Category Archives: Politics

Pew: Attitudes on HC vs. DT

While the country is one step closer to Helter Skelter, here is an interesting finding from Pew. From data such as this, one can easily envision what sorts of ads Hillary’s massive strategy team will formulate in the months ahead. … Continue reading

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Politico: GOP Foreign Policy “Elites” Flock to Clinton

The Neocons, who like to concentrate in little war-drumming hubs like the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, are coming out of the woodwork announcing to the world their intentions to vote for Hillary. When reading the names, you’re gonna need … Continue reading

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WaPo: Trump Beats Expectations, Raises $51 Million in June

I had been hoping Trump would court the small donor class. The idea of a billionaire asking regular Americans to donate $25 to his campaign might seem, to some, unconventional, but there is nothing really conventional about the Trump phenomenon. … Continue reading

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Mexicans Look to Jewish Groups for Help

Currently, the #1 piece on Politico is titled “Attacked by Trump, Mexicans look to Jewish groups for help”. Now, that’s a mouthful. U.S. residents of Mexican descent, feeling besieged by Trump’s attacks on their culture and ancestral homeland, are ramping … Continue reading

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Farage on Misc

If you can past the irritatingly coked-up Richard Quest, this 8 min interview with Nigel Farage is wonderful. He’s a natural communicator, and discusses Brexit, Trump, his past as a businessman, and other relevant issues.

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George Will Leaves GOP

Might this be more the case of the GOP (base) leaving George Will?

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Brits Vote for Brexit

Wow. I didn’t think it would happen, but the Brits voted to LEAVE the E.U. Amazing. As of this moment, the vote was close: 51.8% for leaving, 48.2% for staying. This is the thread that will undue the idealized, progressive … Continue reading

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GOPers Far More Critical of Party Leaders Than Democrats

Rasmussen’s new polling shows pretty much the same degree of disproportionality in party satisfaction as Angelo Codevilla noted in his 2010 book The Ruling Class: How They Corrupted America and What We Can Do About It. A new Rasmussen Reports national … Continue reading

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Hope & Change

From a GQ profile of Hope Hicks, The Donald’s 27-year-old, easy-on-the-eyes press secretary: As for what arrives in Hicks’s in-box, a typical day brings upwards of 250 media requests. Usually, she alone decides who gets in and who’s kept out. … Continue reading

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The Crisis of Illiberalism

In Commentary, Sohrab Ahmari has a piece titled “Illiberalism: The Worldwide Crisis”. He refers to the spread of nationalist sentiments across Europe and the U.S. as “Planet Trump”: Planet Trump is what happens when liberalism’s capacity to absorb and dilute … Continue reading

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