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Here are some tidbits from a visit to the National Mall in Washington, DC No Surprise There Today, I visited the National Mall in DC to see the Trump-Epstein statue. Here’s what I saw: A local TV news reporter and… Read moreSeptember 24, 2025 at the National Mall (edited Nov. 2025)
Nothing that has happened recently has prompted the following thought, I assure you. So there’s nothing for anyone to get upset about. Really. Anyway . . . . The following question just popped into my head, seemingly out of nowhere… Read moreA Completely Innocent Thought Apropos of Nothing Whatsoever
As widely reported (for instance, here), Kamala Harris has admitted that she and other Democrats were “reckless[]” in deferring to President Biden about whether he should run for reelection. As she said in her new book, “The stakes were simply… Read moreThank you for your candor, Ms. Harris. Now go away.
In a bid to assure a Nobel Peace Prize, Trump plans to offer Vladimir Putin eastern Ukraine in exchange for Putin’s assurance that Russia will halt its attempts to annex the rest of Ukraine at least until 2029. According to… Read more“I’ve already started to write my Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech”
This is how it goes: With or without evidence (in this case, without), the dictator declares that escalating crime and disorder threaten public safety in the capital. Such rapidly deteriorating conditions require prompt and decisive action. On this pretext, he… Read moreTrump’s Takover of DC