The First 100 Days
Question 1: Assuming that the first 100 days are not taken up entirely with architectural redesigns of the new Trump Palace, what five things would you like to see our new President Donald and his new...
View ArticleProgressives & The Supreme Court
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s correspondent for the courts and law, is apoplectic that the right did not consider Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland (see Ms. BWR’s analysis here) for the Supreme Court,...
View ArticleBill Whittle’s Firewall: Fake News
This is one of Bill Whittle’s best efforts, incisive as it is humorous. He makes the interesting point that the MSM’s biased suppression of relevant news is, itself, a form of fake news. The post Bill...
View ArticleBookworm Beat 5/14/17 — the illustrated edition and open thread
A delectable illustrated edition tracking today’s insanity. This particular edition is dedicated to Caped Crusader, may he rest in peace. This one isn’t actually a joke. It showed up on a couple of...
View ArticleA little vacation from politics
I’ve been on a weekend trip and treated myself to a vacation from politics. The news has grown so grossly hysterical and dishonest that I no longer believe most of what I read anymore. It’s also become...
View ArticleLeftist police chiefs and leftist rioters — a dangerous combination
A former police officer’s tale about the 1979 White Night riots in San Francisco shows a disturbing pattern when you have a Leftist police chief or mayor. I spoke yesterday with a friend, a former San...
View ArticleA cursory look at some of the day’s most interesting news
Every day lately brings some interesting news. This post sums up a few of the top stories, along with my opinions about why they matter. I’m watching, fascinated, as events unfold in Saudi Arabia. I...
View ArticleNot all sex scandals are created equal: breaking down the different types
The sex scandals we read about are all different and require different responses, ranging from letting the voters speak to criminal prosecution. Except for hysterical stories about President Trump...
View ArticleUlysses S. Grant: What makes a consequential president?
Fifty years of school histories have lied about Ulysses S. Grant, who was a gifted man and consequential president. Not being a career politician helped. I’m reading Ron Chernow’s Grant. As I only...
View ArticleHanks, Streep, and Reagan: The actor as an intellectual
Today’s Left accords great intellectual respect to Democrat actors but I can remember a time when the Left openly called at least one actor (Reagan) stupid. Those of us alive during the Reagan era,...
View ArticleThe Watcher’s Council has some New Year’s predictions for 2018
2018 is rife with possibility, so the Watcher’s Council took a crack at New Year’s predictions. In this post, I offer both pessimistic and optimistic views. As the old year dies away, and the New Year...
View ArticleIn political chess, having the powerful pieces, as Proggies do, matters
When it comes to political chess, it doesn’t matter how good your strategy is if the other side manages to collect all the powerful, important pieces. Do you ever feel as if you’re living in a giant...
View ArticleRelaunching “What Business Thinks”— know where your money goes
What Business Thinks is a mobile-friendly website that gives consumers an easy way to see whether businesses share their values before spending their money. In a highly politicized era, businesses (and...
View ArticleThe effect of the Manafort verdict and Cohen plea bargain
While Leftists and #NeverTrumpers bathe themselves in ritual blood from the Manafort verdict and Cohen plea, Americans just want government to support them. Manafort is not either a nice or a morally...
View ArticleAre we at a tipping point from the infection in America’s political body?
The American body politic has been sick for decades, but the current insanity may signal that the raging political infection is getting better not worse. America needs a Dr. Pimple Popper A friend...
View ArticleProgressive Tribalism & The 1619 Project (Updated)
The 1619 Project – a media driven campaign to view everything about this nation through a dark and myopic racial prism — is pure evil. It is the basest of modern lies, told to stir the basest of...
View ArticleThe 1619 Project: Reframing History & Redefining Racism
“White Supremacy” is a progressive canard to keep the race card viable in the absence of actual racism. It paints all whites as inherently racist and promotes the worst of tribalism as a progressive...
View Article[VIDEO] Do not let any anti-Trump poll get you down
The next time you see a poll promising that Trump is going to lose pathetically in November 2020, refresh yourself with this “Yes, Minister” moment. The post [VIDEO] Do not let any anti-Trump poll get...
View ArticlePelosi Leads the Left to Double Down on Iran
Tomorrow, on January 9, Nancy Pelosi will push through the House a non-binding resolution that would tie the President’s hands from ever attacking Iran – or presumably any Iranian found anywhere in the...
View ArticleComputer Models, Wuhan Virus and Climate Change (Updated)
The Wuhan virus bears heavily on the global warming / climate change hoax the left is pushing on the U.S. as a stalking horse for socialism and consolidation of power. The progressive left wants the...
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