It was the Pig Fair last SeptemberA day I well rememberI was walking up and down in drunken prideWhen my legs began to flutterAnd I fell down in the gutterAnd a pig came up and lay down by my side. As I lay there in the gutterThinking thoughts I dare not utterI thought I heard […]
There is a temptation to simply display Morten Morland’s absolutely brilliant commentary on Russian atrocities and shut down for the day. There’s also a temptation to save it for last, to end with a crescendo. But we have to be wary of temptation; I saw a posting from someone who wished Twitter had a button you […]
Couldn’t decide whether to start or end with Scott Stantis‘ take, but I don’t suppose it much matters. Martin Niemöller is often quoted, though generally in a kind of philosophical, theoretical manner. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade […]
Kal Kallaugher takes on the hypocrisy of an administration that has broken its campaign promise to release the President’s tax records and that refuses to cooperate with requests for specific records and testimony, but then feels free to accuse the fact-finding committees of secrecy and stonewalling. Granted, Dear Leader is not an attorney himself, and […]
Today’s Mo offers a chance to update yesterday’s comments on the limited social skills of Catholic prep-school alums. The parallel between Kavanaugh and Thomas still holds up, but, now that Kavanaugh’s accuser has come forward and elaborated on her story, the specifics have made the parallel less direct. While I’m not going to get into […]