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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Obama Goes on Attack, but Arguments Fall Flat Against Trump Successes
He’s back! President Obama has emerged from his supposed cloistered life to attack President Trump. Obama broke with a tradition apparently only modern Republican ex-presidents follow, which is not to speak ill of your successor.
Monday, September 10, 2018
Hurricane Florence: How We Got Here
If I am right, this will be the most costly disaster for the Carolinas and Virginias on record.
Kavanaugh Hearing Day Four: Democrats Still Land No Punches
If the four long days that Judge Brett Kavanaugh spent before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing for a seat on the Supreme Court are viewed as a contest of gladiators, he clearly came out the victor.
Why?
I suspect that on the day I was born, some damn witch who was passing through Chicago placed a curse on me. She cursed me with the curiosity gene.
Celebrity Gossip May Entertain, but It Makes Our Whole Culture Sick
Celebrity gossip is social pollution, dirtier and more destructive than anything emitted by industrial smokestacks or automobile tailpipes. Just ask Geoffrey Owens.
Sunday, September 9, 2018
The Government’s Guidance on Campus Rape Deserves Another Look
The assault on civil rights that was mandated by the civil rights division of Barack Obama’s Education Department might soon abate.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Lessons to Be Learned
For some Democrats this fall, I suspect the hardest thing for them to keep in mind during their campaign is that their major foe is supposed to be Donald Trump, not Nancy Pelosi. Easier said than done, I’m afraid, because Pelosi is one of the most despised politicians of our time.
An Obama Judge Said Michigan’s Voting Law Was Racially Motivated. A Higher Court Disagrees.
Sanity has prevailed in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Kavanaugh Soars Over Keystone Kop Democrats
It was worthy of a Saturday Night Live skit, but Lorne Michaels probably would’ve turned it down.
Jobs Boom
The Trump economy created 201,000 new jobs in August, exceeding economists’ expectations, and the unemployment rate remains historically low at 3.9%. Equally important, wages went up by 2.9%. Friday’s news comes on the heels of reports that weekly jobless claims hit a 49-year low. This is great news, my friends.
Reading, Humility, and Kavanaugh
“When you get where you’re going, don’t forget; turn back around. Help the next one in line. Always stay humble and kind.”
Kavanaugh’s TGIF: Thank Goodness It’s Finished
There’s probably no one happier to call it a week than Brett Kavanaugh. Four days, 212 arrests, and one cause for Senate expulsion later, the president’s Supreme Court pick finally arrived at the end of the most chaotic SCOTUS confirmation hearing in history.
Politics and Culture in 2018
Perhaps when someone becomes eligible for AARP and is somewhat set in his or her ways, the challenge of understanding the culture and politics of the day increases exponentially. Exhibits A, B, and C have surfaced in the last few days with head-scratching impact. Those would be the “anonymous” op-ed in The New York Times, Nike and Colin Kaepernick teaming up, and the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
Friday, September 7, 2018
Ulterior Motive? Parkland Father Wanted to Stop Kavanaugh Nomination
There’s been a lot controversy over a bizarre encounter during the Senate confirmation hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
The Democrats’ Sad Circus
It’s been sad to watch what dumb things self-serving Senate Democrats are willing to do to discredit a highly qualified nominee like Kavanaugh.
A New Standard for Stupid
It’s not easy to set a new standard for stupid in 2018, but a few left-wingers on Twitter managed it during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings.
Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Showcase the Paranoia of the Resistance
When cameras at Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearing caught sight of a woman named Zina Bash, a Republican lawyer, with her arm resting in a position that allowed her index finger and thumb to almost touch — a purportedly racist gesture — a conspiracy theory broke out on social media, accusing Bash of signaling her support of white nationalism.
Democrats’ Visions of Hand Signals From White Supremacists
The highlight, at least for some television watchers, of the first day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, came when the young woman seated directly behind the nominee rested her right hand on her opposite elbow and pressed her index fingertip against her thumb, forming a kind of circle or OK sign.
To the New York Times Op-Ed Writer: If You Can’t Serve Honorably, Don’t Serve at All
The “deep state” exists after all. But it turns out that deep state is not made up of the permanent bureaucracy, shadowy intelligence officials, or even Obama administration holdovers; rather it is made up of President Trump’s own senior appointees.
This Is Not a Constitutional Crisis
On Wednesday, The New York Times released a piece by a “senior official” in the Trump White House. Do not let “senior” fool you. This could be a deputy-level staffer, an undersecretary or someone else at a lower level than chief of staff, vice president and Cabinet secretary.