A word or four about Mike Pence and his marriage: His body, his choice. Lots of feminist frothing over the following sentences in a Washington Post story about Karen Pence, Mike Pence’s wife: “In 2002, Mike Pence told the Hill that…
Paul Ryan announced that the Freedom Caucus and the president came back to the negotiating table regarding Obamacare repeal. No doubt, all sides are anguished. Well, not all sides. Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn, the majority leader and whip, seem…
I did not like the overhyped musical film La La Land. It was okay. It just would have been better if the singing, dancing, plot, and ending had been interesting. It had a sweet and memorable ballad. Well, it was…
The favorite scapegoat in Congress: The conservative who sticks to the planks in the Republican platform. For seven years, Republicans promised an Obamacare repeal — full repeal. It’s part of the Republican platform. Obamacare repeal has animated the GOP and…
President Tump announces that the health care bill is off the table, but he doesn’t blame Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. “I don’t blame Paul,” Trump tells me — Robert Costa (@costareports) March 24, 2017 Paul Ryan announced at…
This seems noteworthy: Q (I think @EliLake): Was the intelligence community *spying* on Trump? Nunes: “I guess it all depends on the one definition of spying” — Ali Rogin (@AliABCNews) March 22, 2017 Nunes confirms US intel collected information on…
A man taking female hormones won a weight-lifting competition in Australia. The New Zealander transitioned in his thirties. He was a man throughout his highest testosterone production then decided to be a woman. Laurel Hubbard, 39, won the women’s over…
The Trump Budget will not pass. The Republicans will go wobbly in the face of the screaming Left and Media. Plus, the Republicans kinda like PBS and all the fat government programs. In the meantime, though, it’s nice to glory in…
When weather slows the northeastern seaboard to a halt and writers and editors and politicians and activists and lobbyists cannot find time for their computers because their hands are too busy with a snow shovel, it’s pleasant to contemplate life without…
SPOILERS AHEAD: Hugh Jackman defines the X-men comic character Wolverine. With the movie “Logan” the Jackman-Wolverine era is over. Logan follows an aging Wolverine on a resentful quest to save a girl he doesn’t want with a Professor X hobbled…