What To Believe About the 2020 Presidential Election
Reader Tom sent me this:
Reader Tom sent me this:
Some say that Lincoln should have simply let the Confederate States of America leave the union, allowing them to wither and die, as the CSA would have been so repulsive to the north and the rest of the world that it would have been completely isolated, not to mention devoid of technological innovation. After a few years the CSA would have been so debilitated that the Civil War, were there to be one, would have been over in a month with very few casualties, cities burned, etc. (more…)

Yet my gardens didn’t resemble this one….in the slightest.

Trump is quite aware of this, but he couldn’t care less. The disgrace of getting clobbered pales in comparison to the criminal prosecution that is about to ensue. Even if the stakes weren’t so high, the idea that Trump has any loyalty to or affinity for anyone but himself is a cruel joke.

At this point, of course, the Proud Boys and the rest are no longer “standing back.” It’s hard to imagine what will happen when Trump is formally removed from office, and tens of millions of hateful and heavily armed morons take to the streets to avenge their loss.
On the lighter side, we have to laugh about what Trump actually said here. “I promise you I will pay (your) legal fees??” He doesn’t pay his own bills, but he’s going to pay yours?

All that said, I will say here and now that it would be very hard for me to acknowledge that I was wrong about the president and his administration, and admit that: (more…)

Where does free speech end and criminal incitement begin? It’s a question for people with a higher pay-grade than mine, i.e., prosecuting attorneys who specialize in this area of the law. I don’t envy them; this seems to be a very tight line to walk.


1. Don’t end sentences with prepositions.
This was never really a rule in the first place; the rule is don’t end a sentence with an unnecessary preposition. Winston Churchill mocked those who don’t really understand this when he said, “This is something up with which I will not put!” And yes, “This is something I won’t put up with” is fine. “Where’s the library at?” on the other hand, is not at all fine. “Where will this road take me to?” should be simply, “Where will this road take me?” (more…)