I don’t mean “hysterical” as in “ha-ha.” I mean “hysterical” as in hyper, frenzied, almost-deranged. I have gotten to the point where I often don’t want to even look at the news. That’s a bit difficult for a blogger, although … Continue reading →
There’s been widespread condemnation of Trump’s tariffs and his trade war with China, and the stock market doesn’t seem to like the policy one bit—at least, so far: The threat of a global trade war continued to hang over the … Continue reading →
The appointment of John Bolton as Trump’s National Security Advisor was bound to cause controversy and criticism, and so it has. I have always felt that Bolton is smart and tough, and much (not all) of the time I have … Continue reading →
…but warns that he won’t do it next time. Do you believe him?
Continue reading →What do these three things have in common: the recent Biden vs. Trump war of threatening words, the Dozens, and Inuit song duels? They’re all ways that people (especially men) threaten each other in an almost-comical way, in which the … Continue reading →
He says that Trump was right that no special counsel should have been appointed, since there was no probable cause for one. And he’s been saying that from the start: First of all, the president’s 100% right. There never should … Continue reading →
Someone (almost certainly from the NSC) has leaked news of Trump’s phone call to Putin, and it’s not the first time a similar type of leak has occurred: …only a handful of people at the White House…would have access to … Continue reading →
No, I’m not predicting what the results will be. I’m predicting what the Democratic tactic will be. Let’s call it the Lamb Approach. Here’s how I imagine it will go. In vulnerable Republican-held districts, find a pleasant, articulate Democrat who’s … Continue reading →
Well, it’s been rumored almost as long as Rex Tillerson has been Secretary of State, and almost as often as those “chaos in the White House” stories have been published, and now it’s finally happened: Trump has fired Tillerson. And … Continue reading →
The Weekly Standard’s Eric Felten takes a good long look at the Steele dossier itself, and finds it impossible to believe on the face of it. Forget all the brouhaha surrounding it. Just reading it should have discredited it and … Continue reading →
…the left is all excited (see also this) about Stormy Daniels, and hope that everyone will soon share that excitement, too. Daniels has told a number of stories about whether she had an affair with Trump. But if I had … Continue reading →
…drives a lot of the Trump-hatred. Actually, the liberal fantasy of what’s in the mind of conservatives and/or Republicans drives a lot of the hatred for conservatives and Republicans. Most liberals don’t just engage in strategic name-calling, either, when they … Continue reading →