I have to say that this relentless emphasis makes me nervous: Biden accuses "extreme MAGA Republicans" of trying to "suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself…and deciding whether your vote even counts. Instead of waiting until … Continue reading →
This is how it went. First, the campaign office of Katie Hobbs, fading Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona, was burglarized on October 24. Next, Katie’s campaign manager accused her opponent Kari Lake of somehow being responsible: Let’s be clear: … Continue reading →
Most of the votes in the Israeli election have been counted, and it’s looking good for Netanyahu: looked set to return to power on Wednesday after an unprecedented fifth general election in less than four years on Tuesday gave his … Continue reading →
So many people have gone into the Paul Pelosi attack in depth that I don’t feel the need to do so at the moment. So I’ll just link to this as well as this. I wrote at the outset I … Continue reading →
Best of luck, Rishi. You’ve got your work cut out for you: Sunak gave an address to Tory MPs, during which he ruled out calling an early general election – despite calls from opposition parties. He later made a televised … Continue reading →
Well, you might say he probably has more contempt for Congress than that. But it’s completely obvious that his sentencing is just another example of one set of legal consequences (none) for Democrats and another set (conviction, prison) for Republicans … Continue reading →
As expected and predicted, British PM Liz Truss has resigned. Who will be replacing her? There’s the guy who had come in second to Truss, Rishi Sunak, who also can say “I told you so” because he’d warned about problems … Continue reading →
John Fetterman is running for the Senate, but he and the left are trying to make his disability – or handicap, or whatever you want to call it – off-limits by definition. His wife compares discussion of his health problems … Continue reading →
If so, that was quick. See this: In six short weeks, Liz Truss has succeeded in angering all wings of her party. Most now agree she can’t fight the next election. Britain’s latest prime minister, who won a Tory leadership … Continue reading →
Some years ago – perhaps ten? – I pretty much stopped going to art museums. Most of the exhibits were no longer of art I wanted to see, and even the ones that seemed promising turned out to be an … Continue reading →
If true, this article on the Russian leadership is certainly depressing. I have no way to know whether it’s true, but my gut feeling is that it is. It makes some interesting points, for example that the reason the Russian … Continue reading →
From Victor Davis Hanson, on “Ukraine and the Malevolent Legacy of the Obama-Biden Administration”: During the current Ukrainian war, the media has created a mythology that the Left was tough on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. And thus, now it simply continues … Continue reading →