The Afghanistan debacle may or may not prove to be the defining event of Joe Biden’s presidency. Much will depend on how horrific the news… Read More »Blog No. 299. The Afghanistan Debacle: The Hard Questions
The Senate’s passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill deserves a cautious two cheers, but not three. It deserves one cheer because it addressed important and… Read More »Blog No. 298. Two Cheers for the Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Longtime readers of RINOcracy.com may recall that I have sometimes digressed from the world of politics to comment on the fortunes of the Chicago Cubs… Read More »Blog No. 297. The Chicago Cubs and the Purge of July
Just as it appeared that we had gained the upper hand in the battle against Covid-19, we have been thwarted, at least temporarily, by two… Read More »Blog No. 296. The Delta Variant: A Republican Virus?
The elephant in the room is, alas, the Republican elephant and the grave threat that it poses to American democracy. Oddly, however, much of that… Read More »Blog No. 295. The Elephant in the Room: Voter Subversion
Readers of a certain age may recall fondly the late William Safire whose essays, titled “On Language,” appeared for thirty years in the New York… Read More »Blog No. 294. The Infrastructure Deal and a Biden Walk-Back
On April 22, Blog No 287 detailed the several flaws in President Biden’s rationale for our precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan, pointing out the negative consequences… Read More »Blog No. 293. Afghanistan: Have We No Shame?
RINOcracy.com got underway on May 19, 2013 with Blog No. 1, titled Sexual Assaults in the Military. The Blog began: Is there anyone who does… Read More »Blog No. 292. Sexual Assaults in the Military—Still Appalling
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to review Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In that case, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held… Read More »Blog No. 291. The Supreme Court and Abortion
Everyone wants an infrastructure deal, but no one seems to have figured out how to get one. Doing so may be difficult, but it need… Read More »Blog No. 290. Infrastructure: A Possible Path to a Deal