'The White Boy Thinks It's Scooter Time'
It’s here. A “Bad Lip Reading” of the first Democratic debate:And, in case you missed it: “I will drink a sorority’s goldfish” — or, a bad lip reading of the first GOP debate.
View ArticleRaif Badawi, Imprisoned Saudi Blogger, Wins EU Human Rights Prize
Occasionally, even the European Union gets it right. The New York Times reports:Raif Badawi, a blogger and activist who has been imprisoned and publicly flogged for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s religious...
View ArticleWatch Rubio School Charlie Rose on Hillary's Benghazi Lies
In last night’s debate, Marco Rubio aptly described the mainstream media as the Democrats’ super PAC, but that didn’t hold him back from reentering the arena this morning. And, as day follows night,...
View ArticleAbout Last Night
Having been in three cities in seven days, I was too exhausted to post much on last night’s debate and now it seems that most of what can and should be said has been said. But there is one point worth...
View ArticleAn Extraordinary Map Shows the Migrant Flow Toward Europe
The map below is making the rounds across the internet, and it’s extraordinary. From Lucify, It shows how many migrants are arriving in Europe, where they’re coming from, and where they’re seeking...
View ArticleDevin Nunes Won't Seek Ways and Means Gavel, at Ryan's Request
House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R., Calif.) will remain in that position rather than attempting to succeed Paul Ryan as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.Nunes’s...
View ArticleOn Thinning the Herd
Over on the homepage, my colleague David French calls on low-polling Republican candidates to think hard about their prospects — and, if they can muster the humility, to drop out. I second that call,...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: With Paul Leading House, Future of Republican Party...
Thanks to a talented slate of young presidential candidates and the youngest speaker of the House in 150 years, the future of the Republican Party is “extremely bright,” Charles Krauthammer said...
View ArticleCarson's Business Manager Details the Mannatech Deal
Today on The Lead with Jake Tapper, Ben Carson’s longtime adviser and business manager, Armstrong Williams, attempted to explain in detail the doctor’s interaction with Mannatech. WILLIAMS: Nothing is...
View ArticleKanzlerinnendämmerung
Thanks to Hans Kundnani, writing in the Spectator, I learnt a splendid new word today, Kanzlerinnendämmerung, which he translates as the ‘twilight of the chancellors’. His article is a wide-ranging...
View ArticleTrump Tries Again on Immigration
Realizing how badly he screwed up Wednesday night in his immigration comments, Donald Trump engaged in damage control Thursday, both at a rally in Nevada and through an interview with Breitbart.At the...
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View ArticleFriday links
Dave Barry’s Halloween column from 1996: Night Of The Living Chocolate.Mapping bird migration routes to global wind patterns.How You Could Become A Stunt Driver.This Is What 7,000 Jack O’Lanterns Look...
View ArticleHappy Halloween
Check out the winners of Liberty Island’s 2015 Halloween fiction contest.And here’s my podcast about Edgar Allan Poe.
View ArticleA Side of Paul Ryan You Probably Haven’t Seen Before
From the last Morning Jolt of the week:A Side of Paul Ryan You Probably Haven’t Seen BeforeYou probably already know our new Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. What you don’t know is his work with heroin...
View ArticleObama Announces New Syria Policy; He May or May Not Actually Support It
When President Obama announces today that U.S. special operations forces will be working side-by-side with rebel forces against ISIS in Syria . . . I can’t help wondering if this is a policy change...
View ArticleHillary and Racial Profiling
According to the Wall Street Journal, Hillary Clinton today will give a speech in which, among other things, she will endorse federal legislation banning racial profiling, as she did when she was a...
View ArticleRomney as Fixer
When I argued during the last election cycle that Newt Gingrich should be kept chained up in the White House basement surrounded by a team of interns whose job it would be to glean the one brilliant...
View ArticleJeb's Roger Mudd Moment
Roger Mudd moment, in this context, refers to Mudd’s August 1979 interview with Ted Kennedy that blasted his challenge to Jimmy Carter before it even began.Carter it will be remembered had a very bad...
View ArticleHiIllary: After the Election, We're All on the Same Team!
Hillary Clinton, at a campaign event Wednesday: “After the election is over, we’re all on the same team. We’re on the American team. It’s time to come together, roll up our sleeves, start solving our...
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