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Did the Attorney General Commit Perjury?


Did the Attorney General Commit Perjury?
No, not Jeff Sessions. Sessions was asked whether representatives of the Trump campaign had been in contact with Russian officials on behalf of the campaign, and Sessions said he didn't know anything about that. He hadn't had such contact on behalf of the campaign. His answer was completely and fully accurate. No one asked Sessions whether he had ever met a Russian. I am talking about Eric Holder, who almost

Did the Attorney General Commit Perjury?


Did the Attorney General Commit Perjury?
No, not Jeff Sessions. Sessions was asked whether representatives of the Trump campaign had been in contact with Russian officials on behalf of the campaign, and Sessions said he didn't know anything about that. He hadn't had such contact on behalf of the campaign. His answer was completely and fully accurate. No one asked Sessions whether he had ever met a Russian. I am talking about Eric Holder, who almost

Looking for fascism in America? Look left, on campus


Looking for fascism in America? Look left, on campus
Projection is the psychological term for imagining that others possess faults which are actually your own. Case in point: those liberal predictions that after Donald Trump lost the election, violent Trump supporters would attack innocent people, especially members of minority groups. Visions of storm troopers danced in their heads. Vast mobs of white-hooded Ku Klux Klanners would terrify the countryside. Brownshirts and Blackshirts would infest the city streets. Something like that is happening ...

How the Obama DOJ Killed an Open Education Effort at Berkeley


How the Obama DOJ Killed an Open Education Effort at Berkeley
In an effort to expand access to Berkeley's educational resources, the DOJ ended up eliminating access for non-students.

11 Stupid Things Vox.com's Matthew Yglesias Has Said


11 Stupid Things Vox.com's Matthew Yglesias Has Said
Matt Yglesias of Vox has always been a gold mine of comedy fodder, given his penchant for saying things that are mind-bogglingly asinine. Apparently Yglesias agrees with this sentiment: Matt Yglesias deleted something like 30,000 tweets yesterday. Clearly a man proud of his history of astute analysis and voxplanations.

Obama’s intel chief says he knows of no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion


Obama’s intel chief says he knows of no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion
James Clapper, director of national intelligence for President Barack Obama, said unequivocally Sunday that Donald Trump’s home and office were not wiretapped before the presidential election last year.

While You Weren’t Looking, the Democrat–Media Election-Hacking Narrative Just Collapsed


While You Weren’t Looking, the Democrat–Media Election-Hacking Narrative Just Collapsed
The charge that the FBI is investigating Trump-campaign collusion with the Russians has just collapsed under the weight of its own implausibility.

The Exhaustion of American Liberalism


The Exhaustion of American Liberalism
Shelby Steele writes that white guilt gave us a mock politics based on the pretense of moral authority.

The definitive Trump-Russia timeline of events


The definitive Trump-Russia timeline of events
Follow our timeline of events on the Trump administration's ties to Russia.

FISA Not Law Enforcement Not Interference with Independence White House Ask FISA Info | National Review


FISA Not Law Enforcement Not Interference with Independence White House Ask FISA Info | National Review
FISA Is Not Law-Enforcement – It’s Not Interference with Justice Department Independence for White House to Ask for FISA Information by Andrew C. McCarthy March 5, 2017 10:31 AM ‌ @AndrewCMcCarthy In my earlier post, I explained that the Obama camp is disingenuously responding to revelations that, during the presidential campaign, the Obama administration conducted an investigation, including wiretapping, against Trump associates and perhaps Donald Trump himself. As I elaborated, one avenue of ...