And wow
Just wow: Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster. Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it. The effort to save democracy and the … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
More on political change and what it requires
Remember the film “Annie Hall”? You may not be fond of Woody Allen—I’m not fond of Woody Allen—but that’s still a great film and a very entertaining one. I loved it at the time. Remember the spider-killing scene? Funny, funny, … Continue reading →
Mueller’s testimony
I haven’t watched it, because unless the circumstances are extraordinary (and these are not) I cannot stand lengthy Congressional testimony. I find it suffices for me to read about it and to watch selected clips later. In the case of … Continue reading →
Moving that Overton window: hey, let’s gerrymander the state boundaries to game the Electoral College
That’s not exactly what this article at FiveThirtyEight actually says, at least not up-front. The author, Ella Koeze, is just speculating what it would be like to have different state boundaries than now, rather than abolishing the Electoral College entirely … Continue reading →
The arc of political discourse
Steven Hayward gives us a history lesson on how vicious political discourse has long been in this country. Please read the whole thing.
Continue reading →The long slow march of leftism
On this blog we’ve talked many times about the Gramscian march, the slow and steady and dedicated work of the left on the hearts and minds of Americans. This work has borne tremendous fruit, and may have reached a critical … Continue reading →
Ayanna Pressley hears voices
But only those voices she wants to hear: Like Pressley, the race-obsessed left thinks of people only insofar as they fit into racial- and gender- and sexual-orientation-based categories. You are your category; you are not an individual made of many … Continue reading →
Ilhan Omar: well, she’s honest about her drive for power, anyway
[Hat tip: Artfldgr.] It’s often instructive to hear what people say when talking among themselves rather than to the public at large. Thus, note what what Ilhan Omar said when addressing a leftist group known as Netroots Nation: “There’s a … Continue reading →
Trump’s “racist” tweets and anti-Semitism
Quite a few people have observed that the Democratic House was quick to condemn Trump for a “racism” not actually contained in his tweets, and yet have not condemned Ilhan Omar for her anti-Semitic remarks. It’s unsurprising; double standards are … Continue reading →
Is Trump playing 3-D chess or not?
It’s not a copout to say “it depends on what you mean by 3-D chess.” If you mean something so advanced and esoteric it’s the equivalent of Einstein’s Special Theory (in the political sense), I’d have to say “no.” But … Continue reading →
The Justice Democrats are just following their own game plan
[NOTE: On February 6, 2019, I wrote a post entitled “Pelosi isn’t just worried about Trump; she’s watching her own left flank.” It was about the Justice Democrats and in particular about the people behind them who aren’t elected but … Continue reading →
Trump tweets and the uproar ensues
Just go to a site like Drudge today and you’ll see the furor in the list of headlines, which I reproduce here minus the links: Get out of USA, Trump tells congresswomen! Cortez fires back: We don’t fear you! President … Continue reading →