Forty-eight hours after Donald Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination with a smashing victory in the Indiana primary, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he could not yet support Trump. In millennial teen-talk, Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “I’m just not ready to do that at this point. I’m not there right now.” “[T]he bulk of the burden of unifying the party” falls on Trump, added Ryan. Trump must unify “all wings of the Republican Party, and the conservative movement.” Trump must run a campaign that we can “be proud to support and proud to be a part of.” Then, … Continue reading →

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Knee clicking could be a harmless sound or a sign of an impending knee condition. Knee problems, in general, can be quite debilitating and can grow with age. Our knees truly take a beating, as they not only help us move around but also bear our body weight, which can be quite a stress. There are many reasons for knee clicking and it’s important to pay attention to your knee clicking sounds in order to determine when it’s the time to seek medical attention. Here are some things to consider. For starters, is there pain associated with your knee clicking? … Continue reading →

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I spent a week in New York with a handful of Japanese writers and editors. They were in the States to promote Monkey Business, a Tokyo-based literary journal. That Friday, we had a reading in Brooklyn, so I decided to spend the entire day there. I first heard of Brooklyn through Welcome Back, Kotter. It was 1975 and I was learning American culture mostly through a black and white television. I became very fond of Shirley Temple, Jimmy Snuka, Donny and Marie Osmond, Bugs Bunny and The Beaver. Since this was Tacoma, Washington, I also started to worship Slick Watts. … Continue reading →

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“Mitt in Talks for 3rd Party Bid” ran the Boston Herald’s headline this Sunday. “Jesus Christ,” I thought to myself, “what’s Bill Kristol up to now?” That’s what I like about Bill: He’s predictable. The problem, I guess, is that he’s predictably batshit crazy. If you see a headline that says “Top Conservative Calls for War with Russia,” you can be sure it’s Bill. “Republican Journalist Defends NSA”? That’s Bill, too. “Fall of Saddam Caused ‘Very Healthy’ Chain Reaction”? Yep, Bill. Sure enough, Mitt’s in talks with none other than Bill—and literally no one other than Bill. It was just … Continue reading →

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The United States body count for drug overdoses in 2014 was 47,000 people. Gosh, folks, that’s almost as high as the KIA from the Vietnam War and that took about ten years to rack up! Gee, now do ya think we really live in “the greatest nation on Earth” when so many people are seeking to escape it using drugs that result in the ultimate check-out time? Have a peek at this article. The safe-injection site argument has been going on for over two decades now that I am personally aware of. Let’s say that the debate has been going … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump says a lot of whacko things and his recent wild pitches about defaulting on the national debt and replacing Yellen because she is not a Republican sound as if they were coming right out of his wild man wheelhouse. Certainly these statements have gotten mainstream financial journalists and editorial writers in high dudgeon. Said the NYT editorial page about Trump’s observation that if things got bad enough he’d seek to negotiate “discounts” on Uncle Sam’s towering debt, Such remarks by a major presidential candidate have no modern precedent. The United States government is able to borrow money at very low … Continue reading →

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Whenever I hear someone say that U.S. troops fighting overseas somewhere, anywhere—it doesn’t matter where—are defending our freedoms, it makes me want to vomit, and for two reasons. The troops aren’t defending anything. They are engaging in the offense: intervening, violating, invading, occupying, killing, maiming, destroying, and making widows and orphans. This I have written about scores of times. But there is another reason hearing that the troops are defending our freedoms makes me nauseated. The troops couldn’t possibly be defending our freedoms because we don’t live in a free society. What are these freedoms that the troops are defending? … Continue reading →

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The Victory Day parade in Moscow today, with 10,000 military and other personnel, was the largest of hundreds of events across Russia, Europe and other nations, over the past few days, to mark the defeat of fascism 71 years ago at the end of World War …