…seems much more plausible today.
I’m not a Christian, or even a theist, but people who think we’ve evolved much in two thousand years are fooling themselves, as we can see on a daily basis in the “modern” Middle East. Civilization can have a very thin veneer, particularly when people don’t understand the basis for it, and reject it.
With her announcement today, it seems like a good time to provide a quick review of the major ones, for those who don’t remember them, or live through them all. I’ll have a piece up in the next day or two specifically addressing historical revisionism on Whitewater.
Makes as much sense as “…because it is hard.”
With the final season about to start, reminiscences from cast and writers.
The Democrats’ Nixon.
Can you imagine what the press would have said if Nixon had said, “I and my lawyers have reviewed all the tapes, and we’ve turned over what we thought was relevant, and burned the rest”?
To add to the irony, if Zeifman could have fired her for lying during Watergate, he would have.
[Update a few minutes later]
A remembrance of Clintons past.
The Clintons and the acceptance by the Democrats (and media) of their criminality and corruption in the nineties determined me to never support a candidate of that party again. I wrote about “that nineties show” a couple years ago.
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
Hillary withheld information from Congress. What should Congress do?
Laws are for the little people, not the Clintons.
[Bumped]
Joel Achenbach writes about it.
Let them defend themselves. As Glenn notes, the proper response of the Jews in the thirties, rather than handing in their guns, would have been no-limit open hunting season on Nazis.
Meanwhile, the Senate is trying to rein in all of the anti-Second-Amendment actions of the administration (and some states). They should just abolish the ATF.
[Update a couple minutes later]
As always, easing restrictions on guns didn’t increase bloodshed in Illinois, either. These gun grabbers are always wrong, but they never learn.
She and Bill have been hit with a racketeering lawsuit.
Ken Starr was a fool in the nineties to not use RICO to go after them.
I agree. Since they want to return to the 7th century, I’d say it’s time to (with apologies to Samuel L. Jackson) go all medieval on their asses. And then do the same thing to the Iranian militias who are helping them.
We spent yesterday checking out wildflowers in Henderson Canyon, then driving up to Font’s Point, over to the Salton Sea, and back through Ocatillo Wells. Today we hiked up Palm Canyon, saw a lot more flowers, birds, and desert bighorn sheep (just a couple ewes, not rams). We also discovered how out of shape we were. Recuperating now, heading back to LA tomorrow. We clearly need to do this more often.
What strikes me about these desert communities, like Borrego Springs, Salton City (also Cal City up north of Mojave) is the boundless optimism of the founders. They’re huge, with lots of roads laid out ready for building, perhaps decades out. The optimism in Salton City was expressed in the street names — Marina Blvd, Sea Isle Lane, Ocean Avenue, you get the picture. Unfortunately, in the past few years, the lake level has receded a hundred yards from the planned shoreline. It was a depressing place.
In Borrego Springs, there are a lot of wealthy new estates, with little oases of palms and and palo verde. Most of the street names are ranch brands — Tilting T, Double O, Frying Pan…
It was interesting to see a part of California I’d never explored for thirty-five years, only a couple hours away.