19+ hour, 26+ min ago  (1013+ words) It hardly worth it to read the news on Iran these days. On this, though, I can hardly blame the reporters, because Trump bobs and weaves " purposely " in a way that's pretty much impossible to predict as far as outcome…...

18+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1825+ words) Remember when the Indiana Republicans refused to play the redistricting game that's all the rage now? The MSM covered it this way at the time (December, 2025): Indiana Republicans withstood immense pressure from President Donald Trump, ignoring anonymous threats on their…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1236+ words) (1) I believe that Democrats wanted Platner as the Maine senatorial candidate rather than Mills. After all, the money poured into his campaign, not hers; the reason she gave for quitting was lack of money, which doesn't seem to have bothered…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1835+ words) Nice editorial this morning on Clarence Thomas. The guy who gets it right more often than any other. Congratulations to Clarence Thomas, who this week will become the second-longest-serving Supreme Court Justice in history. Longevity is its own reward, but…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (747+ words) Giuliani is hospitalized with pneumonia and was in critical condition, but seems to be on the mend. That latter point will no doubt sadden millions of ghoulish leftists who would wish him dead: He was now breathing on his own,…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (402+ words) " begins in a few minutes. Here's a thread for talking about it, if that's your thing. I know nothing about horses, but it was exciting, with a horse rearing up and falling over before it got to the gate (fortunately…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1394+ words) There's been a lot of brouhaha about Tucker Carlson's unctuous "confession" to his brother Buckley (a lot of "ucks" there), saying that he deeply and contritely regrets his previous support of and campaigning for Trump. If you can stomach his…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (417+ words) [NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] As a child I was confused by the wildly differing associations the word conjures up. It's a distress signal, for example, apparently derived from the French for "come to my aid....

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (641+ words) Charges have been filed against Cole Tomas Allen, and yet there are still some significant gaps in the record. Awaiting ballistics tests, we still don't know whether he fired the shot that struck the agent in his protective vest, although…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (986+ words) " leaving the Nazi tattoo guy to face incumbent Republican Susan Collins. Mills is 78, and I think her heart wasn't in it, but she also ran out of money. New York Magazine refers to her campaign as "lackluster," and that's a…...