Politics
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I'm trying very hard, and so far successfully, to stifle my impulse to talk about the political crisis of the United States. The crisis is far from abating. It's quieter now that the frenzy surrounding Trump has ceased, but the basic situation hasn't changed, and I'm trying not to spend too much time fretting about
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Many years ago I was sitting in a restaurant with a four-year-old boy. Like many or most four-year-old boys, he was intensely interested in vehicles of all sorts, especially the larger and louder ones. So when I heard a siren and saw something with flashing red lights go by, I said, "Look, there goes an
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Andrew McCarthy is an experienced and knowledgeable lawyer, and also a Trump supporter. He was the "yes" in that "yes-no-maybe" note about voting for Trump that I posted a few weeks ago. Like a lot of reasonable people, he thinks there are good grounds for believing that there was some cheating by the Democrats in
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An angel came to me and said, "Ok, here's our best offer: Biden wins the presidency, and the Republicans keep the Senate." I didn't have to think for very long. No more Trump craziness, from Trump himself, from his enemies, from his supporters. And the damage the Democrats can do will be severely limited. "I'll
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Somewhere or other, sometime or other, I read that G.K. Chesterton, asked whether he was a liberal, answered that he was “the only liberal.” I sometimes feel that way. I long ago acquiesced to the fact that in the American political context I’m more or less correctly classified as a conservative. But as the so-common-as-to-be-hackneyed
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Three writers at National Review give their opinions on voting for him, or not. I hope these links work. They may be subscriber-only. Yes: Andrew McCarthy No: Ramesh Ponnuru Maybe: Charles Cooke Of the three, I'm most nearly in agreement with Cooke. However, unless something dramatic happens between now and November 3–and I can't imagine
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And part of the reason why the press is doing so much harm by making Trump seem even worse than he is, which is bad enough. (Not that anybody much is listening to me. This blog has an audience numbered in the dozens at best.) But I'll say it again: sow the wind, reap the
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Southerners in general are not known for their warm affection toward those they consider to be "Yankees," which for some can be anyone born or living outside of the southeast quadrant of the country. In particular they do not tend to hold residents of New York City in the greatest esteem. I admit to having
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I've said it many times. Now with incidents like the one that just happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin, we are sliding closer to factions battling in the streets. Neo-neocon's post has a good overview of what is currently known, with links to more information and analysis. Addendum: And now a "fascist" has been shot in Portland.
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Having finally read this well-known and so-often-recommended book, I'm sorry to say that I was a little disappointed in it. It's not that there is anything wrong with its actual contents–it's a good book, and I recommend it–but that the contents aren't quite what I was expecting. I assumed that the topic named in the
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