Nobody Asked Me, But...
Laurel Kenner's cabinet of curiosities. In homage to Jimmy Cannon, a newsman who stayed curious
A moment of silence for the Afghani friends we betrayed.
A moment of silence for the Americans who served in Afghanistan, particularly those who lost life and limb.
A moment of contempt for the decisionmakers of the Afghan catastrophe.
A moment of horror that China was the first to recognize the Taliban regime.
Did no one in the White House read Kipling’s Afghan tragedy, “The Man Who Would Be King”?
The Administration’s failure to conduct an orderly exit from Afghanistan leads to a question. Is this the pattern for this president? What happens if China attacks America or its allies? Delusion, ludicrous self-justification, abandonment?
Who is Joe Biden’s puppet master?
Biden’s economic policies are creating catastrophes for students, student loan servicers, student-loan bondholders, renters, small landlords, people on fixed incomes, small business owners, and the children who will bear the unpayable trillions in debt. The very people the stupid policies are meant to help. Listen: 2008 is nothing compared with what’s coming.
Modern Monetary Theory. Modern, my petunias. The king will always try to clip the coin. See Thomas Pynchon’s reality principle. If you stub your toe, friends, it hurts.