A state of emergency is a tyrant’s best friend, as all students of history know. Whether or not New Mexico’s Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is a student of history, she has the instincts of a tyrant and has been unafraid … Continue reading →
The news: The speaker said House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., will lead the inquiry in coordination with House Oversight Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo. McCarthy spoke for only roughly … Continue reading →
There is polling that shows Biden’s approval rating low and dropping, but I’m not so sure it matters except in one sense: it may motivate the Democrats to make sure he doesn’t run in 2024. Then again, polls also show … Continue reading →
Except maybe those who voted for Trump’s impeachment. This grand jury in Fulton County probably would have done so, if asked: The grand jury wanted to charge 39 people allied with President Donald Trump. The list includes Sen. Lindsey Graham … Continue reading →
… that my posts are all about the law as a tool of politics. So much of what goes on between left and right in this country today occurs through that mechanism. That’s why the leftist slant of law schools … Continue reading →
This article understandably caught my attention: The contributors to Cynical Therapies are lecturers and clinicians in mental health who are raising the alarm about the ideological takeover of their discipline over the past twenty years. A mix of Americans and … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz isn’t messing around in the following video. He begins with: “Today the Constitution suffered another serious body blow, and former President Trump’s rights to a fair trial have been all but negated. The trial judge in DC has … Continue reading →
When it’s counted on Twitter – that is, on X. Here’s the scoop: I've probably "viewed" Trump's interview a dozen times when I when to Tucker's profile page and it auto played or saw it playing in the feed and … Continue reading →
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I really really don’t like debates – or what passes for political debates these days. How I managed to sit through last night’s I’m really not sure, but I think what … Continue reading →
For a long time I’ve seen the repetitive Republican in-fighting in terms of that classic work, Don Quixote. Today’s example starts with this from commenter “Bauxite,” Panza’s stand-in: Gregory Harper wrote – “With the exceptions of DeSantis and Vivek, everybody … Continue reading →
I’ve dealt with the phenomenon in this previous post: But what I detest – no matter what side does it – is the use of propagandist truncated quotes. I’m quite aware that waging war against that practice is a losing … Continue reading →
Here’s a truly excellent piece by Naomi Wolf, on the reaction of so many Democrats to the J6 Trump indictment. Wolf is neither a Trump supporter nor a conservative, but she has the reaction that all Americans should have no … Continue reading →