The accusations that the sovereign state of Russia interfered in the 2016 United States presidential campaign for the specific purpose of helping Donald Trump win the presidency has given downtrodden American leftists/”progressives” a glimmer of hope as they face the dark days of participatory democracy. Consequently, they keep trying to beat a dead horse. Despite the fact that NO ONE
Well, it now turns out that there WAS surveillance of Mr. Trump’s campaign and transition team. The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Devin Nunes of California, has uncovered evidence that, in fact, surveillance of the Trump campaign and transition team was carried out. Predictably, Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi have now called for Congressman Nunes to recuse
Since we had a lot of fun with the last math puzzle I posted, I’ll post another one that I just ran across. It is called the “Monty Hall” paradox. It goes as follows: You are a contestant in a game show. There are 3 doors. Behind one of them is a beautiful Ferrari motor car. Behind the other 2 are
Yesterday we saw the defeat of Mr. Trump’s first legislative initiative, the American Healthcare Act, or AHA. Liberal politicians and their constituents throughout the land are crowing with pride. The headlines in our leftist press: A TRUMP DEFEAT, REPUBLICANS LOOSE BIG and TRUMP CAN’T GOVERN, etc., etc. But was it really as bad as these critics say? Let’s take a
One of the best things about the end of the Obama presidency is that we no longer have to listen to Obama’s favorite phrase “Nothing to do with Islam”. Obama would INVARIABLY utter this mantra after EACH and EVERY Islamist terror attack, no matter how bloody or depraved. With his forced retirement there were a blessed couple of months without
Mr. James Comey came to Capitol Hill yesterday and proclaimed the government “innocent” of wiretapping Donald Trump last fall, when Mr. Trump was a candidate for the Presidency. As discussed in my previous essay (No Evidence, 3/20/17), however, his proclamation must be taken with a grain of salt. Over the last six months Mr. Comey’s proclamations have been SO contradictory
There is a fundamental principle of epistemology (the study of how we determine truth) that bears referencing in these somewhat muddled times. This principle may be somewhat subtle, as I know personally several otherwise intelligent individuals that either don’t grasp the concept, or, if they do, don’t really believe it. The principle involves the logic of proof, and, at least
Now that we are 6 weeks into the Donald Trump presidency, we might pause and step back a bit and reflect on what I’ll call the “big picture”. Thinking back to March of 2016, just a year ago (boy, it seems longer than that, doesn’t it?), American politics was very different. It’s hard to believe, but just a year ago
My wife was lamenting, recently, that political discourse in America has gotten to the point where we can’t have fruitful conversations about issues that concern our society and nation. She’s right, of course (Thanks LRM). But, after considering this for a while, I came upon a surprising response: “Good”! Here’s why… It should be obvious to any American citizen with
Mr. Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress was notable for a number of reasons. I commented on both the content and the style of the speech in my post from Tuesday (Becoming President, 2/28/17, available on Facebook and my website). Today I’d like to comment on a different aspect of the session: the Democratic reaction, and what that