After all the Comey turmoil and brouhaha (which is not over yet), this would seem to be a fairly non-controversial pick: President Trump on Wednesday said he intends to nominate former assistant attorney general Christopher Wray to be the next … Continue reading →
I’ve said before that I’ve given up on covering every little thing Trump does. It’s wearying, and it doesn’t really affect the big picture. Then again, each incident does have some small effect, perhaps cumulative. And some of the incidents … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court is about to render judgment on the 4th Circuit’s upholding of an injunction against Trump travel ban EO. Professor Jacobson at Legal Insurrection suggests that, based on her prior remarks about Trump, Justice Ginsburg ought to be … Continue reading →
But it’s been accomplished by Ken Jennings, he of Jeopardy fame and author of children’s books. Why do I say Jennings made Griffin look relatively tactful? Well, she targeted Trump is a stunningly tasteless way, but Jennings not only did … Continue reading →
President Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. That CNN article I just linked to says in the first sentence that his withdrawal will “seriously dampen global efforts to curb global warming.” But do … Continue reading →
Not gonna link to it; I’m going to assume you’ve seen it and know what I’m talking about. My only commentary is this: Kathy Griffin has long been a humorless and unpleasant person whose specialty is supposed humor of the … Continue reading →
The headlines have been uniformly negative on Trump’s speech about NATO. It’s as though the MSM is relieved, after Trump’s successful Saudi speech, to have really bad things to say about him (not that they didn’t have bad things to … Continue reading →
Yes, this is a frivolous post. I need a pleasant escape for a little while from the heaviness of the news. Maybe you do, too. And the world cares about these things, as measured by the buzz about the way … Continue reading →
Last night commenter “Sergey” made the observation that Trump is “the most underestimated politician I heard about…He thinks outside the box, not even thinks, but grasps and sees what nobody else can grasp and see.” I don’t know how cerebral … Continue reading →
This quote from Egyptian president al Sisi to President Trump is pretty funny: “Let me say that you have a unique personality that is capable of doing the impossible.” I don’t think many people would disagree with that one, no … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s speech addressing the Muslim world, Trump did something creative. Instead of wading into the swamp of the “terrorists are not real Muslims” argument, he got out of the trap of opining on Islamic theology altogether. Instead, he universalized … Continue reading →
Yesterday: another day, another leak of a wild and crazy remark alleged to have been made by Trump to the Russians: I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according … Continue reading →