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Not all that long ago any such efforts were stymied by administration pressure and the reluctance of NATO members. Now Slovakia is providing its S-300 defense system to Ukraine while we’re sending them Patriot missiles. And NATO is urging members to provide heavy weapons. Why the shift? The most obvious answer is that Russia is…

Puerto Rico is a permanent disaster area. But it’s only the fault of the guy in the White House when he’s a Republican. Now that there’s a Democrat, Puerto Rico being blacked out for two days is just one of those things. It happens.  Puerto Rico was still reeling Friday from a massive blackout that initially…

Biden promised black voters in South Carolina he would pick a black woman. And he did. The result doesn’t represent America, the law or the Constitution, just people who fit a particular identity group.  And that’s the victory message that Ketanji Brown Jackson had in her speech.  “It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for…

“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them,” George Orwell, 1984 Republicans thought defining a ‘woman’ is easy.  Then they tried – Monica Hesse / Washington Post Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined What It Means To Be a Woman – Monica Hesse / Washington Post One of the points of this nonsense is…

(Image source) GEICO, that company with the annoying CG spokescritter, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, decided that the best way to celebrate diversity and inclusion for Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Month was by featuring a bigot who adores Farrakhan and has supported violence against a historical minority group in the region. As our Discover the Networks…

I had argued previously that James Biden, Joe’s brother, had more damaging financial scandals than Hunter. And, unlike Hunter, he can’t play the crack card. The degeneracy and drug use that Republicans bet on with Hunter quickly turned into a defense. If Hunter was an out-of-control crackhead, then he couldn’t be expected not to commit…