WHY DEMS FACE ANNIHILATION IN THE SOUTH

Democrats in South face wipeout if Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act — NYT pic.twitter.com/goHof93AS3

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) October 15, 2025

This graphic is from the New York Times story yesterday (10/15): A Supreme Court Case Could Hand The House to Republicans.

The Supreme Court is considering whether to gut a key provision in the Voting Rights Act. Democrats are nervous because, if the Court strikes it down, coupled with Republican governors redrawing maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, they could be wiped out in the South.

Of course, the Times tries to lessen the impact, adding that the (more…)

RUSSIA’S WEAKNESS IS TRUMP’S OPPORTUNITY

Having just commemorated two years since Oct. 7, 2023, we’re now approaching another grim anniversary—Feb. 24, four years since Russia invaded Ukraine.

President Trump deserves credit for recognizing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vulnerable after having overreached by bombing Qatar. The president leveraged Bibi’s weakness to force a cease-fire.

Russia is in a similarly vulnerable position after the failure of its third offensive against Ukraine, yet Mr. Trump has failed to exploit this weakness. This raises the question: When is  Mr. Trump  to take advantage of Vladimir Putin’s helplessness?

In February, Mr. Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: (more…)

HEY, BARRACK! YOU CAN GO AWAY NOW!

Barack Obama really should follow the lead of old-time presidents and, instead of seeking the limelight, opt for a rocking chair on his front porch. In that way, he could spare himself the embarrassment of saying really stupid things.

During a podcast with Marc Maron, Obama made a comment about using the National Guard that was meant to attack Trump, but merely made Obama look ignorant and partisan.

Before even getting to the substance of what Obama said, what’s notable about the interview is how Obama looks. He’s wound up as tightly as an angry suburban leftist woman explaining to (more…)

WHAT SORT OF WORLD WILL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN LIVE IN?

Advances in technology have often been sudden and unexpected.  Their speed and acceleration are exemplified by the fact that in one lifetime, people born before airplanes were invented saw, on television, men landing on the moon with 1960s technology.  Unpredicted was the invention and wide use of desktop computers, which not even the writers of science fiction had foreseen.

I have a memory of watching a television show as a child, hearing my parents remark that I had no idea of what life had been like before there were any televisions to watch.  I do remember a time before microwave ovens and pocket (more…)

EXPLAINING TRUMP’S GENIUS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

President Trump addresses Israel’s Knesset, October 13, 2025

What did Donald Trump do differently to obtain at least temporary calm in the Middle East compared to the failed efforts of past administrations, foreign powers, and the United Nations? Let us count ten different approaches.

1. Trump (more…)

WHAT HAPPENS TO IRAN WHEN KHAMENEI IS GONE

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dying. That he’s been dying for the last five years has actually been a running joke on the streets of Tehran, sort of like the old Saturday Night Live bits claiming that “Generalisimo Francisco Franco Is Still Dead.”

Khamenei has had one foot in the grave so long that the overanxiousness of those who wish to replace him has already led to their disqualification, or worse. The old man is a survivor, but his hold on power is noticeably slipping.

Women have openly defied the wearing of the hijab, the “flag of the revolution,” as Khomenei (more…)