‘I’m pretty sure the VIP section is the last place Cruz would be right now’
Nice color here:Suddenly, all the nooks and crannies in front of the VIP section swelled with cameras. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, once again on the front lines, elbowed her way to the front. What they all...
View ArticleTrump ’n’ Ted
In early May, when Donald Trump clinched the nomination, a lot of people like me wrote about “normalizing” Trump. Trump supporters — defenders, “enablers,” apologists — were elevating Trump to...
View ArticleTrump on NATO: Beyond the Mainstream?
Donald Trump has, appropriately, drawn mass criticism for his recent interview with the New York Times, in which he declined to commit to supporting NATO countries against invasion. Read the whole...
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Trump's Huge Retreat on Taxes
Don’t look now, but Donald Trump is quietly changing his mind on taxes.Less than 24 hours after he officially became the Republican party’s nominee, Trump’s team revealed that their tax plan would be...
View ArticleHypocrisy on Russia
Donald Trump’s instantly-infamous interview with the New York Times was either evidence that he does not grasp basic principles of foreign policy, has little care for world order, or both. But the...
View ArticleCruz, Trump, and Freedom
Understandably, people are concentrating on one part of Ted Cruz’s speech last night: the part about voting your conscience. But there was much more to the speech, including its theme: freedom.There...
View ArticleNotes on Cruz: It's Not Just About Trump
Cleveland— When Ted Cruz doubled down on his non-endorsement of Donald Trump during remarks to the Texas Republican delegation this morning, his broadsides against the nominee were obvious. But he also...
View ArticleTonight’s Speech
It is being bandied about that the very talented speechwriting duo of Matthew Scully and John McConnell wrote or had some hand in the drafting of Trump’s speech tonight. I’m quite certain that this is...
View ArticleTrump's Thoughtless Foreign Policy
Having just read the transcript of his big interview on it, I have a few thoughts:1) There’s a reasonable case that the U.S. is overextended abroad and should retrench. I don’t see any reasonable case...
View ArticleEric Holder and the New Revolving Door
There’s a new revolving door in Washington: And this time, it leads to San Francisco.News reports surfaced yesterday that Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch’s predecessor as U.S. Attorney General, will be...
View ArticleCruz & the Trump Trap: A Lesson to Conservatives
A tiny observation, to add to the pile: After Wednesday night, Trump supporters hate Ted Cruz. They hated him before, but now they really hate him. But they also hate Paul Ryan. Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan...
View ArticleCancer Center Bows the Knee to Assisted Suicide
The new California assisted suicide law explicitly permits doctors and hospitals to declare assisted suicide free zones and engage in a policy of total non-cooperation with the death agenda.Many of the...
View ArticleThe Outlines of a Bold, Different Image of the GOP
You could see the outlines of a bold, different image of the Republican Party in this year’s convention speaker lineup, spotlighting people who the audience knew from their accomplishments outside the...
View ArticlePeter Thiel’s Promising Debut
Of all of the speakers released by the Trump campaign. One of the most surprising and biggest coups (at least from the perspective of a Silicon Valley resident) was Peter Thiel. While the private...
View ArticleTrump: I'm With You
There were some effective lines in Trump’s acceptance speech, starting with his closing play on Clinton’s ill-considered “I’m with her” slogan. His response: I’m with you.The speech was thoroughly in...
View ArticleTrump Is Running as Trump and Gave a Very Trump Speech
As a matter of craftsmanship, it was a poor effort. The organization was impossible to follow and it was very repetitious. It had almost no poetry in it. And it was too long. The delivery was...
View ArticleTrump Does Trump
I have issued roughly 2,000 tweets since The Donald began speaking. (I’m exaggerating a little, but just a little.) And I could crank out maybe 2,000 bullet points here. But I will make just one point,...
View ArticleFriday Links
Child labor photos from the Library of Congress.How many fireflies would it take to match the brightness of the Sun?Exiled Italian prince, only male heir to throne, now sells pasta from a van in...
View ArticleSure, Trump’s Speech Was Dark. America’s in a Dark Place Right Now.
From the last Morning Jolt of convention week:Sure, Trump’s Speech Was Dark. America’s in a Dark Place Right Now.Yes, it was way too long. Yes, he shouted almost the entire speech. Yes, it was almost...
View ArticleIvanka on Women and Workplace Issues
In introducing her father on the final evening of the RNC Convention, Ivanka Trump spoke directly to demographics that her father needs to win over: millennials and women. In particularly, she spoke...
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