“Anonymous” claims to be a “senior Trump administration official.” Notwithstanding the dire warnings about Trump, Roger Kimball begs to differ with Anonymous that the “guardrails are coming off,” From Mr. Kimball in Spectator.us, 27 November 2019, on why the guardrails are pretty darn solid: The stock market closed yesterday at 28,121. Worse, unemployment, especially minority […]
The Real Sin of Donald Trump? Winning
Tuesday, Adam Schiff made his 100-page opus on Ukraine available to his House Intelligence Committee. Schiff’s report finds President Trump “guilty of playing domestic politics with foreign policy,” reports the WSJ. Schiff’s Pretensions to Nonpartisan Statesmanship “The decision to move forward with an impeachment inquiry is not one we took lightly. Under the best of […]
President Trump, Compared to Whom?
In an amusing recap of the James Hankins family Thanksgiving gathering, Mr. Hankins, a professor at Harvard, announces that the impeachment hearings, despite family members’ lack of details, were front and center on the buffet sideboard. Only one beloved aunt was willing to declare her full support for President Trump. The rest had more or […]
Ex Secretary of Navy vs. the Commander in Chief
Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy, opined in the NYT on the lessons he learned from getting fired “for misleading Secretary of Defense Esper over the case of Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher. . . .” Reports the WSJ’s Notable & Quotable: We wouldn’t suggest that a secretary should be a yes-man. Yet Mr. Spencer […]
Impeachment What Ifs from Victor Davis Hanson
What if? 1) Donald Trump had cut off all military assistance to Ukraine? 2) Donald Trump got a Ukrainian prosecutor fired by leveraging U.S. aid? 3) Barack Obama earlier had not vetoed lethal military aid to Ukraine in fear of Russian reactions? 4) Ukraine was not a notoriously corrupt country? 5) There was a special […]
Bogus: Adam Schiff’s Claim on the Whistleblower
Even the Washington Post acknowledges in its Fact Checker column that Adam Schiff’s claim that Trump’s whistleblower has a “statutory right” to remain anonymous is bogus. From the 2018 transcript of a Justice Department video on “Whistleblower Rights and Protections”: We would only disclose the whistleblower’s identity if it’s unavoidable during the course of the investigation. For […]
Who’s in Need of Checking Her Privilege?
They call it “the Game.” The annual Harvard/Yale football match is among the most storied rivalries in college sports. But this year, the Game was more about politics than about sports, reports the WSJ. Privileged Activist Professors – the “Others” So it was on Saturday in New Haven, when the Harvard-Yale game was disrupted by […]
Trump’s Historic Appointment—First Hispanic Woman to Sit on the 11th Circuit
The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Barbara Lagoa, a well-respected judge who served most recently on the Florida Supreme Court, was confirmed to the 11th Circuit Court. President Trump Flips Third Appeals Court to GOP Donald Trump has confirmed more than 160 Title III judges during his presidency, making his judicial selections nearly 30% of all federal […]
Is American Diplomacy as Bad as It Looks?
American diplomats are supposed to be tough and courageous. And, according to Dave Seminara, able. “They learn the local languages and quickly become experts in their fields.” A Partisan Fishing Expedition Mr. Seminara, a journalist and former diplomat, argues (abridged) in the WSJ that the House impeachment inquiry is a “partisan fishing expedition.” The former […]
I Assumed, I Gathered, I Presumed
On the third day of the impeachment monotony, Ambassador Sondland, who was to have delivered a “bombshell,” didn’t deliver. “We know in advance all the questions, the subjective mood answers and bureaucratic mindset of the witnesses, the ensuing spin, and the congressional posturing,” writes Victor Davis Hanson. But it was mostly a dud, with Sondland […]
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