Note: I have a grudging sympathy for Senator Cruz in this case. I suspect life in the United States Senate is more pressured than is generally recognized. It might be difficult, on camera and in the absence of the right phrase, to avoid reflexively blurting out in public what you hear repeated countless times in…

Jimmy Kimmel has returned in triumph as government censorship finally loses one. His second late night back was even better than his first: The part that defines Trump accurately begins at 5:22 and goes under a minute and a half. Here is my transcript: I talk about Trump more than anything because he’s a bully.…

This is pretty much how it is: More insight from our raging rivers of internet wisdom: Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson has some carefully balanced thoughts on the silencing of Charlie Kirk by bullet. James declines to blame one side of the political divide or the other, and decries attempts to blame anyone but the assassin.…

And so, another killing of a political activist. As law enforcement continued to investigate, at that point not having identified the sniper who took the life of Charlie Kirk, tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors contrasts political reactions (elevation of the victim, condemnation of political opponents, and so on) with responses to the recent assassinations of…

Ben and Zara show how parents can communicate with their kids, with just a little more effort: This week’s insights come from our time tested visionary sources: Jason Linkins reacts to the reactions at a horrible administration economic report, as the expected new 75,000 jobs turns into a disastrous 22,000. really the definition of an understatement to call…

Historical Note: In 40 AD, the Emperor Caligula announced he would conquer Britain and marched his army to the water’s edge of the English Channel. Things didn’t work out, but Caligula was determined not to go back to Rome in humiliation. So he had his troops devote their time to walking the beaches, gathering seashells.…

From @MaverickMother, a generational bridge: (The effort required from those of us born during the Truman administration will be rewarded) I might try that myself, if I can get a note from my doctor. Until then, words of wisdom from those with the words and the wisdom: From The Borowitz Report: Ghislaine Maxwell becomes the…

Shamelessly stolen from bluebird of bitterness: Now we lower our buckets into the pristine waters of internet wisdom: Trump comes out of the Alaska summit flawlessly repeating one of the lessons Putin so carefully teaches. Putin only invaded Ukraine after he was provoked by President Biden. Dave Dubya responds with what some might regard as…

Found via Nan’s Notebook, a brief bit of irony about tragedy: For wisdom, we traverse a dark universe to reach our familiar shining stars: Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged considers this week’s Respite‑from‑Epstein Alaska summit from the viewpoint of relative mental ability as Trump eagerly gives away the store and more. She begins with this:…

My prediction: This teacher and student will go places (Gets especially surprising 20 seconds in): Whew! Now we travel the wisdom train to our tried and true, well-tried and very true, locations: Tommy Christopher watches Maggie Haberman take apart Donald Trump for his conspicuous dodging of the one big question: Why the sudden, mysterious transfer…