Month: July 2017

[Ah yes, the filibuster debates are again in season.  Republicans are being admonished by the eternally innocent progressives about messing with the filibuster, as if that were a tradition brought down on the tablets and one that has remained unblemished since then.  It would be utterly       unconsciounable to bring up the recent…

[Can the Republican congress govern?  Given the powers it has abrogated to Mueller, the Dems, et al, the question has merit.  More here.  gjr]

[Trigger warning – we are on travel, and connectivity might be iffy, so this sandbox might become a bit ripe if I can't freshen it in a timely manner.  To preserve hygiene, be sure you're only flinging sticky mud balls at each other that may stick to the walls 😉  gjr]

[Check out what is happening to our (and all?) economies with the advent of the giga-corporations – Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook – that have created oligopolies in several markets.  And the commentary on what these companies know about the dark sides of human affairs – e.g. sources and distribution of fake news – is more…

[Administrivia – RR readers are a vigorous and feisty bunch who have many things on their minds, strong beliefs, and lots to say.  I celebrate the forums that spring up in our comment streams with topic threads spontaneously bursting out in all directions.  My only and oft-repeated desire is that RR commenters record their grand…