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For AG Sessions, ten theses on leaks
by Scott Johnson of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 10:18 pm, 1771060
(Scott Johnson)
This past Friday Attorney General Sessions held a news conference to announce the Justice Department’s dedication to stopping the flood of leaks of classified information that is undermining the Trump administration and damaging our national security. The transcript of Mr. Sessions’ statement at the press conference is …
Mueller’s fishing expedition continues
by Paul Mirengoff of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 6:18 pm, 1770995
(Paul Mirengoff)
The Washington Post reports that FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, late last month. They used a search warrant to seize documents and other materials.
The search occurred soon after Manafort met with investigators for the …
The Factual Feminist on Gender Differences in Math and Science
by Steven Hayward of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 6:18 pm, 1770994
(Steven Hayward)
Leave it to Christina Hoff Sommers, in her “Factual Feminist” video series, to bring clarity to the Google-fueled controversy about women in math and science. This video is from three years ago, but it gets right at the heart of the matter. (I wonder if it comes up …
Colin Kaepernick remains unemployed
by Paul Mirengoff of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 2:18 pm, 1770910
(Paul Mirengoff)
Last year, playing for a bad San Francisco 49ers team, Colin Kaepernick had a quarterback rating of 90.7, completed 59.2 percent of his passes, and threw for 16 touchdown with only four interceptions. These numbers, other than the touchdown passes to interceptions ratio, aren’t outstanding. However, …
France Under Martial Law
by Steven Hayward of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 2:18 pm, 1770909
(Steven Hayward)
Over at PJ Media, Patrick Poole is following the story that broke this morning in Paris of a car that rammed and injured several French military personnel. The driver, who fled the scene, was subsequently arrested, though as of this writing his identify has not been revealed. …
CRB: In praise of Thomas Sowell
by Scott Johnson of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 12:18 pm, 1770871
(Scott Johnson)
This morning we conclude our preview of the new (Summer) issue of the Claremont Review of Books. In our preview of the issue I passed over outstanding reviews and essays by Charles Kesler (on campus protest then and now), William Voegeli (on “diversity”), James Ceaser (on …
Tom Friedman Has a Stopped Clock Moment
by Steven Hayward of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 12:18 pm, 1770869
(Steven Hayward)
You know what they say about a stopped clock being right twice a day? Tom Friedman, the New York Times‘s second most predictably dismal columnist, had one such moment in yesterday’s column.
You knew something was up from the lede, which began with “I was talking the other day …
Glen Campbell, RIP
by Scott Johnson of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 12:18 pm, 1770870
(Scott Johnson)
Glen Campbell died yesterday in Nashville at the age of 81 of complications from the Alzheimer’s disease with which he had been struggling for the past six years. Obituaries in the New York Times and the Washington Post do a good job covering the full …
On North Korea, Anti-Trump Hysteria Replaces Reporting
by John Hinderaker of Power Line
August 9, 2017, 2:18 am, 1770710
(John Hinderaker)
The threat from North Korea is real, and is growing more imminent. President Trump is trying to rally international opposition to the crazed North Korean regime, to prepare Americans for possible dramatic action to remove the threat, and–most important–to deter North Korea from moving forward with aggressive plans …