What Now, Democrats?

A couple special elections for open seats in the House of Representatives happened yesterday. Normally, given that there are 435 seats in the House, no one seat matters all that much, barring something extraordinary like a party leader being unseated. One race...

Patient Zero

It happens without fail. A “political” incident happens, and within the first few hours a particular narrative coalesces and is repeated hundreds or thousands of time by people on a particular side of the issue. The recent shooting of US Congressman Steve...

The Left’s Moral Decay

Whatever moral ascendancy the West held was lost here today. Thus spoke American reporter Vince Walker about the Salt March and the British response on one particular day in one location, in the superb 1982 film Gandhi. The Salt March was an act of civil disobedience,...

Losing Friends and Family

I have a social media rule: I don’t initiate political posts or arguments on my main Facebook page. I break this rule only on extremely rare occasions, and when I do so, it’s almost always something funny, sarcastic, and nonpartisan (typically...