Trump and the Media
Donald Trump is pissed at the media, or, at least, so he says. In a news conference on Tuesday, Trump lambasted the media as “not good people,” “extremely dishonest” and “sleazy,” among other epithets. What ingratitude! The media have been ...
Read MoreStuck with Hillary
No question about it, and no way to spin it. The State Department report on Hillary Clinton’s e-mails is damaging. It reinforces popular negatives that continue to dog Hillary—arrogant, presumptuous, secretive, stubborn and not entirely honest. Particularly disturbing—indeed incomprehensible—is the ...
Read MoreDemocrats at War
It is painful for me to acknowledge that the Democratic presidential nominating contest is getting out of hand, and that the weight of responsibility for that unhappy development rests with my candidate, Bernie Sanders. I wouldn’t begin to try to ...
Read MoreFacebook Should Just Say No
In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John Thune has voiced concerns that Facebook’s “Trending Topics” section is biased against conservative viewpoints. Thune wants Zuckerberg to explain its organizational structure and processes for “Trending Topics” and ...
Read MoreCruz’s Excellent Diatribe
Excellent? Me, say that about Ted Cruz? Have I ever had anything good to say about Cruz? I don’t think so, but I really do feel compelled to report on his press conference yesterday morning, which seems to have gotten ...
Read MoreThe State of the GOP
Let us pause for a moment amidst this topsy-turvy presidential election year to contemplate the state of the Grand Old Party. The GOP is set to nominate as its candidate for President of the United States a hatemongering, clinically narcissistic ...
Read MoreWhat HRC Isn’t & What She Is
Two articles in yesterday’s NY Times usefully shed light on the probable 2016 Democratic nominee for president . Hillary-haters ought to read Nicholas Kristof’s op.ed. Kristof debunks the myth that Hillary is an exceptionally devious or mendacious or shifty politician. ...
Read MoreBernie’s Choice
A New Republic article by Jeet Heer nicely captures my thinking about the Bernie Sanders phenomenon while at the same time reflecting the concerns that I and some commenters have been expressing in my last couple of posts. The title ...
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