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I really don't want to. I really, really don't. But sometimes something falls too close to your wheelhouse to ignore it. And with se...

I was going to do a "rate that apology" entry for Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), who reportedly called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)...

I fully expect Rep. Ilhan Omar to cruise to victory in the upcoming Minnesota congressional primary election, notwithstanding the eye-poppin...

Apropos of nothing, my ranking of the various television insurance company mascots and spokespersons (from best to worst): Geico Gecko F...

You may have heard that Bari Weiss has not-so-quietly resigned from her position at the New York Times . Her publicly-posted resignation let...

I just finished my first week teaching over Zoom (undergraduate Constitutional Law). So far, it's going decently well I think -- conside...

I can imagine the moment: When the networks agree that Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump and will become the next President of the United ...

I remember seeing ads for Gentleman Jack  when Game of Thrones  was ending, and being intrigued. The show is about the real-life Anne Lister...

A recurrent feature on this blog are conservative commentators who are just baffled that Jews vote Democrat. Don't we realize that R...

So far in 2020, four House incumbents have lost renomination to their seats (five if you count New York Democrat Eliot Engel, though absente...

After last year's Yom Kippur, I wrote about a question I posed to some foreign affairs mavens at my synagogue regarding what is the ...

While it obviously is not anyone's top priority, many media observers have been wondering aloud about how Brooklyn Nine Nine will addres...

There's a narrative bubbling in certain areas of the left which seeks to tie American policing abuses to cross-training exchange program...

It's primary day in America, with some big races in Kentucky and especially New York. Why not lay down a marker  of some predictions? ...

It's been interesting to watch conservative reactions to the Bostock  decision (holding that Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimi...

Instead of another " Should I PlagueWatch It ?" entry, instead I'll just give quick thoughts on the TV I am, or have recent...

Happy birthday to this blog, which turns 16 today ! As always, thanks to all the readers, new and old, who've decided to spend a littl...

Zioness , the progressive Zionist group, has released a new "activist's guide" on the issue of racial justice . It consists of...

The Zionist Organization of America, helmed by far-right bombthrower Mort Klein, has been an embarrassment to American Jewry for a long t...

Last week, we asked how endangered long-time NYC Rep. Eliot Engel (D) was in his Democratic primary later this month  (incidentally, Engel...