Love and the Frenches
Now that David French isn’t running for president and Nancy thanked Politico for free marriage advice here, a few things that have been on my mind about a wonderful, fun, good couple and their...
View ArticleIgnatius of Antioch and the Martyrs' Lessons about Happiness and Hope
The Liturgy of the Hours is the prayer of the Church that Catholic priests and religious sign up to pray as a vocational matter and many others do as well. It brings a holy order to the day. And today...
View ArticleLook Who's Working for a Pro-Trump Super PAC Now!
Republican strategist and regular CNN contributor Alex Castellanos, August 7: “He could skin a baby seal on the steps of the Capitol and his vote would say awesome, that’s great. You know, if you can’t...
View ArticlePrison Break!
Here’s my new Bookmonger podcast with Steven Teles, co-author of Prison Break: Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration. He argues that this is an issue on which conservatives and liberals...
View ArticleKrauthammer’s Take: Trump ‘Revealing Who He Is’ with Mexican Judge Comments
Charles Krauthammer argues that Trump’s comments about the judge in the Trump University case are “revealing who he is” and “widening the net of non-Americans”:Look, I think you’re missing the point....
View ArticleTen Things that Caught My Eye Today (June 6, 2016)
1. Great story by @arwaCNN, @HamdiAlkhshali& @BryonyCNN on Abdullah Shrem, the man saving #Yazidi slaves from #ISIShttps://t.co/5bIGc0vgum— SaadAbedine (@SaadAbedine) June 4, 20162. (Indian...
View ArticleA Curmudgeonly Post about Movies, or, CGI Can Get Off My Lawn
Walking home late tonight, I happened to pass Orange Grove Avenue, the street in Hollywood where the original 1978 Halloween movie was filmed. I decided to duck down the street and look at the houses;...
View Article‘#ExGOP’ — Ugh
“I didn’t leave my party; my party left me.” That’s what Reagan always said, about his break with the Democrats in the early 1960s. Reagan was in his early fifties at the time. I grew up hearing this...
View ArticleWhy It Pays to Have a Nominee Who Pays Attention to the Details
From the Tuesday Morning Jolt:Why It Pays to Have a Nominee Who Pays Attention to the DetailsIf you suspect Donald Trump doesn’t pay too much attention to the details, you’re probably right.Donald...
View ArticlePIRG and Overtime
I must admit to experiencing some amusement when I read the statement of May 18 from the executive director of U.S. PIRG regarding the Obama administration’s new overtime regulation:U.S. PIRG...
View ArticleWhoa — Ryan Slams Trump for 'Textbook Definition of a Racist Comment'
WATCH: Speaker Ryan: Claiming person can’t do job due to race is like “textbook definition of a racist comment.” https://t.co/ZsA1CrEVYy— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) June 7, 2016 Paul Ryan:...
View ArticleNo Problemo
Under the heading of “Not as Reassuring as It’s Meant to Be” is this story from Spain:MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Olympic Committee says 3,000 bottles of insect repellent will be available to its athletes to...
View Article‘A Safe Space from Chaucer’
I wrote today about Yale English students petitioning to be free of a requirement that they read great English poets:The petition whines that “a year spent around a seminar table where the literary...
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Meet Us in Madison
If you’re interested in “The Future of Conservatism,” and you live in or near the Badger State’s capital, you’re in luck, because that’s what NR Institute fellow Reihan Salam (who also serves as...
View ArticleWATCH: Paul Ryan's Harsh Response to Trump's Comments about Judge
House speaker Paul Ryan today responded to likely GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump’s comment that a judge in the Trump University case would be biased because he was of “Mexican heritage.” Judge...
View ArticleMegyn Kelly Talks to David French about Why He Won’t Run for President
David French talks to Fox News’s Megyn Kelly about why he decided not to run for president, and how there is still room for an independent candidate to emerge. David French & Megyn Kelly: Why...
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‘The Fractured Republic’
I’ll spare you the superlatives about Yuval Levin’s new book, except to say (and this should be praise enough) that it is as original, illuminating, and incisive as you’d expect. If you want to...
View ArticleTrump's Attack on Judge Curiel Undermines a Key Case for His Presidency
Donald Trump is getting a lot of flack for his continued criticism of the federal judge who is presiding over his fraud trial. Per Reuters:U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday...
View ArticleThe Abasement of Chris Christie Continues
Here. Chris Christie: Donald Trump Is Not a Racist
View ArticleTrump Is Forcing GOP Officeholders Into an Awful Spot
Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin represents New York’s first Congressional District, which includes eastern Long Island and consists of most of Suffolk County. Trump carried the county with 72 percent in the...
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