William Kristol, a man I love to hate—or at least ridicule—has a plaintive post up at his rag, the Weekly Standard, labeled “No Outrage”, in which the enraged Mr. Kristol gives vent to his bewilderment that no Republican—not Jeb Bush, not George Bush, not Dick Cheney—has been willing to fault Donald Trump for asserting that…
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El Nino, not that innocent
De mortuis nil nisi bonum? Not at this site, fella.1 The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a conservative hero, but, to my mind, at least, he was vastly over-rated, particularly in his own mind. To begin with, I will not be the first to point out that Nino was one of the infamous…
Trump chic and other assorted crimes
Over at Slate, Scots-Irish hillbilly for a day Reihan Salam thumps his chest with pride at his sly affection for Donald Trump, who is speaking up for the common man, or at least the common white man: “he is speaking for millions of Americans who’ve lost faith in the political process.” Well, yes. He is…
Fred Kaplan, still not getting it—UPDATED
Several dog lifetimes ago, Bob Newhart was on the Tonight show, and he told Johnnie Carson “You know, Johnnie, truth is stranger than fiction. And even if it isn’t we’re going to pretend that it is, because if you buy the frame, you buy the bit.” The accuracy of Bob’s words of wisdom were perfectly…
Played Twice—“Blue Bolivar Blues”
Played Twice at Servant Jazz Quarters in early 2014. Dan Wood on piano, Nick Malcolm on trumpet, George Crowley on tenor sax, Olie Brice on bass and Simon Roth on drums. Posted by Dan Wood
The President of the United States is not our commander in chief
The president is commander in chief of the armed forces, not commander in chief of the country. It was Ronald Reagan, with his deep love of military pageantry, who introduced the modern cult of the “c-in-c,” and George H. W. Bush, who, unlike Reagan, had actually been in combat, continued the tradition. Son George W….
Are We Germany Yet?
In 1932, the two top presidential vote getters in Germany were Adolph Hitler (Nazi) and Ernst Thälmann (Communist). Well, Donald Trump is no nazi, and Bernie Sanders no communist, but it says a lot about the state of America that the Donald and the Bern are the two hottest acts in America these days. Incomes…
The foreign policy debate: Wouldn’t it be nice if we had one?
I realize that the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino may forbid rational discussion of any topic for the next six months, or even longer. Still, wouldn’t be nice to have foreign policy discussion that consisted of more than a choice between Tweedle-Dick and Tweedle-Hillary? I mean, I’m not asking for six degrees of separation,…
Phony Evenhandedness, Case Nos. 377,421,904-6
Golly! That President Obama! When Republicans tell outrageous and disgusting lies, he just tells the truth! Why, he’s almost as bad as they are! That’s the gist of the bizarre rap of TV big-shot (five Emmys!) Jeff Greenfield in a recent piece for Politico Magazine, headed “Getting the Politics of Fear Right: Trump exploits our…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Alan Vanneman regrets to admit that he has nothing intelligent or informed to say about the ISIS crisis. Instead, he will write about nail salons.
You read Sarah Maslin Nir’s two-part exposé of New York nail salons the New York Times. You read the “How I got the story” interview with Nir in the Times. You read the rebuttal by nail salon owner and former New York Times reporter Richard Bernstein. You read the NYT rebuttal to Bernstein’s rebuttal. And…