IT'S GOTTEN MUCH WORSE SINCE JANUARY:

And it's going to get worse yet. Hopefully a cure can be found in 2020....

VETO BETO. O'Rourke isn't playing well outside Vanity Fair.

Wise woman warning: “My fellow citizens, the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.”

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES (Varsity Blues Edition) is excellent this week. My favorite is the annual clock-changing ritual

but there are many, many more. Go see them all, but especially Scrooge McDuck's Yale admissions essay, How Socialism Works, Bernie Sanders' 52 week vacation plan, 'Now Available in Irish Cream', and Squeaky Toy.

THE REST OF THE STORY: The real man in the MAGA hat.

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: Explaining Texas. It's obvious from the blog post that the author of God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State has never been south of Riverside Drive or north of Sixth Street in Austin (with a possible exception for the University of Texas main campus between MLK Boulevard and Manor Road).

WHY DEMOCRATS LOVE O'ROURKE:

Beto gets away with drunken car accidents like a Kennedy, he appropriates other cultures like Elizabeth Warren, and he marries into wealth like John Kerry. He’s the total package!

And he steals from Al Gore.

Now if he were just a minority female....

POT TO KETTLE: Elizabeth Warren has no sympathy for college scammers. Unless they're 1/1024 Native American.

PLEASE DON'T! Nikki Haley risks turning into Jeb!

DUTCH ORCHESTRA walks out on Muslim guest conductor.

When the most liberal country in Europe pulls the plug on Islam, the world is beginning to see the light. Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands attended a concert in the capital, Amsterdam. The Guest Conductor, who just happens to be Muslim, proceeded to give the Queen a lecture on the "beauty" of Islam. The entire orchestra got up and walked out, refusing to be associated with someone lecturing their Queen. The staff of the music hall escorted the conductor off-stage, and after questioning, out of the building.

Now that took courage. Good for the people of Holland. Watch the walk out.

It's not a good idea to insult your host.

From my email.