SCOTUS rejects Missouri Republicans' emergency bid over congressional maps, with Justice Kavanaugh ruling without comment and leaving the GOP-backed map blocked for the midterms.
TRUMP AND HIS VOTERS. A new analysis in the Wall Street Journal offers striking evidence that, for all his problems, President Donald Trump has delivered economic benefits to the voters whose support was the foundation of his victory in 2024. The Wall Street Journal headline and story synopsis read: “Americans Without College Degrees Are Having One of […]
Nine months after the 2024 election, we’ve been graced with definitive dissections of the electorate and how it has changed since that escalator ride 10 years and one month ago. There’s wide agreement in the analyses of the Associated Press/Fox News Vote Cast, the Democratic firm Catalist’s What Happened, and the Pew Research Center analysis. […]
In a recent op-ed, Conn Carroll declares that there is no feminist solution to the fertility crisis, which, in his view, is a crisis of marriage in disguise. Rather than helping the people who raise children, mostly women, with things such as affordable childcare, he proposes giving men a raise. To be sure, many of […]
“Underpromise and overdeliver.” That’s a Sales 101 rule when it comes to managing expectations. And as it pertains to the case of Jeffrey Epstein and the specific charge of sex trafficking of unsuspecting underage girls for the rich and powerful to have sex with on “Epstein Island,” Attorney General Pam Bondi did the exact opposite […]
Last fall, the Wall Street Journal reported on the “rental market boom” sweeping Argentina’s capital. “Landlords are rushing to put their properties back on the market, with Buenos Aires rental supplies increasing by over 170%,” the newspaper reported. “While rents are still up in nominal terms, many renters are getting better deals than ever, with […]
According to actor and comedian John Fugelsang, there are two kinds of Christians. There are “Christians” who are hypocritical right-wingers who love wars and hate gays and turn back immigrants. Then there are “Christ followers.” Christ followers are peaceful and loving, and believe in every liberal cause that comes from the offices of the Democratic […]
People coming of political age in the last decade or so were no doubt shocked to learn of the Biden administration’s insane plan for saving the northern spotted owl from purported extinction. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency responsible for implementing the Endangered Species Act, preserving the owl requires slaughtering nearly half […]
Spain is actively undercutting the very alliance that undergirds its own security. Madrid is working with American foes, discarding its commitment to NATO, and threatening key U.S. allies. The United States must be clear with its longtime friend that such behavior won’t be without consequence. Spain has decided to award a multimillion-dollar contract to Huawei, […]
If the goal of current and former federal government officials was to restore some semblance of trust in our institutions, this past week has done absolutely nothing to move the ball forward in that direction. Either by a multitude of unforced errors and tacit admissions, or by information gathered from congressional investigations, the leadership of […]
Senate Republicans have until Friday to pass a $9.4 billion rescissions package requested by President Donald Trump last month. Otherwise, they will be forced to start the process all over again, virtually ending Congress’s chance of making permanent the spending cuts the Department of Government Efficiency put in place earlier this year. “We have other rescission packages that we will send if […]
A CRASH COURSE IN ARTICLE II. Among other things, the second Trump administration is giving the political world an education in the meaning of Article II of the Constitution, the article that establishes the executive branch and lays out the president’s powers. A lot of people do not like what they are learning. “The executive power […]
