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The Unicornstitution

I’d like to do a series of posts explaining why the belief that the Republican Party, in its current incarnation, is capable of governing responsibly is a dangerous myth. Obviously, there’s a large market for irresponsible federal government at the moment, as there was back in 2000 and 2004. A certain bloc of voters actually wantContinue reading “The Unicornstitution”

Weekend Links

No posting here all last week. Lame! We’re in the middle of a marketing campaign to attract new students to our English language school before our fall semester begins on September 20th. Posting will probably be light until we push through and get back to a normal schedule. Here are some things I was thinking aboutContinue reading “Weekend Links”

Weekend Links

Enjoy the long weekend. Here are some links: More thoughts on China’s military parade here and here. John McCain’s top adviser during his 2008 run for president has a pithy take on conservatism in 2015. Ridiculous people playing with guns in southern New Jersey. Why, exactly, does the NFL still employ Roger Goodell? Charlie Pierce’s semi-regularContinue reading “Weekend Links”

Bartleby, the Idiot Rowan County Clerk

The mind, it reels. Kim Davis is in jail for refusing to do her taxpayer funded job, which is issuing marriage licenses to people who want them and have prepared the right paper work and fees. Nothing to add to Amanda Marcotte’s take. Read it and don’t feel bad for Davis.

Can the Republican Establishment Trump Trump?

I’m starting to feel less confident that Trump is the favorite to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president, though I would still say he has as good a chance as any of the other candidates. Predictions are hard, especially about the future, and as I read more about polling this far out from the first primaryContinue reading “Can the Republican Establishment Trump Trump?”

While I’m Musing About China and the US…

A reminder from one of the most prolific writers on labor issues, Erik Loomis, that explosions don’t just happen in China and other developing countries. Almost two and a half years ago a fertilizer plant in West, Texas exploded and killed 15 people. Read Loomis’s piece for the policy issues involved.

I Love a Parade

President George W. Bush addresses sailors and the nation from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln of the coast of San Diego, California May 1, 2003. From [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/images/20030501-15_lincoln6-515h.html] {{PD- Here’s a good piece explaining what’s going on with China’s new Two Minutes Hate holiday kicking off tomorrow. Even though I recognize the genuine horrorContinue reading “I Love a Parade”

Are You Ready for Some Football?

As a Jets fan, the highlight of any given season is usually some heretofore unimaginable height of humiliation, such as the infamous butt fumble, or your starting quarterback getting punched out before the season even began. That and the sport’s very serious problems with domestic violence and debilitating injuries explain why most of my interaction withContinue reading “Are You Ready for Some Football?”

What’s Trump’s Deal with China?

First, click here and watch a fun mashup of Donald Trump saying “China” about a million times. Trump seems to have several issues with China, most of them wrong or confused. The weirdest one to me is that Trump seems convinced that China’s authoritarian rulers are technocratic supermen running circles around the US, laughing all the way to the bankContinue reading “What’s Trump’s Deal with China?”

Surprise! Donald Trump Appeals to White Nationalists

What happens when a party’s leading candidate for its nomination for president falls in a forest and a bunch of white nationalists hear him loudly and clearly? Well, we’re finding out now. Evan Osnos, in a great reported piece for The New Yorker, happened to be out in the field researching white nationalism when the Trump candidacy reachedContinue reading “Surprise! Donald Trump Appeals to White Nationalists”