A political blog
Good morning, kids. So, Nikki Haley won Dixville Notch, NH at midnight. That’s it folks. All over by the shouting. Might as well not even have a convention and just proclaim her the nominee. What a farce. Not even so much something that’s the moral equivalent of throwing out a first pitch at the World…
Good morning, kids. Well, Ron DeSantis has bowed out of the race gracefully and even endorsed Donald Trump. That leaves one little Indian, literally, left standing and we’ll get to her in a moment. It’s quite telling that DeSantis’ striking a conciliatory tone stands in stark contrast to his boosters: It’s quite telling that his…
It’s easy to see the world as a miasma of gleeful Jew-hate, unsubtly couched in terms of anti-Israel sentiment. The media gullibly repeat the hysterical reports of “genocide” emanating from the Gaza health authorities, yet examines every bit of information from the Israeli government with a microscope, parsing and doubting and fact-checking to massage it…
Good morning, kids. My moods and gut instincts about next November are for sure ephemeral but one thing is for sure. It’s going to be lit. 11 months is both an eternity and just around the corner in electoral politics. But as of this moment, Biden or no Biden, and I think Trump or no…
I don’t care whether “gun violence” increases or decreases when the United State Constitution’s Second Amendment is honored rather than eviscerated. In fact, I reject the term “gun violence” as a hyper-emotional misdirection. Guns are inanimate objects and do not operate independently of their users. Violence is violence, and it doesn’t really matter what tool…
Good morning, kids. There are a number of things popping this morning that are each worthy of their own editorial. Alas, the Ace “quick hits” thing is not really my style, so I shall endeavor to hit upon a theme and attempt to weave the other stories in, hopefully in some sort of coherent fashion….
Good morning, kids. While the meat of today’s links is about the Iowa Caucuses and what they mean going forward, there’s a potential, heh, “Mexican standoff” brewing down in Texas between that state and the Junta in DC that has major ramifications for the nation, or whatever the nation will become going forward. Whatever one…
Here is Andrew Sullivan at his sleazy, underhanded worst. He is undoubtedly a fine writer, and long ago he was also a fine thinker. But he is now a caricature of his former self, plays fast and loose with the facts, and is a curious bigot to boot. Andrew Sullivan: How Many Children Is Israel…
Good morning, kids. Somewhere in the back of my mind I thought there was the possibility of a surprise in Iowa, most likely because of global warming sending temperatures low enough to freeze a penguin’s cloaca shut and keeping caucus goers home or more importantly, latent, unidentified Trump fatigue propelling DeSantis, Ramaswamy or God-forbid Haley. …
Good morning, kids. Today is the official federal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, which unlike many, for once falls on his actual birthday. For sure, he had his faults and his flaws like any other human being, but his core beliefs and what he fought for, and the ways of nonviolence that…