I’m a lover of poetry, as you can probably tell from the number of posts listed in that category on my right sidebar (as I write this, it’s 161). But the poetry of the last twenty or thirty or even … Continue reading →
Thomas Friedman instructs his fellow journalists (I use the term advisedly) on how best to hurt Trump. It reads like unintentional parody. He thinks the way to best hurt Trump would be to cover him thoroughly, letting America (and especially … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP] You may have noticed that so far I’ve skipped all the brouhaha about Jim Acosta of CNN and his anger at being heckled by some Trump supporters, and then having a testy exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders. It’s … Continue reading →
I originally had perceived Sarah Jeong’s anti-white tweets as really bad jokes. But jokes they were. And I stand by that, although I think that if the Times and other MSM outlets and SJWs have a zero tolerance for racist … Continue reading →
It’s not the first time, but it’s the first time in a while (see this chart). For most of the year he’s been moving around in the high 40s, after many months in the low-to-mid 40s during much of the … Continue reading →
Take a look at her tweets. They certainly seem racist, if taken at face value. But you may accuse me of being naive, but on reading Sarah Jeong’s old tweets, it occurs to me that she was joking. For example, … Continue reading →
Is this a deal on trade with Europe, or just a blueprint for a future deal?: President Trump’s top economic adviser said Thursday that the United States and the European Union will join forces to hold China accountable for unfair … Continue reading →
All hail the intrepid, leave-no-stone-unturned investigative reporters of the NY Times and their colleagues in the AP, busy night and day protecting the republic: The New York Times and Associated Press both filed requests under the Maryland Public Information Act … Continue reading →
The FISA application for surveillance on Carter Page finally was released to the public on Saturday, in a heavily redacted but lengthy version. Saturday is the time that news stories ordinarily go to die, but this one has gotten quite … Continue reading →
You may recall that I’ve written about the content/process distinction before, particularly here: When I was studying interpersonal communication and how to track an argument, one thing that was very much emphasized was the difference between content and process. Content … Continue reading →
Or rather, homophobia is excused and even celebrated by the Times if it’s in the service of anti-Trump propaganda. I already wrote such a long post today on the Trump-Putin news conference and the media storm around it that I’m … Continue reading →
The MSM has long been an organ of the Democratic Party. But as the Democratic Party moves further and further left (or is merely more comfortable showing its leftist core and banishing its more moderate wing), the MSM has been … Continue reading →