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Reflecting on the Reflecting Pool
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to dismiss a felony vandalism indictment against the former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn. Her office stated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage was due to a botched contractor installation, not vandalism. This is after so much fanfare and headline-grabbing statements in press conferences by Pirro assuring that there was…
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Senate Confirmation Hearings
I’m tired of seeing the Democratic senators asking, during their confirmation hearings, Trump’s sycophantic nominees for cabinet positions or federal judgeships or other important positions of power, that “who won the 2020 presidential election,” only to hear the rehearsed response that Biden was certified as the president in January 2021, or more recently, even outright…
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Bias Blinds
Sometimes ago, a friend of mine expressed, with awe and astonishment, that during the Iranian uprising of 2009, he had witnessed very smart and knowledgeable colleagues support Ahmadinejad. And wondered how it would be possible for someone capable of solving very complex problems in their field of expertise, to not see through the deceptions and…
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You Die, So That I Can Dance!
Losses are difficult. I don’t have any children and I don’t claim to understand how difficult it can be to lose your child. I don’t mean to be insensitive, or draw any inappropriate parallels or comparisons either. But we have lost two dog boys. And I have felt the physical pain of sadness (yes, physical…
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Shameless Crimes and Coverups, then Name Callings and Deflections
A large portion of this post is extracted from a recent Talking Feds Substack newsletter. Last Friday, DOJ shipped to the House Judiciary Committee some documents about the Mar-a-Lago prosecution against Donald Trump led by Special Counsel Jack Smith. These are documents that the AG Pam Bondi must have thought would be damning to Jack…