Rush 2009
A master at work. After the GOP lost to Obama the first time. This is part one of nine, and this is one of my favorite speeches. There’s another one from 2012 or so, which I will post shortly.
A master at work. After the GOP lost to Obama the first time. This is part one of nine, and this is one of my favorite speeches. There’s another one from 2012 or so, which I will post shortly.
Good article in Roll Call, describing the soup that the Democrats have landed in. And that ain’t soup, baby.
Democrats in rural America have a blunt message for the rest of their party: We saw the electoral disaster coming — and it’s your fault.
For now I’ll brush past … MORE…
Recently there has been a brouhaha over Trump saying that burning the American flag should have consequences. There have been many responses. Perhaps the most common answer is that the Supreme Court has ruled that it’s legal, a part of freedom of speech.
I get that. There is a sense … MORE…

If you look at my bio, you will see I list myself as a “Heinlein American”. I grew up cutting my teeth on Robert Heinlein’s juvenile Sci Fi and went on to read nearly everything he wrote. He too came from a 1930-40s progressive background and evolved considerably rightward as … MORE…
Once upon a time this nation had a cabinet position of Secretary of the War Department. Clearly misguided, the Founders thought things ought to be simple, plainly labelled, and obvious to citizens.
So we once had the War Department. Judging from its plain English meaning, it was in charge of … MORE…
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The hue and cry over “fake news” is not complicated, but it is disturbing. I hate crap as much as the next guy, but the #FakeNews nonsense is classic censorship with a progressive twist. The two-fold goals are to get the government in the business of shutting down publication of … MORE…
For some reason, you must enter an even wager for $1 — win or lose — on one of two outcomes, but there’s a twist: Instead of a fifty-fifty choice like a coin toss, or picking 1-3 or 4-6, this one is pretty easy. Using a fair die (not crooked … MORE…