I was listening to MSNBC for about 15 minutes last night, shortly after Trump announced that he was ending our participation in the Iran deal. The show featured a bunch of talking heads telling us in very dire tones that … Continue reading →
Commenter and forecaster extraordinaire “Cornhead” (aka attorney David Begley) writes about a question-and-answer session with Warren Buffett that he attended: In response to another question Buffett said that while he spent his own money backing Hillary Clinton, it would have … Continue reading →
That video is one of my favorites, and I’ve had occasion to use it over and over—and over and over—in the 13 years I’ve been blogging. And just about always, the reference is to something the MSM has done. This … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE above.] …and that at least one call with President Trump was recorded. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders referred questions about the wiretap to the President’s outside counsel. One of Trump’s attorneys, former New York City mayor Rudy … Continue reading →
It started with the judicial decisions that put a stay on Trump’s “Muslim ban”-that-was-not-a-Muslim-ban because the courts decided his real intent—based on some much earlier campaign statements—was to institute an actual Muslim ban. I wrote back then: In other related … Continue reading →
One of the things about the dossier/collusion imbroglio is that its complexity makes it difficult (or at least labor-intensive) for people to follow. I doubt that most people take the trouble to do so, and therefore the MSM has the … Continue reading →
The brouhaha over the jokes (that should be the “jokes”) at the White House correspondents’ dinner is basically a big yawn. The most interesting part of it is that even some people on the Democratic side of things seem to … Continue reading →
Austin Bay on Trump and the two Koreas. Here’s a sample: In March 2017, Trump’s foreign policy team of then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Vice President Mike Pence and the tweeter-in-chief himself began a coordinated … Continue reading →
Ace has a fascinating piece about the decisions bloggers and other pundits on the right have had to make in the era of Trump. Fascinating to me, anyway. He writes: Some time ago I faced the choice of doing an … Continue reading →
How will the Court rule? You can see various tweets discussing it here. I’ve long been impressed by how much of the speculation about future SCOTUS decisions, based on how the oral arguments go, turns out to be wrong. But … Continue reading →
…and of course there is no way he is innocent no matter what proof might be offered. Here’s Andrew C. McCarthy on the subject: Byron York’s Washington Examiner column takes up the question of whether, where Donald Trump is concerned, … Continue reading →
…that I would not like to be standing next to Melania Trump, inviting comparisons. The woman can wear anything and look good. This outfit, for example. I really like the asymmetrical suit jacket, but the whole thing is so over … Continue reading →