Storming the Capitol with Jenna Ellis

Jamison KoehlerMiscellaneous, Politics

Her voice is soft and tentative.  She may be trying to apologize, but the sniffling makes it hard to understand her.  What is clear is that she is feeling pretty sorry for herself.  If I stood next to her at a plea hearing in D.C. Superior Court, she would not have impressed me as someone with any substance or maturity.  …

Riding the Acela with Matt Gaetz

Jamison KoehlerMiscellaneous, Politics

I spend a lot of time on the Acela.    So too do other people I have encountered in the quiet car over the last year or so:  Tony Fauci, Matt Gaetz, Charlie Gibson, John King, Elise Stefanik, Karine Jean-Pierre, Joe Walsh, and Dan Goldman.  In some cases, such as with Gaetz or Stefanik, I have had to suppress the …

Trump as tragic hero

Jamison KoehlerMiscellaneous, Politics

Like Oedipus, the classic tragic hero who was felled by his excessive pride and self-righteousness, Trump has been done in by his own personal failings. I am convinced, for example, that but for the fallout from Trump’s narcissism, he would have gone down in history as a successful two-term president.