Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Beginning Aug. 1, Texans who legally own guns (so, all of them) will be able to carry their concealed weapons on the campuses of the state’s public universities. Some faculty at the University of Houston appear concerned over what the new law might mean for their safety, so the school recently presented the following Powerpoint…
When Jeb Bush formally entered the presidential campaign in June, there was already more money behind him than every other Republican candidate combined. When he suspended his campaign on Saturday night in South Carolina, Mr. Bush had burned through the vast majority of that cash without winning a single state. It may go down as…
Maureen Dowd LAS VEGAS — The Bushes always bristled at the “d” word. And now they don’t have to worry about it anymore. The dynasty has perished, with a whimper. The exclamation point has slouched off. The Bushes are leaving the field to someone they have utter contempt for: Donald Trump. And the main emotion…
The shockingly brutal Saudi air campaign in Yemen has been led by American-made F-15 jet fighters. The indiscriminate bombing of civilians and rescuers from the air has prompted human rights organizations to claim that some Saudi-led strikes on Yemen may amount to war crimes. At least 2,800 civilians have been killed in the conflict so far,…
By the time I walked down the aisle — or rather, into a judge’s chambers — in 2010, at the age of 35, I had lived 14 independent, early-adult years that my mother had spent married. I had made friends and fallen out with friends, had moved in and out of apartments, had been…
Photo Bernie Sanders Credit Jae C. Hong/Associated Press Bernie Sanders’s loss in the Nevada caucuses, 47 percent to 53 percent, reveals a very real weakness of his insurgent challenge to Hillary Clinton. According to entrance polls — which may have had some problems of their own, problems that we’ll discuss shortly — Sanders’s appeal is…
The beginning of the end of the Republican Party has started. On Friday, I told you the Republican Party is dying. Then, yesterday, Ross Douthat in the New York Times echoed my key point. Mine was that the Republican leaders in Washington would see the decline of Donald Trump as proof that they need do…
START “MORE ON” SINGLE STORY BOX v. 2 END “MORE ON” SINGLE STORY BOX v. 2 Almost all presidential campaigns end in failure. But few complete an arc as dramatic as Jeb Bush’s bid: Once considered a highly unlikely candidate, Bush surged almost immediately upon his entry into the pole position, then almost as quickly…
One last time (who are we kidding?) We’ll have your full Nevada/South Carolina wrap up for you bright and early Sunday morning, but there are some things you gotta get on right away. Or at least, just as soon as you’ve finished your soup. Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign is over. It is no more. It…
Donald Trump speaks during a South Carolina Republican primary night event on Saturday in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Paul Sancya / AP If you think the arguments between the Republican candidates have been bad, well, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Pundits, reporters and political analysts are going to really have at it. Two competing theories about…