The good and the bad, emphasis on Trib and Sun-Times
He touches all bases.
Over the last week, Donald Trump has delivered a series of remarkable speeches that have, in my view, reinvigorated his candidacy.
The most recent was yesterday, in Charlotte. The speech has gotten a lot of attention, much of it directed to Trump’s sort-of-apology for some of the rude things he said during the primary season. No doubt Trump is trying to unify the party and mend fences, but in context, . . .
Read the rest.
Source: Trump 2.0? | Power Line
Ferro is a dealer, for sure. Has unwelcome buyer raising the price.
Gannett Co. has privately sweetened its bid for Tronc Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, hoping to overcome resistance to a sale from the parent of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.
Still won’t sell, is my bet.
Not a bad lead for an editorial:
Donald J. Trump named as his new campaign chief on Wednesday a conservative media provocateur whose news organization regularly attacks the Republican Party establishment, savages Hillary Clinton and encourages Mr. Trump’s most pugilistic instincts.
Sorry. My bad. A news story. Tsk. I should read the Times more often. I wouldn’t make that mistake.
“Inappropriate touching,” for one thing.
A heartbeat away, compliments of DEMOCRATS. (Would have to be. No Repub could get away with it.)
It wasn’t immediately clear what the test—he called it “extreme vetting,” a phrase that didn’t appear in his prepared remarks—would include, but Mr. Trump suggested he would ban not only terrorist sympathizers but those who believe in Shariah law, don’t believe in the U.S. Constitution or “support bigotry and hatred.”
Shariah law is the legal system of Islam that governs public and private behavior.
Blithe Spirit 