Lots of news today about the Russians, the 2016 election, the hacking, and the leaks. The Russians celebrated the Trump victory. The DNC refused to give its servers to the FBI for an investigation. Trump says it’s a politically motivated … Continue reading →
Molly Hemingway has written a great post with an excellent list of ten things to point out to the liberals in your life who might be exceedingly upset over the Trump victory. Just a sampling; the first two: 1) It’s … Continue reading →
…ye shall know them. Sort of, anyway. According to Saleno Zito in the Washington Examiner: Obama’s books defined his public image in a large part because the political class gushed and plowed their way through his words for insights into … Continue reading →
Okay, now we’ve heard everything: Sex therapist Kimberly Resnick Anderson claims Trump winning the presidency has led to a widespread loss of libido in the bedroom among her clients. Dubbing it ‘The Trump Bedroom Backlash’ Resnick Anderson says she has … Continue reading →
…with so much big news going on today, we have some news about bigness from Politico. I kid you not. And they’re apparently serious, too. What new revelations about size are forthcoming? I shudder to think.
Continue reading →Despite that very-important-sounding title, I’m not going to do a full analysis of Trump’s recent comments about our nuclear arsenal—and the varied reactions to it and interpretations of it—because I think his remarks (mostly in the form of tweets) resemble … Continue reading →
Ivanka Trump was reportedly harassed on a Jet Blue flight by a man who was then escorted off the plane (which had not yet taken off): A male passenger was removed from a JetBlue flight on Thursday morning after reportedly … Continue reading →
This clip from a recent interview with Henry Kissinger is interesting on several levels. One of them is that Kissinger is still alive. But actually, he’s “only” 93. I would have thought him to be 193, since he seemed old … Continue reading →
So many of Trump’s appointments have raised a furor that it’s hard to keep up with the din. But a particularly interesting one that I haven’t written about yet is David Friedman as ambassador to Israel. Friedman is most definitely … Continue reading →
Henry Kissinger said it, not me: Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. Case in point: Ringed by tech’s elite, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday promised to do “anything we can do” to help the industry he often baited during the presidential … Continue reading →
The title of this post is hyperbole on two counts: Trump is not yet president, and of course he’s not being impeached. He’s being pre-impeached, and I’m using the word “impeached” in the more general sense: 2. Chiefly Law. to … Continue reading →
Since the election, Trump has been dominating the news even more than he did when he was merely campaigning, and that’s saying a lot. I’m not talking about straight news like his Cabinet appointments. I’m talking about all the hype … Continue reading →