I can’t be the only Democrat wishing poor Hillary would take a long walk off a short pier. I would like to feel sorry for her (in, fact I have on occasion) but her latest effusions regarding Russian influence in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections suggest that her current chapeau consists of a…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Yo, “conservatives”! Donald Trump is destroying the rule of law, and you didn’t even notice!
It is a long-running rap of Trump apologists that while the Donald may be a little rough around the edges, substantively (which is what counts, of course) he’s done little more than enact the standard Republican menu of tax cuts, increased defense spending, and, best of all, conservative judges! Well, we can pass over (for…
Yerevan Chamber Choir—“Round Midnight”
OK, a Russian choral arrangement? You can’t say it isn’t “interesting”! A hearty Literature R Us shout out to Conductor Harutyun Topikyan and all the gang in Moscow for this rare offering. Posted by YerevanChamberChoir Need more Monk? Of course you do, Go to Mostly Monk and continue your education.
Democrats gone wild! Why the Democrats be acting so crazy.
Well, you’d be acting crazy too if you had just gotten out of jail after 25 long, hard years in the slam. And that’s where the Democrats are coming from. All real Democrats, that is, which doesn’t include squishy neo-lib, “pragmatic”, compromising wimps like me—dudes who believe in free markets (most of the time) and…
Republicans: Even when they come clean, they still aren’t clean.
I don’t know a hell of a lot about Robert Tracinski. According to the to all accounts pretty gosh darn Trumpy Federalist, to which Bob used to contribute, “Robert studied philosophy at the University of Chicago and for more than 20 years has written about politics, markets, and foreign policy. He has been published in…
Donald Trump’s Syrian “policy”: At least it’s good for a laugh!
That seems to be the reaction of the great Dan Drezner over at the Washington Post. Ole Dan feels he just has to chuckle at the consternation of his “realist” colleagues, who find that you should be careful what you wish for, a problem, Dan tells us, for all foreign policy mavens. This [the consternation…
I predicted this!
Well, I did, pretty much. I make lots of predictions, often without intending to, and sometimes some of them come true, and this is one of those times. In my exceedingly—though not excessively—long-winded review of Quentin Tarantino’s fitfully entertaining Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, I remarked the following: Much of the violence in Once…
Why a “Partisan” impeachment of President Trump is necessary
Back in the day— I mean the day when Bill Clinton was trying to push through his plan for universal health insurance—Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan argued that such a sweeping program should only be enacted on a bipartisan basis, sage advice that was proffered again at the start of the Obama administration, and now, of…
Chick Corea—“Round Midnight”
Solo piano, 1983. Posted by LOFTmusic Need more Monk? Of course you do, Go to Mostly Monk
Yo, Eli Lake! It isn’t “treason” to criticize the President! It’s treason to criticize Donald Trump!
Eli Lake often reminds of a man who kisses ass for a living yet insists on complaining about the farts. Eli gets paid by Michael Bloomberg to be, basically, the voice of the Likud, relentlessly advocating a “firm” U.S. position on just about every aspect of foreign affairs, a “U.S. and Israel against the world”…