Christmas

To all who celebrated:  I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!

New York Times editorial

From Dec. 20th:  "Congress Refuses to Do Right by Children’s Health Care"

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/opinion/congress-childrens-healthcare.html

Chanukah

Tonight is the last night of Chanukah. I hope you have had a good holiday, if you have been observing it/celebrating it.

Senator-Elect Jones

Senator-Elect Doug Jones gave a very nice and warm victory speech tonight, in Alabama. The vote, obviously, was extremely close, but it is a great victory--for Mr. Jones, for Alabama, and for the country.

Mr. Trump, on Sen. Gillibrand

A vile tweet from Mr. Trump.  Just disgusting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/us/politics/trump-blames-democrats-for-false-accusations-from-women.html

And this story, from The Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/12/12/trump-sends-sexually-suggestive-and-demeaning-tweet-about-gillibrand/

From E.J. Dionne: "The attacks on Mueller push us closer to the precipice"

Very good essay by Mr. Dionne, in The Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-attacks-on-mueller-push-us-closer-to-the-precipice/2017/12/10/97762606-dddb-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html

Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby: 'I couldn't vote for Roy Moore'

He voted before election day, and says that he cast his ballot for a write-in candidate.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/10/politics/richard-shelby-roy-moore-sotu-cnntv/index.html

"The Roy Moore Yearbook Controversy Shows How Right-Wing Media Distorts Reality to Fit Its Agenda"

From GQ.com:   https://www.gq.com/story/roy-moore-yearbook-controversy-right-wing-media

Mitt Romney on Roy Moore

Mr. Romney said, on Twitter: 'No majority is worth losing our honor, our integrity'

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/12/04/mitt-romney-says-electing-roy-moore-would-stain-both-republican-party-and-country/hxzmtEuvCBtwNGql8N9rrI/story.html

From The Washington Post:

"Woman shares new evidence of relationship with Roy Moore when she was 17"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/woman-shares-new-evidence-of-relationship-with-roy-moore-when-she-was-17/2017/12/04/0c3d1cde-d903-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html