When the news report that Trump had shared some intelligence information with the Russians first broke, I wondered whether other presidents had done much the same thing with other countries, or whether this action was unprecedented. My guess was that … Continue reading →
In Trump’s speech yesterday at the Coast Guard Academy, he said many things. He talked about not giving up: Over the course of your life, you will find that things are not always fair. You will find that things happen … Continue reading →
Roger Ailes is dead at 77: Roger Ailes fell last Wednesday at his oceanfront home in Palm Beach, Florida, and hit his head, according to a report from the Palm Beach Police Department. Ailes suffered “serious bleeding” from the fall … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a very slightly-edited copy of an early post I wrote on this blog (May, 2005)—twelve long years ago, and it does not seem like it was only yesterday. But I think you’ll see how very relevant … Continue reading →
…for evaluating news stories using anonymous sources. Well worth reading in the current climate.
Continue reading →The first thing that occurs to me is that, even though people distrust the press much more than in years past, the press is still remarkably powerful. When a newspaper such as the WaPo decides to print a story about … Continue reading →
Will the real truthteller please stand up? In the game of “To Tell the Truth” that we keep playing in the real world of the Trump presidency, whom do you trust more to tell the truth: Donald Trump or the … Continue reading →
You would think so, from the coverage of it in the press. You would also think from the way they’re carrying on that it was an actual statute passed by both houses, with the force of law, and not a … Continue reading →
…then those with an opposing view become apostates. That’s especially true if the topic is one with very high stakes, such as AGW (anthropogenic global warming). Think about it this way: if a person is—(a) convinced that AGW has been … Continue reading →
Most of the time I don’t credit the idea that polls are so very far from the truth, because they’ve often predicted results quite well. But in the last couple of years, polls in the West have certainly have been … Continue reading →
I’m surprised to see Politico publishing an investigative report that’s critical of Obama’s Iran deal (see also this). After all, Politico has usually been Obama- and Democrat-friendly. But I suppose that article is in the nature of a “now it … Continue reading →
…that are fit to print. Find them in the NY Times: Michael Oren: …I talk about an incident that occurred in May of 2010 with the New York Times when Mahmoud Abbas published an op-ed in the New York Times … Continue reading →