It’s a huge and important topic, but I haven’t written much about either so far. It’s not for lack of coverage; there’s plenty of that. It’s from weariness at the spin. The MSM are doing the usual catastrophizing. Trump is … Continue reading →
I watched some of it, and plan to watch some more but certainly far from all of it. One reason I won’t watch much is that I already know what left and right will be doing. But another big reason, … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This post was prompted by reading Victor Davis Hanson on the Democrats’ loss of power.] The shock of the reversal the 2016 election represented to Democrats was and still is enormous. But the reversal wasn’t just because Democrats previously … Continue reading →
Megan McArdle is pro-life, but she believes that Roe v. Wade rests on such shaky legal grounds that it needs to be reversed and the decision left to the states. What’s more, she does not think that would constitute a … Continue reading →
You’d think that even if he thought it, he wouldn’t say it. I’m referring to the statement of DNC chair Tom Perez that socialist Ocasio-Cortez represents “the future” of the Democratic Party. Now, it’s possible that Perez—who has tilted left … Continue reading →
Ah yes, the Bork hearings—one of the Democrats’ finest hours. Ruth Marcus, among others, would dearly love to revive it: …[T]his must be another Bork moment — insisting on a nominee that is, to invoke the language of the Bork … Continue reading →
Obama may have commandeered the phrase, but it’s the one that comes to mind at the moment: hope and change. It has to do with the federal judgeships, and in particular the possibility of a sea-change on the Supreme Court. … Continue reading →
When mass murders happen, there are usually three stories. The first is the shooting itself and the violent ending of innocent lives. The second is the story about the story, told by press and pundits before they know much of … Continue reading →
It occurs to me, on reading many many reactions from the left to Justice Kennedy’s resignation, that the left had gotten to thinking that the Court was theirs, and that any change towards conservatism was illegitimate. Against the march of … Continue reading →
According to Ocasio-Cortez’s mom, her daughter would like to be president. That’s not really surprising or noteworthy coming from a mother. The 28-year-old clearly is interested in politics and ambitious, so why not dream big? But this article isn’t from … Continue reading →
In a sign of where the Democrats have been headed lately, 28-year-old socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has defeated 10-term Congressman Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th District. Ocasio-Cortez is not only a young Hispanic woman, she’s remarkably telegenic (in other words, … Continue reading →