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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Did Trump's victory hurt Obama's feelings?

Did Trump's victory hurt Obama's feelings?: Back in 2016, I remember reading an analysis that President Obama's two terms had left the Democrats in bad shape. In other words, he started in 2009 with huge majorities and left town with the GOP in charge of the U.S. Senate and House. It was p...

Want to cancel Hulk Hogan? Fine, then Muhammad Ali’s got to go, too

Want to cancel Hulk Hogan? Fine, then Muhammad Ali’s got to go, too: It wasn’t long after legendary wrestler Hulk Hogan’s passing that we heard the condemnations. Don’t honor him, the nattering ne’er-do-wells insisted — he was a stone cold “racist.” When evaluating this,...

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Will the end of ‘substantive due process’ kill the fiction of constitutional gay marriage?

Will the end of ‘substantive due process’ kill the fiction of constitutional gay marriage?: A decade ago, Kim Davis, a court clerk in Kentucky, earned the ire of the entire leftist establishment when she refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Now, she’s filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking it to end “the legal fi...

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Nothing could be more wonderful than Trump’s dumping UNESCO

Nothing could be more wonderful than Trump’s dumping UNESCO: For myriad reasons, I’m not fond of traveling, not the least of which is that traveling in the 21st century is such a horrible shlep. Having said that, I am a very well-traveled person. That means that I’ve visited more than my share of p...

The truth about Alligator Alcatraz

The truth about Alligator Alcatraz: The brouhaha created by the latest federal detention facility in the Everglades of Florida is surpassed only by the Epstein Files and the latest documents on the Russian Collusion hoax. It’s noteworthy that there are still Democrats who are cry...

Democrat fallacies of predicate logic

Democrat fallacies of predicate logic: A classic case of a defect in predicate logic is found in the statement --

President Trump: Recognize Somaliland!

President Trump: Recognize Somaliland!: President Trump ran for office to Make America Great Again.  He wanted our borders respected, our language restored, and our culture reinvigorated.  He is accomplishing all three at breakneck speed.  Even his foreign pol...

Buttigieg blew more than half the DOT budget on DEI, failed to make critical air traffic upgrades

Buttigieg blew more than half the DOT budget on DEI, failed to make critical air traffic upgrades: Democrat frontrunner for 2028 Pete Buttigieg, is the kind of guy who could give California's Gov. Gavin Newsom or Los Angeles's mayor, Karen Bass, a run for the money. Amid news of an aircraft near collision over North Dakota, fo...

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

When read carefully, the New York Times may have admitted that Biden pardons are illegitimate

When read carefully, the New York Times may have admitted that Biden pardons are illegitimate: My pet peeve as both a writer and reader is passive voice because it makes writing turgid, but I also hate it because it allows the author to avoid assigning responsibility. Other pet peeves are chronologically confusing or ambiguous writing. When go...

Electricity rations hit Dutch citizens as government goes ‘green’

Electricity rations hit Dutch citizens as government goes ‘green’: As the Dutch government goes “green” for the agenda of the progressive left, electricity rations are hitting the Dutch citizens. Here’s the story, from a report published yesterday at the Financial Times: Thousands of businesse...

On Bastille Day, we must distinguish the American Revolution from the French Revolution

On Bastille Day, we must distinguish the American Revolution from the French Revolution: Today, July 14, is celebrated as Bastille Day in France. It should be a day of mourning across the rest of Western civilization. Ten days after we celebrate July 4 as the symbol of the American Revolution, the pinnacle of the Enlightenment Era, th...

Monday, July 7, 2025

No, the Bible does not say conservatives must support illegal immigration

No, the Bible does not say conservatives must support illegal immigration: One of the fascinating things about following leftists on social media is that they are lemmings. The order goes out that all must put up a specific meme and, suddenly, all do. That’s why my long-ago high school classmates (99% of whom are left...