I’m often struck by how artificial most politicians are when they speak. So little of what they say seems unguarded, natural, spontaneous, or sincere. Everything is strategic. That doesn’t mean that everything a politician says is effective as a tactic. … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of discussion about what Pelosi meant when she said this about impeaching Trump: But since you asked, and I’ve been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling … Continue reading →
Roger Simon writes: Basically, our youth has suffered from a form of child abuse by their teachers and the media. They have been told, implicitly and explicitly, from earliest childhood that socialism is the preferable system because of “fairness.” The … Continue reading →
Scott Johnson writes: In her interview with Tim Alberta for “The Democrats’ dilemma,” Omar disparaged the sainted Barack Obama by asserting that in critical respects he was as bad as Trump is. She then denied the accuracy of the quote … Continue reading →
Found at Legal Insurrection: No contradictions there, right?
Continue reading →There were some comments recently that were so insightful I thought I’d repost them here, to draw attention to them. The first was in the knitting post. In case you haven’t read that post, it was about a big dust-up … Continue reading →
Nancy Pelosi is used to making excuses and dancing around issues. In this, she’s no different than most politicians, and as the leader of the House Democrats for years, she’s had a lot more experience at it than most. The … Continue reading →
What began as a move to condemn Ilhan Omar’s recent anti-Semitic statements morphed into a much broader statement that didn’t even mention her: The resolution approved Thursday condemns anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities “as hateful expressions of intolerance.” … Continue reading →
Another illustration of some of the points I was making just a moment ago: Saira was one of Justice Democrats' 2018 candidates pic.twitter.com/vlTuFUCQFd — Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 6, 2019 That’s your intersectionality, hard at work. I don’t feel … Continue reading →
When a party devolves into a bunch of entitled ethnic groups, and judges a person’s worth by his or her place on the hierarchy of victimhood, clashes are inevitable among those groups. You’ll see some unite against others in a … Continue reading →
Mark Steyn has a catchy phrase about it: “Jew-hate junction”: As Laura Rosen Cohen likes to say, everyone meets at Jew-Hate Junction: excitable young Mohammedans, secular polytechnic Euro-lefties, anti-globalist conspiracy theorists… It’s getting pretty crowded over there. The list is … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson has written a great many excellent articles, but this one is one of his wittiest and most well-written. A small sample: At 86, six-term U.S. senator and lifelong liberal Dianne Feinstein should have no reason in her … Continue reading →