Jul 20, 2016 – They suggested I write something about the problems and the issues today. … private rights, the controls and restrictions on the vitality of the great free economy that we enjoy. … it was the only time the delegates heard two acceptance speeches.…

Jul 20, 2016 – of the world, logical fallacies, impending bizarre disasters, (often twisted) references to proverbs, or the search for meaning in … Kerry paid a visit on the new British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. … In other words, he is the perfect representative of the Obama administration.…

Jul 20, 2016 – To wit: Unless I am mistaken, the Platform has called for the abolition of the Department of Education every cycle since the abomination … It is with this pigskin optimism that we view anew the GOP Platform. … Farmers are pummeled with it – by the EPA, the ESA, the Department of Agriculture,….…

Jul 19, 2016 – Injuring the earth is the crime of injuring the great mother. … The ideas of the U.N. are in direct opposition to the ideas of America. Interesting. … of the American Constitutional Republic, and takes the long view of history, current events, and the future of our nation.…

Jul 19, 2016 – want to give the speech in the first place. … She was merely the first victim of the Touch-of-Trump in this fiasco. … [View the story “The Twilight Sparkle Defense” on Storify]…

Jul 19, 2016 – I don’t even play one on the internet. … I don’t even see elections as events where the call to action is “beat the other guy.” … More to the point, why would we be “thankful for the life of Donald Trump?”…

Aug 7, 2016 – If you ever entertain the idea that the foreign policy or intelligence bureaucracies are anything but hacks wholly in thrall to the … You know, there is this view out there that she lied about what caused the attack, that she said it was the video. … I think one of the really interesting things that is in early 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation walked into the House Permanent…

Aug 4, 2016 – The headlines across the internet fall into three categories. … that get him in so much trouble with the media would be antithetical to his entire persona and, from his point of view, exactly the … But amazingly, the big thinkers of the party keep trying.…

Aug 4, 2016 – Called the “Purple Line”, the project is cheered by urbanists and college kids (as it will go right along the UMD campus). … It’s so terribly wrong and unfair in their view that the people of Chevy Chase, Maryland are using their own rules against them. … See, the opponents of the left have this happen all the time: non-profit and otherwise-funded activist groups make their living going…

Aug 4, 2016 – So the debate has to be [with] each individual. … Paul is right to not agree with the view that “a vote for anyone but Trump is a vote for Hillary.” … It is about leaving the decision to the individual not to make a certain choice, but to make the choice they want.…

Aug 3, 2016 – You can take away a lot of things from this past week in Trumpland, if you are determined enough to view things positively for Trump … You can think he’s fine, you can think these controversies will blow over and he will rebound, you can think the media or the Democrats … will outplay their hand, or whatever the latest talking point is about how great things are for Trump.…

Aug 3, 2016 – Here is the link but I’m putting the guts of the story in Storify because it is tweet heavy. … [View the story “Trump Campaign Meltdown” on Storify] Back in 1974, Virginia Representative William L. … The fights he has picked with the Khan family was a disaster.…

Aug 2, 2016 – on the street, to the pundits commenting about it. … in tone over the past year. … heat across the board.…

Aug 2, 2016 – I have mixed views on the speech by a Gold Star father, Khizr Khan, at the DNC convention. … Adding to the degradation was the venue. It isn’t like the audience respected veterans or even understood the sacrifice. … top of the ticket.…

Aug 2, 2016 – In fact, those studies include the Congressional Budget Office’s official projections for the controversial Sanders proposal, which … , that may be more expensive, so they limit the medicines that are available, and they limit how the veterans can get them. … quality of care, because none of the people employed in the endeavor benefit personally from any of the savings and there is no threat…

Aug 2, 2016 – lead in the polls. … Clinton’s actual presence is beside the point. Everything is about what prism you view the phenomenon of Trump through. … In the primary she did it so as to not dent her aura of inevitability; in the general she is doing it in the belief that Trump will…

Aug 1, 2016 – The transcript starts at 14:44, but she tells a lot of other whoppers here and continues to call the parents of the Benghazi victims … CLINTON: Chris, that’s not what I heard Director Comey say, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity, in my view, clarify. … At the time, there was no reason in my view to doubt the professionalism and the determination by the people who work every single…

Aug 1, 2016 – The polls show that Clinton rose four points after the DNC while Trump rose only two after the RNC. … The other interesting takeaway from the poll is the favorable/unfavorable numbers. … Donald Trump, on the other hand, returned to his pre-RNC favorability mark of 31%, while over half of registered voters still view…

Aug 1, 2016 – I just am not really invested in the success or failure of the GOP anymore. … You can count the elected Republicans who have not bowed the knee to Baal (and have had the courage to explicitly state as such) on … you oppose the GOP.…

Jul 29, 2016 – North Korea is pretty much the armpit of the Earth. … To the people of North Korea, who view whichever Kim is in power as the equivalent of a God, this is a step too far. … From USA Today: “The Obama administration went so far to have the impudence to challenge the supreme dignity of the DPRK in order…

Jul 29, 2016 – We will hire the best of the Democratic Party, the best of the Republican Party, the best of the Libertarian Party and the best of … The only people in the Republican caucus who are even marginally interested in reducing the size, scope, and intrusion of the Federal … the ticket.…

Jul 29, 2016 – In evaluating this speech, I think it’s important to view it within the context of the whole convention night. … The speech by Khizr Khan, who will be a household name tomorrow, was probably the highlight of the whole convention for the Democrats … But there were a few problems that hampered the execution. The first was the organization of the speech itself.…

Feb 19, 2020 – This move was telegraphed yesterday when the general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Jason Klitenic … The decision to pick Grenell has caused the usual bouts of fecal incontinence. … This goes back to my post from a few days ago that the President, in the aftermath of impeachment, is finally seeing the damage done…

Feb 19, 2020 –     When you’re the daughter of a renowned film director worth $3.6 billion, how do you show the world you’re powerful? … A love of film must run in the family! … She’s out in the world, ready to make her own mark — while, in her view, respecting her body and raking in some cash: “I’m doing…

Feb 19, 2020 – Socialism has found its footing in America through the Democratic party, and right now, the one leading the socialist charge is … poll backs up the idea that the label could hurt him. … Of the two reasons, this one is the most likely.…