letter to President Barack Obama expressing their concerns about what needs to … Continue reading →
I can’t help but notice a lot of anger on the right at the right, or at least at Republicans. It seems to take two forms. One is nit-picking about each Republican candidate—even conservative ones—to see if he or she … Continue reading →
I seems true that the Democrats have a very shallow bench. But will it matter? After all, there may be enough people so seduced by the left and/or so beholden to big government that they are the proverbial yellow dog … Continue reading →
The White House isn’t going to do it, but I will: congratulations to Netanyahu on his resounding win. Liberals in general are very miffed at the Israeli election results. But they’ve been angry at Israel for a long, long time, … Continue reading →
Here’s a thread for commenting on the Israeli election as it develops now that the polls are closed. Exit polls indicate a very close race, as predicted. Remember that this is a parliamentary election, with the likelihood that a coalition … Continue reading →