[NOTE: Events move so quickly these days that I often do a whole bunch of research on something, but by the time I write the post the caravan moves on. This is one of those posts. But the issues remain … Continue reading →
I’ve said before that Trump and his advisors should have ironed out a lot of things and clarified them before releasing his immigration executive order. Sloppiness is wrong on two scores: it leads to bad outcomes for many people, and … Continue reading →
Here’s Caroline Glick on Trump and the Middle East: The PLO is disoriented, panicked and hysterical. Speaking to Newsweek this week, Saeb Erekat, PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas’s chief conduit to Israel and the Americans, complained that since President Donald Trump … Continue reading →
It’s not quite two weeks into the Trump administration and already I’m weary of a repetitive pattern: Trump says or does A, the MSM and the opposition responds B, and those of us who purport to write about these things … Continue reading →
Today’s brouhaha du jour is about a fight Trump allegedly had over the phone with the Australian Prime Minister. Before I get to the substance of the disagreement, let me say that I’ve come to the point where I immediately … Continue reading →
Without any thought at all, “action” can be spinning your wheels. Unless one is reacting quickly in an emergency, thought is (or should be) the engine for action, particularly political action. But when you call someone a “man of action” … Continue reading →
Donald Trump fired acting AG Sally Yates after she refused to defend his recent executive order on immigration. Why do I call the firing “unremarkable,” when it’s the news du jour? Because any president in his position would have done … Continue reading →
All answers are speculative, of course, but my answer is a resounding “yes.” Commenter Yancey Ward writes: One of the issues some on the Right keep bringing up here is paraphrased this way: “Trump should have better explained this EO, … Continue reading →
And when the press gets the vapors, so do its obedient readers. And yes, there are still plenty of those. Another thing that happens is that I’m sometimes moved to violate my Never On Sunday rule and write a Sunday … Continue reading →
If you want to get some clarity on what Trump’s executive order on immigration actually said and what it didn’t say, read this post by William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection. One of the many topics it elucidates is one that … Continue reading →
President Trump has proposed a temporary suspension of immigration from seven countries and some new rules for the admission of immigrants to the US: Donald Trump has outlined a new screening process for would-be immigrants designed to exclude Islamic extremists … Continue reading →
During the campaign, one of the main fears about Donald Trump (a fear I shared) was that he would be a loose cannon in terms of foreign policy as president. Until now I’ve been reassured by most of his moves, … Continue reading →