“This is the most important election of your life.” That’s what they always say. “The only poll that counts is the one on election day.” The candidate who is behind in the polls always says that, too. Truth be told,… Continue Reading
The race to the bottom proceeds apace. Now Donald J Trump has some serious competition for being the most contemptible politician of the year. That competitor is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Diane Feinstein (D, CA). While the… Continue Reading
“We fight to be free.” George Washington “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose” Me and Bobby McGee, written by Kris Kristofferson, made famous by Janis Joplin in her “Pearls” album. Judging from the adulation that… Continue Reading
The Fat Lady may not be singing yet, but she is clearing her throat. If Michael Cohen is to be believed, Mr. Trump probably committed a raft of crimes when he directed Cohen to buy the silence of women with… Continue Reading
If there is any question that the new puritans of the regulatory state are a bunch of fanatics, this video from John Stossel should remove all doubt. JFB
The political commentariat has spilled a lot of ink trying to understand what the Trump phenomenon is all about. But no one has come up with a convincing story about why it is that candidate, and then President Trump has… Continue Reading
The Federalist Society, scourge of the “living Constitution” and defender of liberty, provided in 2016 a list of 25 candidates it preferred as nominees for the Supreme Court. Whereupon candidate Trump announced, with a lot of fanfare and a little… Continue Reading
To say that, in general, politicians are hypocrites is both incontestable and trivially true. Hypocrisy describes a behavior engaged in by almost all human beings, politicians among them. A more interesting question concerns specific instances of hypocritical behavior; instances that… Continue Reading
In the wake of Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on “foreign” aluminum and steel products, Gary Cohn decided to resign his post as head of the National Economic Council. In that position, he was nominally the President’s top economic… Continue Reading
In a remarkably destructive bit of policy making, the EU announced that it will not sign any agreements with countries that are not party to the Paris Climate Accords. That includes free trade agreements. And of course, the country in… Continue Reading
