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 →
An American-Egyptian couple who had been held in Egyptian prison were released recently: Last weekend, Egyptian-American aid worker Aya Hijazi, who had become an international symbol of Sisi’s harsh crackdown on aid groups, was cleared of child-abuse and human-trafficking charges … Continue reading →
The NY Times writes: What is playing out, said Robert Litwak of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, who tracks this potentially deadly interplay, is “the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion.” But the slow-motion part appears to be … Continue reading →
…but no tests, despite widespread apprehension that a nuclear test would mark the big 105th birthday celebration in North Korea. That’s—interesting. Some of the missiles appeared to be new types for North Korea: Analysts were working to identify all the … Continue reading →
The first sentence of this WaPo article by John Pomfret caught my attention: Something interesting is happening in China and perhaps President Trump deserves some credit. If someone writing in the WaPo who isn’t a known conservative gives Trump any … Continue reading →
…is that he’s turned into a centrist (for example, see this). But it’s hard to see how he could turn into one, when he always was a mish-mash of competing statements on many subjects. After all, it wasn’t just an … Continue reading →