Trump tweets: “James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press,” Trump tweeted. The remark is an extraordinary development in the ongoing feud between the President and the agencies investigating … Continue reading →
I confess that I don’t read the Drudge Report all that often, although sometimes I do scan it for stories to write about. But I go there often enough to have become aware of the fact that, during the 2016 … Continue reading →
I try to apply logic to the situation, and this is what I come up with. Comey was until recently the head of the FBI, appointed by Obama to universal praise as an honest and fair broker. But beginning last … Continue reading →
This morning commenter “Yankee” wrote: “Mr. Trump is both smarter and more honest than his critics think he is.” And commenter “Bill” responded: More honest? He’s one of the most transparently dishonest politicians I’ve ever been exposed to. It doesn’t … Continue reading →
A few random articles of special interest— Take a look at the headline of this article by Matthew Yglesias at Vox: “By firing James Comey, Trump has put impeachment on the table.” Ha! That’s pretty funny. Impeachment has never been … Continue reading →
My title was a teaser. Obviously, I’m not privy to the real story of Trump’s motives in firing Comey now. But no one is, except Trump and those closest to him—and maybe not even them. But I do have some … Continue reading →
Very good news indeed: President Trump is expected to announce his selection of at least five conservative nominees to federal appeals courts as early as Monday, building on his successful nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Sources … Continue reading →
And isn’t that good? I’m so confused. I thought the left believed in keeping the lines of communication open. I thought the left believed in dialogue with everyone, even dictators, even enemies. Actually, I thought the left didn’t believe in … Continue reading →
In an interesting discussion on this thread, commenter “Big Maq” responded to commenter “Cornhead” this way: “He’s not Hillary.” ”“ Cornhead Seems like an excuse now for anything wrt trump. Just found this ”“ seems appropriate to that tired refrain: … Continue reading →
He tries—but he fails. Or is he just pretending to talk himself out of Trump Derangement Syndrome, while consolidating it for himself and his readers? He gives up the anti-TDS fight awfully easily, doesn’t he? I understand, Adam. Believe me, … 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 →
It seems to me that, with the recent spate of federal court decisions about immigration policy from liberal judges, the judiciary has seized the power to nullify any executive order they wish, quite arbitrarily. That effectively means that, unless an … Continue reading →