Rod Dreher hammers Labour Party critics of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for what he calls their “gibbering insanity.” Dreher writes that it doesn’t matter what Boris’s capabilities are now, every Brit must vote simply to keep Labour out of power. He writes at The American Conservative (abridged): This is gibbering insanity … but it […]
Archives for September 2019
Throwing Uncle Joe under the Bus
Or to put it another way: “If somebody has to be put on an ice floe, it’s going to be Joe Biden,” writes Kevin Williamson in NRO. The cynic in me guesses that the Ukrainian gambit serves a dual purpose: First: It provides a pretext for a pre-election impeachment inquiry against the incumbent president — […]
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
If you enjoyed Ken Burns’ wonderful Country Music and are feeling like you want more, don’t despair because there’s another music documentary for us to look forward to. “How do you sum up the life and career of Miles Davis in just under two hours?” asks JazzTimes. “That was the challenge that noted documentary filmmaker […]
Trump’s Total Approval Beats Obama’s
Polls don’t mean much these days but it’s worth noting that even as the Dems pile on the presidency, it’s Trump that has come out looking like the winner in a major way. His approval numbers look beautiful! The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters approve […]
Will Liz Warren Ultimately Win the Battle of Ukraine?
Accusations are flying in Washington over who might be the culprit in Ukraine. Did Biden or Trump abuse their power? Does it matter? The outcome may be that both men are so tarnished by the fight that the winner is Liz Warren. Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. outlines this scenario at The Wall Street Journal: Here’s […]
Hunter Biden’s Strange $50,000/mo. Ukrainian Gratuity
In the uproar over President Trump’s allegedly corrupt call to Ukraine, Pat Buchanan reminds readers of The American Conservative of what started the fiasco. As Vice President, Joe Biden pressured Ukraine’s President Poroshenko to fire Viktor Shokin, a prosecutor who had been investigating a firm with ties to Biden’s son, Hunter. Pat writes (abridged): “Ukraine-gate” […]
5 Superstar Judges for SCOTUS
In his 2016 campaign, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia thrust the Supreme Court into the campaign, Donald Trump put together a list of judges that, as Cato’s Ilya Shapiro writes, ultimately “attracted swing voters in key states.” President Trump appointed two Supreme Court Justices in his first term. Now he heads into a […]
Bernie Sander’s 8% Wealth Tax is Coming for Your Money
“Enough is enough,” Bernie Sanders said Tuesday. “We are going to take on the billionaire class, substantially reduce wealth inequality in America and stop our democracy from turning into a corrupt oligarchy.” Except there’s one small problem. The billionaire class he’s after would apply to married couples with a net worth of at least $32 […]
FULL VIDEO: President Trump Denounces Globalists in Fiery UN Speech
David Lebovitz Redux —Shop Like a Parisian
Dick and I are heading back to Paris late in April. A good part of the fun of our planning is the reading, studying, and dreaming of all things francaise. David Lebovitz’s video of a visit to one of Paris’s wonderful open markets always inspires. We’ve stayed often at the Hotel Lutetia on Blvd. Raspail […]
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