All the News that Fits 0
Steve M. makes a persuasive case that our news media does not understand the news they claim to be reporting.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy sings of job creation under Donald Trump.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
(Yeah, I know, my little ditty gets old. So does the stupid.)
As the Twig Is Bent 0
Afterthought:
He’s still twelve.
The Rule of Lawless 0
PoliticalProf notes that there is a implicit caveat regarding the rule of law.
Devolution 0
In less than two weeks, we seem to have gone from a government of checks and balances to one that is unbalanced and unchecked.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
A Texas judge who was dealing with immigration case decided to visit the Texas-Mexico border. What he found was not what we’re being told. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Follow the link for some of the lessons he learned.
“Nice Little Business You’ve Got Here. Wouldn’t Want Anything To Happen to It.” 0
Joe Conason marvels at Trump’s grift of grab. A snippet:
Follow the link for context.
Store Crazy 0
Florida Woman goes bananas.
The Fires This Time 0
Farron dissects the GOP ransom note.
I don’t think it’s pushing the envelope to suggest that today’s Republican Party is willing, to paraphrase the Founders, to put faction over nation six days a week and twice on Sundays.
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
Peggy Lee performs “Johnny Guitar.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clearly, if we don’t talk about America’s original sin of chattel slavery, then it must not have happened.
Because that’s the way history works.