Month: October 2016

A more nuanced solution to Brexit

Discussion of Brexit has been almost exclusively based on the proposition that the UK will exit en bloc, and that the only possible exceptions to this are if Scotland were to vote for Independence, or N. Ireland were to vote to...

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Midweek Cafe and Lounge Vol. 6

Sorry for the long delay. It has been quite a month. This week’s installment is a video shot in Budapest using the song “Xtal” by Aphex Twin. The video itself is about eight years old and taken arguably in...

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Strangling the SCOTUS in a Bathtub

Maybe Ilya Shapiro over at The Federalist is just desperate for attention. I don’t know. But he’s advancing an idea that probably will be taken fairly seriously in conservative circles come next year. Shapiro says...

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Trump’s Walk of Fame Star Destroyed

Some guy identifying himself as James Otis woke up early today and went down to 6801 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles. He set up some construction signs, took out a pickaxe, and absolutely obliterated Donald Trump’s Walk of...

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Things Looking Good

I’ve been working on the rest of the new issue of the Washington Monthly all day, and I’m pretty much set to roll it out tomorrow morning. I’ve kept my side eye on the news and it’s looking good. Plenty...

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