LDAHL
Senior Member

I think that if the Senate fails to uphold the interagency consensus and Trump is allowed to run again, the issue will depend both on the deluded...

I’ve often wondered if those happiness surveys are at least in part a measure of a culture’s willingness to complain. Some may feel more pressure...

The Nordic model (which term probably over generalizes a group of countries with different practices) can provide a valuable example. In many ways....

It will be interesting to see if that is among the articles being brought forward.

I’m sure that was Harvey Weinstein’s way of thinking.

Is the pack looking to tear Mayor Pete down? Now I’m hearing demands he violate his NDA with McKinsey & Co and confess his capitalist sins. I...

I see serial fabulist Joe B is on a "No Malarkey" tour of Iowa. To me, that displays either an unprecedented level of self-unawareness or the boldest...

I think we may have reached the point in certain quarters where not being aggressively pro-something is equated with being anti-something. Obviously,...

I see damning evidence has surfaced against Mayor Pete. He allegedly rang a bell for the Salvation Army.

When the IRS puts me on hold for four hours or my flight gets delayed half a day, I don’t regard those as emotional triggers. I regard them as common...

Would any other result than an electoral sweep for the Democrats be evidence of faulty institutions? Or are you perhaps expecting some sort of...

If you can see drama in a traffic jam then your life must be exciting indeed.

That’s true. It’s not like a phlebotomist or a dog groomer; you don’t pass a licensing process. I suppose even a governor doesn’t face the same...

His Achilles Heel is his low polling among black Democrats.

I think she burned her bridges with Biden when she attacked him over busing during the debates. Also, the progressive wing of the party seems to have...

I think that will hinge on three things: The state of the economy over the next eleven months. The degree of awfulness of the Democratic...

Over the course of my career, I saw the Big Eight become the Final Four.

I suppose like most children, I dreamed of one day becoming a Certified Public Accountant. That came to pass, but instead of the jet packs, monkey...

With enemies like that, who needs friends?

Demosthenes, Cicero and Daniel Webster could not rescue this thing from terminal tediousness. The solons of the contemporary House and Senate seem...

With every day that passes, the whole thing seems less and less relevant. The House will indict, no matter what the testimony is and no matter if the...

Then you’d be after him with the emoluments clause. Although when the Obama people set the thing up, they probably wouldn’t have wanted to throw him...

What’s wrong with catching people here illegally by subterfuge? I can’t fault Obama too much for this. It certainly seems to have worked better than...

I think it’s interesting to consider the past in terms of the things that used to be constant worries that are no longer major concerns. Like...

If the idea is to box the President’s baser instincts in, you would think there were more effective legislative strategies available than the endless...

Would you consider one last post after you find a space you like? I have appreciated hearing about your life trajectory and your views on various...

I think the full pioneer package of hostile natives, malnutrition, unrelenting drudgery and untreatable disease would not be very appealing to most...

Now there was a man who liked a good rhyme.

Good, we’ll need wealthy backers. Mention it to Bezos next time you have lunch. Offer him naming rights for the next state admitted to the Union...

Probably write in Romney or Haley when I vote in the Wisconsin primary. Is Elise Stefanik old enough to run? In the unlikely event the Democrats...

Or the Chinese. Now that they’ve brought the NBA to it’s knees, they’re looking for fresh fields to conquer.

Part way through “The Conservative Sensibility” by Gary Wills. Either I’m changing or he is, but I’ve come to appreciate his work more in recent...

So an MSNBC personality thinks Trump has been a Russian asset since 1977. Why do we need to concoct all these perfervid fringie conspiracy theories?...

Of all living Americans, about 7.4% have served or are currently serving in the military. By sex, 13.4% of males and 1.4% of females have some level...

Fortunately in my family political discussions mainly take the form of pothole comparisons.

I would certainly agree that the legislature was been yielding power to the executive at least since Woodrow Wilson.

I don’t think the Bloomberg organization was ever much of a source of searing criticism of Bloomberg in particular or Democrats in general. And in...

I think we have made some progress since the previous administration on Russian matters. There was a time when President Obama and Ms. Hill opposed...

In the case of setting aside certain courts martial sentences, I think Trump’s interference is an attack on the military’s ability to enforce the...

As Rick Perry might say, pride goeth before a fall.

Nothing so colorful. Her lucrative sideline as Scheherazade to the investment banking industry. The astonishing ability of the Clinton Foundation to...

The reaction against the kind of thinking that produces that kind of statement has been a primary source of fuel for Trump’s gaudy political career....

If God did indeed choose Trump through his midwestern children and the Electoral College, I’m sure he had his reasons. I won’t pretend to understand...

I see Bloomberg will be making a fashionably late entrance to the party. Normally we would see a fairly short list of surviving hopefuls by South...

That’s only partially true. He was a Democrat prior to his first run for Mayor, then a Republican for several years before becoming an independent...

Biden gaffed on the number of black female Senators in the presence of the one he failed to count. Rachel Maddow seemed sort of obsessed with...

I don’t see it that way. I think that you can approach near-hopeless situations as if you could succeed. If you fail, you’ve lost nothing over a...

I think you’re conflating pessimism with realism. I think you can make a reasonable assessment of your chances and still pursue the more favorable...

Republicans have been talking about unsustainable entitlement spending for a lot longer than that. If they were truly, earned and paid for on an...

I think so. He hadn’t said or done much prior to the 2016 to indicate Republican leanings. I’m not sure I blame the media all that much. I don’t...

I see pessimism as one of those luxuries indulged in by the comfortable. Most of our history as a species has been a struggle for survival that...

I’m not sure we didn’t get better candidates from smoke filled rooms than we do from primary elections and a gauntlet of debates. Maybe a group of...

I think that if hope isn’t one of your default settings you probably shouldn’t have kids. Ultimately everyone will make their own choice and let...

Another exciting debate tonight. Will they pile on the Mayor of the fourth largest city in Indiana because he polls so well in Iowa. Will anyone heed...

“A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.” - George Bernard Shaw