Opportunist John Bolton’s book, The Room Where it Happened, is not yet on the shelves but it is already a classic. Among the revelations, the former National Security Advisor could not see fit to tell Congress about in real-time (his subordinates like Fionna Hill and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman had the courage to do so,) … Read more
Let’s begin with the perception of crime and policing. Nancy LeTourneau at Political Animal blog explains, How Television Has Distorted Our View of Police and Crime: Those of us who grew up watching television were surprised at some point to find out that there were professions other than being a police officer, lawyer, or doctor. … Read more
A group of Arizona media companies filed suit to get access to more information about COVID-19 infections in Arizona’s nursing homes. They lost. And they lost for a very bad reason. The law sucks. And the judge pretty much says as much. I’ve seldom seen a Judge so forcefully use the particular vernacular of jurisprudential … Read more
The last four days have been both stressful and celebratory for the LGBTQ community. On Friday, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order removing the Obama era protections for the LGBTQ community from discrimination in the health care industry. Condemnations were swift. 2020 Presidential Democratic Nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden posted on social media: … Read more
UPDATE to Post of 6/2/20: My Darkest Concern: The Pandemic Coup. Well, that didn’t take too long. Essentially only a few days from my finally having published my concerned musing. The crisis did not exactly come the way I had imagined, but it did come. Trump essentially tried an extra-constitutional use of the military against … Read more