My grandfather used to tell me that what separated the United States from the Soviet Union was this single principle. You see, in the United States we would allow 100 guilty people to walk free if it meant preventing one innocent man from being convicted, whereas the Soviets would plow through 100 innocent people to […]
EDITORS NOTE: Many years ago, I had the privilege of working for the US Drug Enforcement Administration with the Office of Diversion Control. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of DEA either then or presently. — SVK It is immoral to allow fools to keep […]
“Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.” “Thus, where men burn books, in the end they will also burn men.” — Heinrich Heine, Almansor: A Tragedy (1823) Since we are all clutching pearls at the idea of burning books quite suddenly, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves when progressive Democrats are entirely […]
Lynn Mitchell over at my former roost at Bearing Drift offers the following thoughts regarding the tenor and tone of today’s campaign environment: What would make people be so coarse that they would display something that offensive for all to see? It never occurred me to ever fly such a flag against any Democratic president or anyone else […]
Republicans won due to the mendacity of Terry McAuliffe and the Virginia Democrats. Will we make the same mistakes?
The whole election came down to 70,000 votes. For me, this is the fun part where I look at my own MS Excel charts — yes, old habits die hard — with my own special math and reflect on what I got right and what I missed. Despite counsel otherwise, Princess Blanding of the Liberation […]
Start ignoring the polls for the next 96 hours. The Democrats and the media are playing games.
A friend of mine is traveling the Mediterranean this week and shared a photo of a statue in front of the ruins of an ancient Roman temple. Inscribed on the pedestal were the opening lines of Constantine Kavafis’ Ionikon — words that might feel rather relevant to many a Virginian today: Just because we broke their statues, because […]
Once upon a time, Republicans were rocked to sleep with notions of momentum and enthusiasm in the closing weeks and days of a campaign. In 2006, George Allen was thought to have sufficiently recovered from a 20+ point slide in order to eke out a 2-3 point win — only to lose by 0.4% (just […]
For about a decade, Republicans were treated to excoriations about non-partisan and bipartisan redistricting by Democrats, telling us how fair and equitable they would be when drawn. Until they are drawn. Now the Democrats are mad as hell, as defined by all these red dots where Democrats complain (a lot) about democracy and fairness as un-democratic […]
