The Party Deconstructs
In times such as these, party loyalty raises the question of what a party is at all in America 2016 – or at least what it means to be a Republican, if Trump is one, and potentially the standard-bearer.
Author: CK MacLeod
Jeff B/DDHQ’s ACTUAL “expectations” reality for SC/NV for Ds and Rs
Jeff B/DDHQ’s ACTUAL “expectations” reality for SC/NV for Ds and Rs
Jim Geraghty: Donald Trump: Could Third-Party Conservative Beat Him in November? – National Review
In such a scenario, the race would be decided in the House of Representatives, where each state delegation gets one vote and the majority choice wins. Right now, Republicans control 34 state delegations, Democrats...
Robby Soave: Did Twitter’s Orwellian ‘Trust and Safety’ Council Get Robert Stacy McCain Banned? – Reason.com
Twitter is a private company, of course, and if it wants to outlaw strong language, it can. In fact, it’s well within its rights to have one set of rules for Robert Stacy McCain,...
‘Scaliagate’ At Georgetown Law: The Conservatives Strike Back | Above the Law
I noticed the SJW-ish tone too, but thought to myself: that’s not a bug, it’s a feature. To the extent that the left is often about playing the victim, it seems to me that...
Mike Allen: GOP RACE NARROWING to 3 … – POLITICO
Future | Marco Rubio for PresidentWatch this video on YouTube Yesterday was the GOP campaign’s biggest psychological shift, not tied to a debate, since voting began in Iowa 17 days ago. The clarifying day...
Who or What Is Using “Commenter Archive” and “commenter-thread”?
If any of you human beings have anything to say on the major uptick in use of these commenting features, please let me know. The spiders and robots don’t answer questions directly.
Joel Kotkin: We Now Join the U.S. Class War Already in Progress – The Daily Beast
We are now experiencing a growth in class-based politics not seen since the New Deal. During the long period of generally sustained prosperity from the ’50s to 2007, class issues remained, but were increasingly subsumed...
The Libertarian Praxis Problem: Part 1
Libertarianism and the Left, and the more general problem for metaphysically individualist liberalism.
Revolution in physics as gravitational waves seen for first time | New Scientist
“It’s a runaway process,” says Frans Pretorius, of Princeton University in New Jersey. “The closer they get, the faster they spin.” Near the end, they were whirling so fast that each orbit lasted just...
Inside Hillary Clinton’s Massive Foreign-Policy Brain Trust | Foreign Policy
One expert said the system helped ensure loyalty for Clinton by creating “the illusion of inclusion.”
David Harsanyi: The Unmaking Of Marco Rubio – The Federalist
…of Rubio has a chance — and it’s a long shot — he’ll have to alter the perceptions about his messaging. It’s the difference between ending up as Dan Quayle or President George W. Bush. But even if he accomplishes that, it seems unlikely he can overcome his history and the country’s mood. Not in 2016.
Two Prominent Black Intellectuals Just Delivered More Bad News for Clinton | Mother Jones
Coates and Alexander are by no means the first black intellectuals to express skepticism of Clinton and endorse Sanders. Princeton University professor Cornel West, for example, has campaigned with Sanders. On Wednesday morning, Sanders...
Ezra Klein: The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics – Vox
…his temperament is so immature, his narcissism so clear, his political base so unique, his reactions so strange, that I honestly have no idea what he would do — or what he wouldn’t do.
David Frum: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Democracy Won in New Hampshire – The Atlantic
Amid all the shocked headlines, the most important news of the night may be: For once, the system worked.
Ignatieff and Wieseltier: Enough is enough — U.S. abdication on Syria must end – The Washington Post
The conventional wisdom is that nothing can be done in Syria, but the conventional wisdom is wrong. There is a path toward ending the horror in Aleppo — a perfectly realistic path that would...
Noah Rothman: Time to Panic – Commentary
Donald Trump is back in the pole position. His commanding performance across almost all demographics and voting blocs in New Hampshire is staggering. Worse, Hillary Clinton’s disastrous performance among both swing and core Democratic...
New Hampshire Love Fest Open Thread/Tweetathon
Place your bets. Curse your fates. State your true druthers. Make new fearless predictions. Pretend you knew all along how things’d turn out. Vape ’em if you got ’em.
David Brooks: I Miss Barack Obama – The New York Times
People are motivated to make wise choices more by hope and opportunity than by fear, cynicism, hatred and despair. Unlike many current candidates, Obama has not appealed to those passions. No, Obama has not...
