It’s come to this: Can women in power truly command respect if they are wearing high heels? Not according to a group of trade union leaders in the U.K., who are calling upon British Prime Minister Theresa May to ditch … Continue reading →
By now many of you have probably read the “Flight 93 Election” essay by Publius Decius Mus, a piece that’s gone viral. It was recommended to me by a great many people, and among them are no small number of … Continue reading →
I often see people claiming that one advantage of Trump is that Congress would have no hesitation to impeach him if he oversteps. (As so often happens, they’re probably using “impeach” to mean “impeach and convict,” but let’s not be … Continue reading →
Oh, why rehash the bitter disputes that led us to where we are right now in September of 2016? Sometimes I think it’s impossible—or at least highly unlikely—for people to learn from their errors, or even pay attention to them. … Continue reading →
In the electoral/political sense, that is? I think it’s very very rare. Or rather, they think they learn, but all too often they learn the wrong thing. In order to really learn from one’s mistakes and to correct them properly, … Continue reading →
People on the right have had a long-standing joke about the GOP, which is to call it the Stupid Party. But hey, it was a joke, fellas. We didn’t think you really were all that stupid. In fact, a lot … Continue reading →
I’m a person who doesn’t make many predictions, but with Trump I’ve made quite a few. And here I go again. To summarize to date: From some time in the summer of 2015 I took Trump seriously as a candidate … Continue reading →
Here’s a comment I found at RedState: Ted Cruz would have never had to explain why he didn’t explicitly endorse Trump in that speech the next day had the RNC/Trump campaign not orchestrated the booing and outrage from the convention … Continue reading →
I don’t watch the DNC, but if you’d like to read other people’s impressions of what’s going on there, see these articles. Far from a love fest. The two parties right now are very different, as are the issues ripping … Continue reading →
When they want him to be a Republican. Revisionist history, brought to you by Democratic Representative Keith Ellison: Note that George Stephanopoulos—whom I presume knows better—does not trouble himself to correct Ellison because it suits George’s purposes to let the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The title of this post is a riff on the title of Barry Goldwater’s book.] I actually watched two of the speeches last night: that of Ted Cruz and Mike Spence, plus Rubio’s brief cameo video appearance. But of … Continue reading →
There are two pieces of election 2016 news today. The first is that the NeverTrump movement is stillborn, which is no surprise whatsoever. Not with a bang but a whimper, it was crushed by the committee: A long-shot, last-ditch attempt … Continue reading →