Schroeder’s Corner
The Best Argument For the Electoral College, Ever
The race for the next Governor of California is, given Katie Porter’s face-plant, turning into a three-ring circus. With the jungle primary system, the host thinks the leading Republican, Steve Hilton, has a shot. The Democrat Party is…
It’s Not About Something To Be Thankful For
I have been trying since the weekend past t0 make a single point – that we should be thankful. Not wait around for something to be thankful for, but for what we have now, in this moment, even if it is not exactly what we want or somehow less…
Perception, Reality, Thankfulness
Jim Geraghty, a definite realist, but no Trump fan, wrote yesterday about economic reality and the fact that Trump’s braggadocio about affordability may exceed reality. The headline was , “You Can’t Spin People’s Perceptions of…
Little Data, Lots of Fear, and “An Abundance of Caution”
Post covid, few phrases should be more chilling than “an abundance of caution.” Based on that phrase, when data on the actual danger of covid was quite scarce, we shuttered the world. The cost remains immeasurable to this day. Much has been…
The California Nightmare – The Hugh Hewitt Show
I hope you are following the story of the Palisades fire last January in Los Angeles. We are in this space, but I worry that many of you tune out thinking I am just obsessed with justifying my decision to leave the state. Nothing could be…
Gratitude Is What Makes America Great
Yesterday I hinted that socialism might be a Christian ideal, but that it was impossible to execute until everyone was on the Christian bandwagon. I have been a lot of places and seen a lot of socialism, there is one single reason why it just…
Politics…Imagined
It has disappeared almost as fast as it sprang into the discussion, but the video from veteran Democratic persons in Congress, telling members of the military they did not need to follow unlawful orders bears further discussion. (I had to…
The Death of Higher Education
New reports out note that college students can’t do Math (arithmetic actually) and now Harvard admits “A’s” are normative, not exceptional (breaking the heart of this once proud straight-A student.) We have a problem. Our best and brightest…
Does Bureaucracy Breed Confusion? (Hint: YES!)
Long long ago, as the fires burned, I said that government ineptitude was at the root of all of it regarding the Los Angeles fires of last January. But that it would never be exposed because the bureaucratic stew was too thick to pick through.…
The Capital IS NOT The Country
I am just returned from a short trip to Northern Virginia. My travels did not require me to enter Washington, D.C. proper, but I did fly in and out of Reagan National Airport. For the uninitiated, that airport is just across the rive from D.C.…