Just because a fool quotes the scripture on a regular basis doesn’t make him a trustworthy source of wisdom. Sen. Michael Rubio (R-FL) is the latest showcase on the dumb technique politicians use to browbeat their opponents’ arguments. Here he quoted: I will place boys as their princes; the fickle will govern them & the […]
How close is the corruption investigation to the president himself? Today, the NYT reported that instead of requesting for documents from the Trump Organization, which has a history of compliance, the team made a loud and public statement in issuing a subpoena. What not known is the scope of the court order, but relationship between […]
The news from Washington D.C. is furiously fast these days that the world had no time to mull on the implication of Rob Porter’s departure. He was a man with the professionalism the Trump White House needed to organize itself that the void he left behind was the cause to blame for the near-epic level […]
Why do the gun-rights advocates assume so unequivocal that the answer to gun-violence is to have more guns? Evidence from the Valentine massacre showed the exact opposite. There was a “good guy” on duty. He was armed and had been at the school since 2009. But on that day, no one saw this good guy: […]
Three days ago, The NYT published a piece by Brooks that ended on the topic of good-manners during a political conversation with someone of a different ideology. But he started out in the wrong foot. Using the Parkland massacre as the backdrop, Brooks insisted that “it’s not enough to just vent and march” and that […]
Marc Thiessen sure has a short memory of history on why Congress is divided on placing countermeasures to the active Russian propaganda. He even uttered the innocent-seeming question of Where is our bipartisanship? So why is this not happening? Because Democrats have politicized the issue, weaponizing the Russia inquiry in an effort to delegitimize Trump’s victory […]
After a week of thin empathy for the victims, Trump announced a memo he signed ordering the Justice Department to do something about the “bump stock” that allows a civilian semi-automatic rifle to fire at rapid rate. “We can do more to protect our children,” he said. “We must do more to protect our children.” […]
During the Parkland carnage, three JROTC cadets died. All three received the JROTC Medal of Heroism, which “is given to a cadet who does something “so exceptional and outstanding that it clearly sets the individual apart from fellow students” and ‘involved the acceptance of danger and extraordinary responsibilities, exemplifying praiseworthy fortitude and courage.’” One of […]
Robert Mueller team seems to be running on multiple tracks at once. This week came news that aside from Rick Gates, who plead guilty and got a substantially good deal for promising to flip on Paul Manafort, another name, Alex Van Der Zwaan got caught lying to the FBI. Manafort et al were working for […]
Part of Russia’s strategic aim to sow discord among the American electorate, its operators set up an organization called the Internet Research Agency. It would grow into “hundreds of employed individuals,” organized into separate departments: graphics, data analysis, search engine optimization, digital infrastructure maintenance, and budget finance, according to the Friday federal grand jury indictment. […]