I think "populist" is fair there. The consistency in his inconsistency is that he's taken an Elites vs People, Them vs Us (i.e. populist) line. In March, herd immunity was a wicked pla… (View Post)

"It was bluebell time in Beverly Hills. And what could be more typically Californian than hearing the gentle thwack of..." (View Post)

I do love Lord Denning judgments. Although they did make him Master of the Rolls purely so they could get him out of the House of Lords (at the time - Supreme Court now) such that there was always a … (View Post)

That's all the more impressive from Ford in that he'd lost an election. With the Bush to Obama transition, okay Obama ran on a fresh start message and was criticising the previous administr… (View Post)

Dubya was a dire President in many ways, including on the Middle East, environment, New Orleans response, and preparedness for economic crash. But the more one hears about him, the more one has to co… (View Post)