It’s Mardi Gras season for folks in the Deep South who celebrate the Catholic holiday of Fat Tuesday, and in New Orleans especially there is much drinking, carousing, parade-going and, unfortunately, accidental death. Which leads us to this week’s edition…
In this space a week ago I mentioned, in an entry discussing Democrat state representative John Rogers of Birmingham, Alabama, as the dumbest state legislator in America, the GIRL Act moving through that state’s House of Representatives. At the time…
I might be coming to this a bit late, as it was a minor blowup last week, but something ought to be said about it before we Normals (hat tip: Kurt Schlichter) are so browbeaten on the subject that we’re…
You’ve probably never heard of this guy, but he deserves to be famous. Or perhaps, as was El Guapo, “in-famous.” 1. Democrat John Rogers of Birmingham, Alabama, is the dumbest state legislator in America This, admittedly, is perhaps an inherited…
Let’s call your attention to a couple of items. First, from John Hinderaker’s post Sunday at Power Line, there is this assessment of the Democrats’ presidential field heading into Tuesday’s Bernie Sanders love-fest in New Hampshire: Pete Buttigieg. “Mayor Pete”…
Consider what follows a thought experiment, or a hypothetical, if you will, as an August 28 Economist/YouGov poll of the Democratic primary race had Joe Biden holding a 24-to-20 advantage over Elizabeth Warren for the pole position, with just 14…
You’ll see lots of reviews today of the State of the Union speech that President Trump gave Tuesday night, and if you’re reading this, it’s more than likely you watched it yourself. You don’t need any help forming opinions of…
On a Super Bowl Sunday in which Kansas City is partying like it’s 1969, I’d like to give a special thanks to Fredo and Johnny Ola for arranging the halftime show. But on to weightier subjects. 1. There is a…
Last week, lost in all the pointless haranguing about an impeachment trial that isn’t going anywhere was news of a truly entertaining political imbroglio. Namely, the $50 million lawsuit Tulsi Gabbard filed against Hillary Clinton. One doesn’t have to be…