Use of ‘s–thole’ crude, but not racist … DACA may be dead … Scott Adams’ small business presidential rating … record tax revenues … growth predictions … Samantha Powers a simpleton … Chelsea Manning to run for senate … and Illinois AG candidate robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

Here are my observations on the news of the day.

THE PRESIDENT’S USE OF “S—THOLES” is still getting negative press by the left-leaning media, even though examples of its common use continue to surface.

In the blog, Althouse, Ann Althouse devoted her January 12, 2018 post to the subject of this slang word.… read more

Trump didn’t botch Puerto Rico … double standard politics … our unproductive Senate … Rush Limbaugh on target … Trump judge nomination … our arrogant Senate … the high cost of protest … common sense from a letter-writer … and Peggy Noonan, wrong again

Here are my observations on items in the news.

AN HONEST APPRAISAL of President Trump’s response to our devastated island of Puerto Rico following a dual hurricane hit is related in a piece by Tobin Harshaw for Bloomberg News, “No, Trump Didn’t Botch the Puerto Rico Crisis,” In an interview with former Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix (Ret.),… read more