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OK, guys, it's Small Business Saturday.  What small local businesses do you plan to visit today? Confused By The Syrian Insurgency?  This will clarify everything and/or make it more confusing…

One More Reason To Hate Notre Dame.  The football team/school, not the Cathedral: The (Supreme) court’s conservative justices are increasingly hiring the law school’s graduates and faculty to work in…

We hope you and your families and friends have a very happy Thanksgiving.  We're so happy that we're no longer hosting.  We've passed that tradition along to our oldest daughter…

Safe travels, everybody, if you're traveling.  We're traveling the less than a mile to our daughter's house in Kingsridge, where I'll plop myself on a couch and start drinking.  Moderately,…

Smith Folds.  He had to, you can't try a sitting President.  The villain amongst all the villains in the piece: Merrick Garland: A judge dismissed the federal election-obstruction charges against…

Nancy Mace Has Done Us All A Favor--Inadvertently, Of Course.  She has given Sarah McBride a platform to introduce herself and her message to the nation.  We all know how…

Will 'Prosecutors Be Prosecuted' Under Trump?  As good a test as to whether the Republic can hold as any: Again and again, when Donald Trump has faced scandal and scrutiny,…

Hospital Lobbyists Try To Kill Diamond State Cost Review Board.  Carney said he supports it--but will he appoint the members?: With about two months until a new executive administration takes…

'The Salt Typhoon': China's Infiltration Of US Telecom Networks: The Chinese government espionage campaign that has deeply penetrated more than a dozen U.S. telecommunications companies is the “worst telecom hack…

Let's face it: Most of Trump's Cabinet picks will be confirmed.  Including Linda McMahon for Secretary Of Education, despite having lied about having a degree in Education.  Or perhaps she…

The Ultimate Reality Show Cabinet.  Yesterday's entries:  Dr. Oz and Linda McMahon. Before somebody else predicts this, I figured I might as well: Trump is likely negotiating with Fox to…

Nancy Mace: Sub-Human.  You knew someone was gonna do it, just didn't know who: Two weeks after the first openly transgender person was elected to Congress, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace…

The Fault, Dear Brutus, Is Them: Mr. Trump’s election demonstrates how American tolerance for the unacceptable is nearly infinite. There are hundreds of absolutely mind-boggling things I could point to…