#Lockdown dogma and other commentary

#Lockdown dogma and other commentary

“#Lockdown dogma and other commentary” Iconoclast: Lockdown Dogma As part of a second lockdown, a British citizen is barred from meeting a neighbor unless the neighbor, “is a member of what government officials, with apparently straight faces, define as a ‘support bubble,’ ” snarks The Week’s Matthew Walther. And there’s every reason to expect America to…

Read More
#Hold the Christmas songs, please, and other commentary

#Hold the Christmas songs, please, and other commentary

“#Hold the Christmas songs, please, and other commentary” Culture critic: Hold the Christmas Songs “Seeking to cheer up the population,” observes “Candid Camera” host Peter Funt in The Wall Street Journal, music- and video-service firms are “betting” Christmas-themed entertainment is what’s needed right now. In September, one Ohio radio station branded itself “The Valley’s Christmas…

Read More
#Roots of stolen-election claims and other commentary

#Roots of stolen-election claims and other commentary

“#Roots of stolen-election claims and other commentary” From the right: Roots of Stolen-Election Claims Wherever would President Trump’s supporters get the idea that Joe Biden “hasn’t been legitimately elected?” The Wall Street Journal’s William McGurn asks sarcastically. “Maybe from those who spent the past four years undermining” Trump’s legitimacy. Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Carter called…

Read More
#Left outraged even in victory and other commentary

#Left outraged even in victory and other commentary

“#Left outraged even in victory and other commentary” From the right: Left Outraged Even in Victory “Progressives’ responses to the 2016 election are indistinguishable from their reactions to the 2020 election,” notes William Voegeli at City Journal. This, even though President Trump won the first and lost the second. The Nation’s Joan Walsh, to take…

Read More
#Trump saved the GOP and other commentary

#Trump saved the GOP and other commentary

“#Trump saved the GOP and other commentary” Election 2020: Trump Saved the GOP Even if Donald Trump winds up a one-term president, Eddie Scarry argues at the Washington Examiner, “the Republican Party is better off today than before he launched his first campaign in 2015.” He ended “the days of undying loyalty to the Chamber…

Read More
#Trump’s moral vindication and other commentary

#Trump’s moral vindication and other commentary

“#Trump’s moral vindication and other commentary” From the right: Trump’s Moral Vindication On Tuesday, declares Spectator USA’s Dominic Green, President Trump did “the impossible” — by winning “the moral high ground.” Democrats and the media had insisted that “Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton was an electoral and moral aberration” and “a threat to democracy.” Chastened…

Read More
#Enough pointless wars and other commentary

#Enough pointless wars and other commentary

“#Enough pointless wars and other commentary” Defense beat: Enough Pointless Wars At Defense One, ex-Marine James Wright takes note of how Americans will have gone to the polls Tuesday having had “little opportunity” to ­reflect on “some of the consequences of earlier elections for national ­security strategies and military engagement.” Ever since World War II…

Read More
#Don’t feed election hysteria and other commentary

#Don’t feed election hysteria and other commentary

“#Don’t feed election hysteria and other commentary” Law profs: Don’t Feed Elex Hysteria “Some problems will inevitably arise on November 3,” note Richard H. Pildes and Richard L. Hasen at CNN.com, so “hyper-vigilant voters and the media must be careful not to undermine our elections by giving excessive play to typical, Election Day problems or…

Read More