Hither and Yon
by | May 8, 2025

I could easily make this a Seven Quick Things. Or a 17 Quick Things. It’s been that kind of week. But I’ll try to focus on the “quick things” part of the 5QT, which, as you’ll see below, is not…

by | May 7, 2025

As a general rule, anything that the legacy propaganda press reports about Republican senators and members of Congress should be taken with a grain of salt at best. It’s a time-honored tactic that the media will sow dissension and demoralization…

by | May 1, 2025

Yes, the headline and Thing Number One are all about what Stephen Miller did to the White House Press Corps on Thursday in one of the most breathtaking takedowns of all time. It needs very little introduction, and so I’ll…

by | Apr 30, 2025

I’d never heard of this Shri Thanedar, the Indian-born Michigan congressman who filed impeachment articles against President Trump a few days ago. Maybe that was the point. In fact, it was almost certainly the point. A little research into Thanedar…

by | Apr 24, 2025

If you guys will forgive me, this is a bit of a drive-by 5QT. I’m juggling a couple of projects as I’m writing it, because a PAC that I run here in Louisiana is having its big annual fundraising event…

by | Apr 17, 2025

I almost didn’t write a Five Quick Things this week. That isn’t to say I almost didn’t post anything in this space. I was certainly going to do that. But it was nearly a regular column. Why? Well, yesterday, I…

by | Apr 16, 2025

Every once in a while, you run into something that strikes a chord with you and makes your head nod. You’ll say to yourself, “Yeah, that’s not just true, it’s incandescently true.” And scrolling through X on Wednesday, I stumbled…

by | Apr 10, 2025

We’re going to go a little light with this edition of the 5QT, because I think we need it. And I’m renewing my commitment to make the five things actually quick. So what follows is an expression of that, and…

by | Apr 9, 2025

Tuesday saw a good deal of clarity emerging with respect to President Trump’s trade strategy. Trump announced a 90-day pause on the imposition of reciprocal tariffs with those countries that took the advice of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and did…

by | Apr 3, 2025

There’s so much I could say about the imposition of President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on countries across the globe that these would not be quick things unless I do my best to make them so. So I’m going to…

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