…in a way that would let Carly Fiorina participate in the first-tier debate. That’s unofficial and may just be a rumor. But, if it does happen and she replaces Chris Christie, don’t expect him to take it lying down. My … Continue reading →
…and Orin Kerr tells us the ways in which the Times has distorted the truth in order to make Thomas look bad (many of the comments there are worth reading, too). Most liberal Democrats long ago absorbed and swallowed whole … Continue reading →
Commenter “Tonawanda” is puzzled and disturbed by the following exchange on Mark Steyn’s site. In it, Steyn reports receiving the following query: You insist that Trump has traction because ” … ‘real’ Republicans and ‘real’ ‘conservatives’ in Washington [haven’t] managed … Continue reading →
I’m getting rather tired of talking about Trump. But he certainly knows how to get publicity. For example, there’s a predictable furor right now about Trump’s remark that during the debate Megyn Kelley had “blood coming out of her whatever.” … Continue reading →
…here: Three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story filed a lawsuit against the publication and the article’s author Wednesday, court records … Continue reading →
Hillary Clinton is hopping mad at the NY Times‘ coverage of the story of an investigation by two inspectors general into whether Clinton’s SOS emails had been “mishandled.” The Times had said the investigation was criminal in nature, and implied … Continue reading →
Glancing at today’s memeorandum page, I noticed two stories towards the top that deal with Hillary Clinton’s emails, one right under the other. The first is from Britain’s Daily Mail, and this is what you see on the memeorandum page: … Continue reading →
Well, they say you learn something new every day, and yesterday was no exception. Yesterday I learned that “Asian” means something quite different in Britain than it does in the US. Several commenters to this post of mine revealed that … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Please see this subsequent post on the British use of the word “Asian.”] The Rotherham sex scandal, already bad enough, grows in scope: The sex-trafficking ring in Rotherham may well be the worst in the West ever, or so … Continue reading →
After all, it’s probably the worst cyber-breach the U.S. has ever experienced, as Megan McArdle points out. And yet if you were to do a survey of most of your friends on the matter, many of them may be unaware … Continue reading →
And I don’t think they care. Just the narrative, Ma’m, just the narrative. Case in point: how many times, in how many places, did you read that Roof’s father gave him a gun for his 21st birthday, which occurred in … Continue reading →
Commenter “Ray” writes: Black lives matter, except when they don’t. I live outside Washington DC and last weekend 10 people were shot and 10 knifed. What did the Washington Post have on the front page? A story and pictures of … Continue reading →