I was reading a set of comments somewhere at a blog on the right where a lot of people were saying this administration is worse than they had expected. The topic at hand was the incompetence of the withdrawal from … Continue reading →
Oregon has quietly enacted some legislation on education in the state: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown privately signed a bill last month ending the requirement for high school students to prove proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic before graduation… The bill, … Continue reading →
Because it went so well for Bush: President George W. Bush seemed to get nothing right when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. First, rather than visiting the scene of the disaster, he made a flyover … Continue reading →
Here’s a piece on the entire California recall situation: what Newsom’s chances are, and how the recall system works there. For what it’s worth, my prediction is that he will not be recalled but the vote will be close. And … Continue reading →
The question, of course, is why now? I have little doubt that Cuomo’s touchy-feely tendencies have been known for ages, and the problems with his COVID policies for nursing homes have also been known for well over a year. Someone … Continue reading →
Remember back when Andrew Cuomo was going to save the Democratic Party by stepping in as a presidential candidate? I remember quite a bit of chatter about it way back in 2020 when his star seemed to be rising and … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] If someone – say, Howard Hughes (to take one obvious example) – wants to become an eccentric isolate in an attempt to protect himself against disease or other mishap, I may think he’s … Continue reading →
Commenter “J.J.” writes: When the incursion into the Capitol occurred, it just didn’t make sense to me. The Trump rally was going to be yuuge. The security should have been massive. The National Guard was offered and refused. The security … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is the first part of a planned 2-parter.] First of all, we have the politics of the COVID response: (1) Authorities like to be authoritarian and order people around. So there is psychological satisfaction from it. (2) It … Continue reading →
Bookworm provides the details of Hayward’s Twitter thread on the Congressional hearings about the events of January 6th. Here’s some of what Hayward wrote, but I suggest reading the whole thing (at Bookworm’s, where it’s easier to follow): The 1/6 … Continue reading →
Here’s the edict: US Capitol Police officers will arrest visitors and staff members who refuse to comply with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s renewed COVID-19 mask mandate — heightening tensions with Republicans who call the mandate an unscientific power trip. Police … Continue reading →
During the Trump administration, the left demanded the most rigorous of clinical trials and controls before any possible treatment that the right – and Trump in particular – might have suggested was possibly helpful in fighting COVID. And yet this … Continue reading →