Month: June 2018

My last post was all about my philosophy re: Supreme Court justices, but I'm getting a lot of questions about the practical consequences of Justice Kennedy's retirement.What does this mean? Who's going to replace him? What's going to change? Is this the beginning of the apocalypse?The TL/DR answers are:

Not as much as you think.

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Myyoungest son played in a youth basketball league this year, and his team’s track record was 0-10. Or maybe it was 0-12. I’m not sure about the second number, but I’m 100% positive about the first. This was a particularly difficult experience both for him and for his parents, who had to come up with ... Read more

Abbyasked that we take a step back from talking about the news of the day and have an in-depth discussion about how constitutional government works. As a result, Schoolhouse Rock gets sung more than a few times, and we discuss executive orders, declaration of war, and the difference between emanations and penumbras - i.e. what ... Read more

Twoyears ago, I wrote a lengthy article titled "Order of the Arrow Ordeal Secrets: The Final Word." I thought that was, indeed, my final word on a subject that has attracted more people to this blog than any other. But I offer this addendum to share an NSFW comment I just received - edited for ... Read more

Thelatest episode of Dinner Table Politics is online!The separation of children at the southern border has launched a new round of "Trump is Hitler" memes. Jim argues that this actually helps Donald Trump, while Abby wonders why no one is comparing Trump to Vlad the Impaler and insists that memes that say "TEMPERED RHETORIC" aren't ... Read more

BeforeI even begin, I want to make something clear. This is not going to be a post about how Trump isn't Hitler. I have written posts like that, but I don't particularly like them, because they end up sounding like defenses of Donald Trump. And I don't want to defend Donald Trump, especially with ... Read more

Thelatest episode of Dinner Table Politics is online!Yes, the Korean summit between Trump and Kim Jong-Un gets a mention, as does the G7 debacle, but we spend a good deal of time talking about the change from iHop to iHob, the need for colonoscopies, and how Bill Clinton would fare in the #MeToo era, with ... Read more

Wediscuss Roseanne, which may or may not have been Abby's favorite television show, as well as the stupidity of tariffs and a president who thinks he can pardon himself.And finally, at long lost, the world learns the story of how an eighteen-month-old Abby tried to pull off a daring pearl heist at Barbara Bush's expense. ... Read more