I have been referring to the January 6th ‘insurrection’ by what I believe to be the proper term: the Capitol kerfuffle. But Attorney General Merrick Garland, his hatred for Republicans continually seething ever since then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) denied him a seat on the Supreme Court, and doubtlessly at the urging of […]
In my article noting the Supreme Court’s decision in Fulton v Philadelphia, I wrote, “I anticipate an editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer denouncing this decision.” I had anticipated a main editorial by the Inquirer’s Editorial Board, so I missed on that one, but there certainly was a significant OpEd piece:[1]Fairness requires me to note that the […]
Despite Thomas Jefferson’s soaring words in the Declaration of Independence, all men are not created equal. Some are taller than others, and greater height confers many advantages in life. Some are better-looking than others; we all know that better-looking people have advantages in life. Some are physically stronger, some are faster or quicker, some more […]
In keeping with the McClatchy policy of not publishing mugshots, the Lexington Herald-Leader told us about two of the #BlackLivesMatter protesters going to jail: Lexington men who pleaded guilty in summer protest altercation sentenced to jail time By Morgan Eads | June 10, 2021 | 11:49 AM EDT Two men were sentenced Thursday to a […]
I have not referred to COVID-19 as the “China virus” or “Wuhan virus” on The First Street Journal because I thought that doing so generated more heat than light, and gave critics a weapon to use when they had no actually reasonable responses. It’s using the same reasoning which leads me to (normally) choose to […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg ran his mouth the other day about going from a gasoline tax to a mileage tax: Vehicle mileage tax could be on the table in infrastructure talks, Buttigieg says By Thomas Franck | Friday, March 26 2021 | 10:29 AM EDT | Updated 4:57 PM EDT Pete Buttigieg, the Transportation secretary, […]
See, I blame you quite often for your choice to cause the Earth to eat a tasty burger instead of having lettuce (raised organically without GMO’s, of course), beans, and water, or a plant based burger, which is pretty much the same thing, right? Along comes Frank Bruni, who wastes his opinion column with this […]
Sometimes I have to wonder about the utter stupidity of some people. Willie B Smith III was sentenced to death in Alabama for the 1991 murder of Sharma Ruth Johnson in Birmingham. Mr Smith and his cronies abducted her at an ATM, forced her to withdraw $80 in cash, at which point they took her […]
From 1984, Chapter 2: Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death. Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible. Two fingers of his right hand were inkstained. It was exactly the kind of detail that might betray you. Some nosing zealot in the […]