Conrad Black on America today
I’m not going to go through this article by Conrad Black point by point, except to say that I disagree with a great deal of it and agree with quite a bit of it. This is the paragraph on which … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
The legal situation of the Jan 6th Capitol “insurrection” defendants
So far it seems that in the main they will be charged with trespassing: “There is a natural cycle to an event like this,” the defense attorney added. “People will say it was the end of the world, then things … Continue reading →
Biden announces glove mandate
Two days ago Joe Biden called for mask mandates to stay in place: “I’m reiterating my call for every governor, mayor and local leader to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate,” Biden said in remarks to the nation on Monday … Continue reading →
Reaction and roundup
These days it’s hard to follow the news. Not only is it emotionally difficult to watch what I’ve called the unraveling, but it’s also technically difficult because there are so many stories that seem important to follow that, as one … Continue reading →
Good old Joe
I try not to watch Biden much, although I certainly follow what he does. During the campaign, I never shared the attitude of so many people that he is somehow a victim being exploited by wife or party. For one … Continue reading →
Mass shooting in Colorado market
There was a terrible mass shooting yesterday in Boulder: Police on Tuesday identified a 21 -year-old man as the suspect who opened fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket in an attack that killed 10 people, including an officer, and sent … Continue reading →
The cost of playing the “The Emperor’s New Clothes” game
Recently I discussed the strange “Emperor’s New Clothes” feel of the Biden presidency, in which we watch the media assert over and over that the man is demonstrating wonderful qualities he simply does not exhibit. In light of that, it’s … Continue reading →
The zeitgeist has passed me by
Actually, I’m not sure I ever was fully with the program, even when I was young. But in the last couple of years, as I watch the world from my perch here at a computer in New England, I’ve become … Continue reading →
The Biden administration doesn’t need to answer questions
Politico has noticed that few people from the Biden administration have been appearing on the Sunday news programs: Just one senior administration official was booked on the five major Sunday shows: Treasury Secretary JANET YELLEN on ABC’s “This Week.” She … Continue reading →
Some Democrat senators briefly leave the reservation and the left is outraged
The situation was a vote on the minimum wage hike to $15, but for some people the issue was not primarily the hike itself but the process by which it was being voted on. It was attached to the so-called … Continue reading →
More trouble for Cuomo
Now we have this: Andrew Cuomo’s aides asked the state health department to change its definition of COVID nursing home deaths, it has been claimed, in a bid to reduce the total and lessen the criticism of the embattled New … Continue reading →
In no surprise, HR1 passes in the House…
…along strict party lines. This is the Democrats’ top priority, something I’ve written about several times before on this blog (see this, for example). One would think that if Democrats cared to fix the fact that half the nation doesn’t … Continue reading →