CT Blue

I’ve complained a number of times about the failure of Democrats to get their message out in an effective way. There are some indications that the Biden campaign is trying its best, so that’s a good thing. Nonetheless, I have a modest proposal, inspired by reading this report of the latest idiotic Trump statement to […]

While reading this post over at Hullabaloo I got to wondering about two things about the Hunter Biden thing. I wondered, first, why it is proper to have a special counsel to go after someone who has never held a position in government and to investigate crimes in which there’s not a scintilla of evidence, […]

I spent all of Tuesday (5:00 AM through 9:30 PM) working at my local polling place, checking in voters. Thankfully, I was assigned to the table where Democrats checked in, as it was more pleasant than dealing with Republicans would have been. A few thoughts. Primaries are one of those things that the Progressives gave […]

I’ve been reading Kurt Andersen’s Fantasyland, which argues that the United States, for a number of historical reasons which he explores, is particularly vulnerable to irrational behavior including, without limitation, extreme religiosity, susceptibility to grifters, and belief in conspiracy theories. It’s an entertaining read, and though sometimes I think he may be engaging in just […]