Yeah, C. Stewart, Jr. is quite a dude. He served as assistant secretary for Homeland Security back in the George, Jr. years and before that general counsel to the Senate Republican Whip. He is the CEO of “Monument Advocacy”, a “cutting edge” (I guess) DC shop handling “government relations, public affairs, strategic and crisis communications,…
Clover Trio—“Played Twice”
Damien Argentiéri, organ, Benoist Raffin, drums, and Sébastien Lanson, guitar. Live at Sunset – Sunside, Paris 22/3/18. Posted by Clover Trio.
Donald Trump is probably not as utterly bad as you probably think he is, a fatuous Andrew Sullivan says, fatuously.
Notice that I said “a fatuous Andrew Sullivan” rather than “the fatuous Andrew Sullivan”, because I think that, at times, Andy can be pretty gosh darn cogent—when, it seems, the stars are properly aligned—but only then, I would say, for it appears that when the heavens are seriously out of whack, as they must have…
Ramesh Ponnuru writes a good column! It’s so good, it’s smarter than he is!
Seriously! Yeah, I know I’ve said a lot of mean things about Ramesh in the past—because, well, not to toot my own horn or anything, but they don’t call me “Mr. Truth” for nothing—but recently he wrote a column, Not even the Supreme Court can make Congress do its job, which, I’m pretty sure, is…
Matías Dabanch—“Played Twice”
Matías Dabanch, piano; Francisco Nava, contrabajo; Fabio Barraza, batería. Posted by Matías Dabanch
Shorter Jamie Dimon: You’re calling me a “whore”? I prefer the term “businessman”.
Sorry, Jamie, but even by “businessman” standards—if they still exist—you’re a whore, and a pretty goddamn big one too. Here’s Jamie talking to CNBC about the state of the world, after meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukrainian spelling as per Wikipedia): But, you know, my heart goes out to the guy. I mean, people…
Did Georgia district attorney Fani Willis just elect Donald Trump president? Well, it wouldn’t surprise me.
(Editor’s Note: I was writing this, the Washington Post has more: Judge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing on Fani Willis misconduct claims.) Yeah, call me a Nervous Nelli if you will, but Georgia district attorney Fani Willis, who brought criminal charges against Donald Trump, and who has extracted guilty pleas from several Trump associates,…
Is Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” the best vanity project I’ve seen all week? I think so! But I do have questions!
Fuck yeah, I do! So many questions! Like, why the fuck did producer/director/star Bradley Cooper even make this movie? Did he wake up one morning and think to himself “You know what America needs to hear? It needs to hear how legendary composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, having lost his way in life, ultimately found spiritual redemption…
Art Themen Quartet—“Played Twice”
Yeah, the camera work is a little shaky, but the music ain’t bad. Live at The Verdict Jazz Club, Brighton, UK, 7 July 2023. Art Themen, sax; John Horler, piano; Spike Wells, drums; Tim Wells, bass. Posted by Pete Billing
Income inequality, muddle or myth? Or just plain irrelevant?
Brad DeLong, the grasping hands guy, with whom I have previously tussled on a number of occasions, recently ran a piece, Is America Today Really No More Unequal Economic Class-Wise than It Was in 1960?, attempting to sort out recent claims regarding prior claims regarding an alleged increase in economic inequality in the world today….