With the Iowa Caucuses now upon us, the phenomenon that has been the candidacy of Donald Trump is about to be put to its first real test. When he announced his intention to run for the GOP nomination last June, no one took him seriously, and rightly so. He’s made a career out of hyping…
Month: January 2016
A Thought on @instapundit’s USA Today Editorial
As usual Instapundit is spot on with his editorial in USA today about the beginning of the start of the turning of the tide in the war on college men (of which I am one, admittedly Post-Grad though.) Hopefully this tide goes somewhere beyond Georgia. It got me thinking though. We tend to attribute this…
Wow…50,000 visitors.
When we started this little experiment in August, my assumption was that we would draw a few deeply disturbed political junkies (and, of course, our families) to read our blather. But the response has been pleasing, with unexpectedly heavy traffic and intelligent comments from engaged and perceptive readers. Not as much family traffic as we…
Auschwitz Was Liberated 71 Years Ago, But The Ideology Is Still With Us
I chose this photo carefully. It is old and tattered and looks like it belongs in another age, which is exactly what is happening to the world’s memory of the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews. But the latest iteration of fanatical hatred of Jews is being gleefully imported by much of Western Europe. The oh-so-modern…
The GOP is Dead, Long Live the GOP
In a previous post I discussed my concern at burning down the GOP. Not much has changed of my assessment there. The GOP is perhaps fragmenting beyond repair, only time will tell if the wounds are fatal or just scarring. Meanwhile the quest to claim the mantle of “TruCon!” continues apace: https://twitter.com/DrewMTips/status/692362491003813888 Perhaps now is…
Will She Or Won’t She Go To Jail? The Dance Of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama And Loretta Lynch
Hillary Clinton has broken the law. There can be very little debate about that, and even her most ardent supporters are resorting to tortured parsing of words and phrases to bolster what they imagine is the most important point, that she had no intent. But as Ace of Spades has so ably demonstrated time and…
An Excellent Example Of The Establishmentarian Disease That Has Infected National Review
Kevin Williamson is a fine and witty writer whose observations are valuable. I read him often, and I am usually in agreement, or at least appreciate his arguments. And I happen to agree with his rather dim view of Donald Trump. But his willful refusal to see why Donald Trump is ascendent is indicative of…
Defending Our Country Is Dangerous, Even When You’re Not In Combat
About a week ago, a helicopter crash off the cost of Hawaii claimed the lives of 12 marines. A sober reminder that merely being prepared for combat is, itself a dangerous. I went to high school with one of the victims of this crash, Capt. Kevin Roche. I wouldn’t say I was a good friend (good…
Sorry Donald, You Keep Saying Stupid Shit Like This And I will Not Support You For Anything!
I don’t think Ted Cruz can even run for President until he can assure Republican voters that being born in Canada is not a problem. Doubt! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2016 I am reasonably confident that Ted Cruz’s mother was an American citizen when she gave birth to Ted. Yeah…that’s it. I…
Rand Paul and My Editorial Policy.
I’ve been told I should link my sources more in my Rand Paul post. I’m not great about it it’s true. But I do try. Here’s the thing though, some of what I write is a response to live interviews on TV. When that happens, I try to post the date (or say “today”) time…