Month: August 2018

Examining Charlie Cook’s Prognostications

I have a couple of quibbles and a few observations about Charlie Cook’s prognostication on what Congress will look like next year. One thing I can endorse wholeheartedly is his caveat at the end where he states:...

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Trump Called Manafort a Crook

I’ve been in a holding pattern today, just in case the jury in the Manafort trial completed their work and delivered their verdicts. I guess that isn’t going to happen on a timetable that is convenient for me. So,...

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Professional Women Are Coming for the GOP

The political condition of the Republican Party is not static. Their position has deteriorated steadily over the last year. At this point, one out of six Republican seats in the House of Representatives is going uncontested by...

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US Foreign Policy and CIA Masters

US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus | The Guardian | The bomb dropped on a school bus in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition warplane was sold to Riyadh by the US, according to reports based on analysis of...

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Giuliani: "Truth isn’t truth." Yup.

Well…here we finally are. One of the very founders of the modern Post-Truth era is coming right out and saying what appears to be the “truth” of the matter. Of course…he is tip-toeing around the ancient...

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