When you get your butt kicked all sorts of lessons from history come to mind. But when that butt-kicking is self-imposed the analogies narrow The lessons most important from the Republicans’ self-immolation in the failure of their Obamacare repeal (sic) are that…
I’m Not a Big Fan of Paul Manafort, but…
(There are lies, and damned lies….” -Mark Twain) I’m absolutely delirious in my dislike for the Associated Press. And it’s all about honesty and dishonesty. Now, personally I’ve never known Mr Manafort to lie, but I suppose he has uttered…
Plumbing the Depths of Loyalty of Donald Trump’s Voter Base
Plumbing the depths of Donald Trump’s voter base, I wonder if maybe Mr Trump thinks it’s bottomless. It isn’t, and while a master chess player in the art of negotiation, I hope he remembers that most of his voters are better at checkers.…
Should President Trump Offer Amnesty to the Deep State Who Want to Come in From the Cold?
Long title, short answer. We know they are there, and they know we are looking for them. We know some of their names, and they don’t know which ones, just that the clock is ticking. They all have vested financial interests…
The Jefferson-Hamilton Handshake, The 2 x 4 Version
The bulk of this essay was first written in 2010 when serious conservatives saw the GOP Establishment merely as shameless cravens, part- Stockholm Syndrome to their more masculine Democrat betters, across the aisle, and part what I’ve referred to elsewhere…