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 […]
Key West’s Number One Restaurant: The Thirsty Mermaid
Based on how often Dick and I are in the “Mermaid,” it is not even close. And our endorsement is not meant as any negative for the always marvelous Louie’s Backyard or Latitudes at Sunset Key. The Thirsty Mermaid comes out of the box with a huge jump: The oyster purveyor is Island Creek in […]
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 […]
Demand an End to the Impeachment Absurdity
Is America waiting for the political drama that is playing out at the House to “spin itself out” of existence, as BRIGHT editor Inez F. Stepman puts it? Fewer viewers tuned in to the hearings than did for Comey’s testimony during the Mueller report days (doesn’t it feel like a lifetime ago?), and the President is back […]
Bribery vs. President Trump, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden
Bribery is a real crime. It is even mentioned in the Constitution as a basis for impeachment, Francis Menton reminds readers in the Manhattan Contrarian. But in trying to fit the square peg of the Trump/Ukraine fact pattern into the round hole of the impeachable crime bribery, Mr. Menton sees two major problems. If providing […]
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