The years go by way too quickly these days. So there’s that. But 2024 has been a year of great surprises and reversals, many of them unexpectedly good. These surprises and reversals started approximately at the year’s midway point. I … Continue reading →
There have been a host of recent “now it can be told” articles “revealing” that President Biden has been cognitively challenged for his entire presidency, although it’s gotten worse in recent months. But it was obvious even during the 2020 … Continue reading →
I”m not going to write a post about it right now because the entire thing is in a state of flux. One given, however, is that the MSM is trying to frame this as “Republican meanies shut down the government,” … Continue reading →
Oh, they tried to make it business as usual. But the message went out from the incoming administration and the voters that this wasn’t going to be okay. And Congress was forced to listen. The story: The revolt was spearheaded … Continue reading →
Is there anyone who trusts the government anymore? That’s a rhetorical question. Their explanations about this latest drone business remind me of something from a farcical comedy, but they’re not really funny. Something like this: We don’t know what the … Continue reading →
No surprise, really. First we have the border wall materials that are being auctioned off. This not only hurts Trump, but it hurts all taxpayers, because it means to build the wall he’ll have to buy new materials at a … Continue reading →
Neither Arizona’s Sinema nor West Virginia’s Joe Manchin will be returning to the Senate after the end of this session. But I think insufficient attention has been paid to how instrumental they were in saving us all from some of … Continue reading →
Yesterdays’s thread on the subject of cutoff because of political disagreement had so many interesting comments that I want to take up one of the issues raised. I think there’s a huge difference between cutting off an acquaintance with whom … Continue reading →
That’s one of those post titles that promises more than I can deliver. But I’ll do my best. The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, gave a speech declaring martial law in the country. His explanation was something akin … Continue reading →
I increasingly find that the vast majority of political analyses I come across are just plain stupid, and transparently so. And yes, that’s been the case since I began blogging twenty (!) years ago. But still, it’s gotten significantly worse. … Continue reading →
At Axios they say it’s more muted: 2016 birthed The Resistance, a political movement to protest Trumpism online and in the streets. There’s still plenty of resistance to Trump across the country, but little mass mobilization. That’s not the Resistance. … Continue reading →
Wow, what a night. And, as has become typical in recent years, we still don’t know about several Senate races or who will take control of the House. But much as Trump dodged a real bullet on July 13 in … Continue reading →