Daily Archives: March 25, 2025

Is America about to bomb Iran?

I notice this story trending on X: The United States has significantly increased its military presence at the Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean by deploying seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers along with several support aircraft. This deployment, … Continue reading

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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro (1974)

John Masko writes in the Claremont Review of Books: * Every biographer dreams of upending the consensus view of a prominent historical figure. Rare indeed is the writer who succeeds at this task as triumphantly as Robert Caro did in … Continue reading

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Trump’s assault on the left-wing credentialed class (3-25-25)

01:00 Trump isn’t fighting fair06:40 Trump vs Big Law, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whRO1X1oSOk09:00 Big Law Gets Back to Business, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/24/big_law_gets_back_to_business_152545.html23:00 Trump’s assault on the elites aka the left-wing credentialed class, https://yourmoralleader.blogspot.com/2025/03/trumps-assault-on-elites-aka-left-wing.html25:00 Are American plumbers, dentists, lawyers, garbage men, and professors likely to hang … Continue reading

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Trump’s assault on the left-wing credentialed class

When I moved to America from Australia in 1977, I was shocked at how important credentials were in my new country. Credentials are for Americans what mateship is for Australians. Some of my fellow Aussies who now lived in America … Continue reading

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‘Tim Walz has a bad case of ‘main character’ syndrome’

JD Vance, by contrast, is a big deal. He’s the likely Republican nominee for president in 2028. Chris Cilizza writes: Tim Walz was a dud as vice presidential pick. He added zero to the ticket. In his one big moment … Continue reading

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