There have been periodic hints that some black people who would ordinarily vote Democratic – which is over 90% of black people – might lean towards Trump this time. I tend to doubt it. After all, we’ve heard it before … Continue reading →
Government malfeasance. Please read the whole thing.
Continue reading →…to crime-ridden cities: President Trump is deploying 100 federal agents to Chicago to help combat rising rates of some crimes – a move that marks an expansion of the White House’s intervention into local law enforcement as Trump continues to … Continue reading →
In this essay, Michelle Malkin uses a term I had never heard before but which I think fits what’s happening in the US today: It’s not “socialism” or “communism” under which we suffer. Our dangerously chaotic, selectively oppressive predicament is … Continue reading →
Portland used to be a pretty nice town. What happened?: …[S]omewhere around the time of the Ford administration…Portland reinvented itself as the Pyongyang of the Pacific Northwest, if with a few more trendy artisanal coffee bars than Kim Jong-un has … Continue reading →
And no ordinary murder, either. Last night a terrible and heartbreaking story emerged: the family of Esther Salas, a federal judge in New Jersey, was attacked. Her 20-year-old son was killed and her husband gravely wounded. It seemed to be … Continue reading →
Till last night I hadn’t realized that a transcript of the police interactions with George Floyd had already been released over a week ago. I would have thought it would have created a far bigger stir than it did, and … Continue reading →
As part of the current argument about what’s right and wrong with US police forces, a trend that often comes up is the greater “militarization” of police, which is seen by many people as part of the problem. As commenter … Continue reading →
Good: The National Association of Police Organizations endorsed President Trump’s reelection Wednesday, citing his “steadfast and very public support” for law enforcement. In a brief letter to Mr. Trump, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, NAPO … Continue reading →
In Detroit, a 20-year-old black man was killed by police. His name was Hakim Littleton. Black Lives Matter, the organization dedicated to publicizing and protesting all deaths of black people at the hands of police (particularly white police), sprung into … Continue reading →
That title is a quote from this article by Victor Davis Hanson. Please read the whole thing. Hanson isn’t ordinarily given to extreme statements. I’ve followed his columns and articles for years. He’s become more bitter and more angry, as … Continue reading →
They’re not just funny, although they’re that. They also have a succinct way of stating common sense, a quality which is all too rare these days:
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