Venezuela continues its freefall: The courts? Closed most days. The bureau to start a business? Same thing. The public defender’s office? That’s been converted into a food bank for government employees. Step by step, Venezuela has been shutting down… Many … Continue reading →
This post is not about Donald Trump. It’s about coverage of Donald Trump. Remember last summer, when his candidacy was new? Pundits, bloggers, and commenters kept using the phrase “Trump sucks all the air out of the room” to express … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is an update to this previous post of mine. I didn’t intend to spend my blogging hours today writing about David Horowitz vs. Bill Kristol—and so, apologies for this narrow focus. I actually had other things in mind, … Continue reading →
…and slides right into the mainstreaming of subtle (and maybe not even so subtle) anti-Semitism. David Horowitz wrote an article on Breitbart criticizing Bill Kristol for his nevertrumperism, and Breitbart titled it “Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew.” Two things to note. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Yeah, it’s long. So long that I cued it up to continue on another page rather than the home page. But I hope you’ll find your patience rewarded; some of the things I uncovered here surprised me.] Yesterday we … Continue reading →
It’s pretty obvious that the blogosphere and the media in general have been saturated with Trump discussion ever since last summer, when Trump entered the race and picked up a lot of support almost from the start. It’s been hard … Continue reading →
I’m tired of this topic, but I guess I have to deal with it again. I really couldn’t have said it better myself, so I’ll let Allahpundit say it: Somehow, faced with an opponent who’s widely disliked, who’s known for … Continue reading →
Remember this? We’re so “onto the next thing, and then the next and the next” that it can be hard to remember even fairly recent incidents in the campaign. But to summarize: Breitbart reporter Fields alleged she was grabbed by … Continue reading →
Why has one story gotten a lot of coverage and the other story very little? I guess not all National Enquirer gossip is created equal. I suggest it all be ignored until proven true. But I doubt most people will … Continue reading →
As time has gone on, Trump has become more and more unpopular with women voters, and that includes Republican women: This month, about half (47 percent) of Republican female primary voters said they could not imagine themselves voting for Trump. … Continue reading →
From David Brooks’ recent NY Times column: Trump voters are a coalition of the dispossessed. They have suffered lost jobs, lost wages, lost dreams. The American system is not working for them, so naturally they are looking for something else. … Continue reading →
It’s not easy to keep up with this one. Late last night I added an update to this previous post of mine on the subject. But for further updates, I refer you to this post at Legal Insurrection.
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