Revolutions and the Apocalypse

A conservative reviews the “Jericho March” and finds it disturbing. (Though “credit where it’s due: flogging a MyPillow discount between prayers for God to smite your enemies is the most American thing ever.”) The far right wing of...

Democratic National Convention, night 1

By and large, I agree with the assessment here: Analysis: Hits and misses from Monday at the Democratic National Convention – CNNPolitics. My own takes: Michelle Obama’s speech was excellent in content and delivery. One change I would have made was to use...

Points for trying

It’ll probably get killed in the Senate or vetoed by Trump, but the Justice in Policing Act has a lot of good ideas. House Democrats’ sprawling bill provides a good start toward police reform – The Washington Post: It would impose new restrictions on...

Judging Joe Biden

The coming election is a referendum on Donald Trump, but it’d be nice to feel good about the alternative. I do. Joe Biden was not my first, second, or third choice for the Democratic nomination. No matter. With the exception of rightwing apologist Tulsi Gabbard,...