David French has the unenviable job of being the voice of reason over at the National Review, which means that he has to find a “middle ground” between the True Trumpers of the pack and, well, the truth, which frequently means explaining that grunting like a hog and wallowing in one’s own filth isn’t as…
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Rod Rosenstein, exiting ignominiously. And the National Review didn’t even notice!
Nothing, it may be said, became Rod Rosenstein’s career at the Department of Justice so little as his manner of leaving it—that is to say, in his resignation letter, Rosenstein abandoned the last shred of the professional decency and honor that he had fitfully displayed during his two years as deputy attorney general under Donald…
Kevie D. crosses me up
Anyone so bored and so feckless as to search for all the things I’ve said about Kevin D. Williamson would think that I do little with my time other than construct labored invective at Kevie D.’s expense, including such tasteless jibes as “Hey, Kevin D. Williamson! You’re a total idiot!” and “Kevin D. Williamson, last…
Yo, Bill Barr! God is the searcher of all hearts, not you!
A couple of months ago I made fun of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for presuming to question the motives of six of his brethren for being so temarious as to vote the “wrong” way in a case involving abortion issues: So what explains the Court’s refusal to do its job here? I suspect it…
Yo, Mainstream Media! Bret Easton Ellis has Aitch Ay Dee Had It With You!
It’s true! Mr. Three Names is never, no, never! going to forgive you guys for the way you lied about the Mueller Report! Reason gal Elizabeth Nolan Ryan summarizes Bret’s cri de cœur/podcast thusly: "I want to state that I am not a Republican, I am not a conservative, I am not part of the…
Can trade wars today lead to shooting wars tomorrow? With Donald Trump in charge, we may not have to wait!
It’s true: Donald Trump is getting awfully bored. The whole Mueller thing, which looked like it was going to be so much fun, has gone flatter than that liter bottle of malt liquor you opened last night and forgot to finish. Where’s the sparkle? Where’s the punch? I got up this morning planning to start…
Mona Charon, speaking truth to Republicans
Kudos to the National Review, which I generally do not like, for publishing Mona Charon’s column, “Shades of Presidential Scandals Past”, which tosses more than a few solid punches at the “Move along, folks, move along, nothing to see here, move along” approach being fostered and foisted by most of her compadres at NR regarding…
China could be as bad as the U.S., Fred Kaplan warns
Well, it’s true. Over at Slate, the rarely Trumpian Fred Kaplan says that Trump’s ban on purchases of equipment from giant Chinese telecom firm Huawei using federal funds makes sense: The problem is that those wares are also potential backdoors for Chinese intelligence. If Huawei gains a foothold in the burgeoning market of 5G networks…
Trump stumbles his way to peace. Or not.
Donald Trump’s decision to “walk away” from his always dubious summit with North Korean strongman/torturer/mass murderer Kim Jong-un was greeted with sighs—indeed heartfelt gasps—of relief on the part of the MIC (Military Intellectual Complex), including the editors of the National Review who rightfully pummeled Trump for his obvious and continuing affection—and indeed admiration—for Little Kim,…
Come on, Washington Post. Stop kissing Donald Trump’s ass.
It’s not often that I criticize the WashPost for, well, kissing Donald Trump’s ass, but today is “not often”. The Post has an editorial up, “Come on, lawmakers. Not another shutdown.” Yo, Post! Don’t you mean “Come on, Donald Trump. Not another shutdown.” It was Donald Trump who imposed the most recent shutdown, as a…