Can Trump give us a non-racist, non-sexist presidential race?

I think he can! Although the electorate may be a tad slow to catch on that he’s doing it. Blacks and women are hardly under-represented in elected and appointed governmental positions these days. Nobody thinks twice about it, any more than they think of the ethnic origin of a surname. We already had a two-term … Continue reading Can Trump give us a non-racist, non-sexist presidential race?

”Palace Coup”?

I just had an epiphany, grâce à Roger Kimball on American Greatness this morning: what we just saw with Biden and Harris was the opposite of a “coup”, a term which implies a revolutionary upset of the existing order. But, Trump wasn’t wrong to call it that, because a “palace coup”, as opposed to other … Continue reading ”Palace Coup”?

Habeus Non Corpus: a Living Martyr and a Much- mourned (But Living) Elder Statesman

Last week, we had Trump’s miraculous survival of an assassination attempt: a martyr who didn’t die! And this week, we’re getting Ol’Bygone’s elegiac state funeral—and HE hasn’t died either! Dementocrats who were begging him to get out last week are now crying on the airwaves about his “courageous” choice, his “sacrifice”….he’s much more useful to … Continue reading Habeus Non Corpus: a Living Martyr and a Much- mourned (But Living) Elder Statesman