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 →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan.”] I’ve long felt that, as the title of this post says, Obama was the turning point – not to some hoped-for racial reconciliation, but to a divisive leftist dominance in US politics. Here’s an article from … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m forcing myself to write at least one post about something other than the election.] We’ve seen this picture before, many times: (1) Larry Elder, black face of white supremacy: “Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy. … Continue reading →
Talk about living in echo chambers. See this: Jay Caspian Kang, a staff writer for The New Yorker, ascribed media bias not to a conspiracy among journalists, but to the fact that the overwhelming majority of journalists are left-leaning. Kang … Continue reading →