[mandaladon]

But if you had told me in late 2016 that almost a year into the Trump era the caliphate would be all-but-beaten without something far worse happening in the Middle East, I would have been surprised and gratified. So very provisionally, credit belongs where it’s due — to our soldiers and diplomats, yes, but to our president as well.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This from the NYT???

[be-baw]

“Why haven’t we noticed this success?”

I’ve been noticing it all along. Then, again, I don’t have my head up my ass like asshat does...

[hinckley buzzard]

Douthat is a Slimes columnist, often mistaken for a conservative because at the Slimes, someone even centrist looks like a right winger.