AT AMAZON, deals in Exercise and Fitness.

Plus, shop the Hunting Gift Guide.

And, deals for Backyard Enthusiasts.

WELL, TO BE FAIR, THEY WERE INTERNED BY A DEMOCRAT: Amanda Sakuma: My Family Was Interned. Now They’re With Trump.

A rapid assimilation into American culture defined how my family responded to their years in confinement. While they were Americans on paper even before the war, afterward, they were willing to make any sacrifice to prove it. For my relatives who were interned, that assimilation, and love for this country, found a new expression in supporting Mr. Trump.

To prove their loyalty decades earlier, my great-uncles joined the Army, some fighting for the 442nd Infantry, a unit of Japanese-Americans that was one of the most highly decorated units in American wartime history.

My grandfather and his siblings had names like Akira, Atsusa, Takashi and Satoru.

A generation later their sons were given unmistakably Western names: Richard, Steve, David and Glenn.

My dad, an all-American-as-possible star on the high school football team, never learned to speak a word of Japanese. Though his grandparents lived until he was in his teens, he couldn’t communicate with them without an interpreter.

Now we tell immigrants they don’t need to assimilate.

DAVID HOGBERG: Alexander Hamilton Was Stupid:

Actually, Alexander Hamilton was a brilliant man. But even brilliant men sometimes advance ideas that turn out to be spectacularly wrong-headed. Such is the case with Hamilton’s Federalist Paper No. 68.

This long-forgotten work is suddenly relevant because a bunch of celebrities–some famous, some you’ve never heard of, and one whose plastic surgery makes you go “DEAR GOD!”–have appeared in a “public service” ad imploring the electors to the Electoral College to vote for someone other than Donald Trump. Citing Federalist Paper No. 68, they claim that Hamilton designed the electoral college to ensure that the only persons who were to “an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications” would be President.

The “DEAR GOD!” is certainly merited.

TROLL-LEVEL: SITH LORD. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Is the Most Pro-Trump Film Since Home Alone 2.

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR AMMO? Consider my former students’ company, Luckygunner.com.

STAR WARS: THE BALLAD OF JEK PORKINS.

Immediate take on Rogue One: It wasn’t terrible, but A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back aren’t going to lose too much sleep being overtaken by this latest Star Wars movie, an assembly line production with the requisite killer production design and digital effects, but starring characters with little warmth and empathy to emotionally bond with. When the most intriguing characters are the CGI waxworks recreation of Peter Cushing’s Gov. Tarkin, and a reprogrammed battle droid, perhaps it’s time for the writers to check their premises. Watch for further thoughts, likely later this week.

WHY ARE BIG-MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS SO RACIST? Do I detect condescension in the NYT’s attitude toward the sort of women who find “camaraderie” in hair salons?

WEEKLY STANDARD: The Liberal Ideological Complex:

We do not always see this collaboration so clearly, because we tend to view each aspect of it as unique and not part of a larger picture. We look, for example, at public sector unions as a labor issue. We look at funding for Planned Parenthood through the lens of abortion policy. We look at EPA regulations and grants in terms of global warming and job destruction. And so on and so forth, down to the smallest, most narrowly tailored grant awards of the federal government.

Yet in each of these cases, the complex functions in essentially the same way. Federal funds are provided for organizations that carry out liberal policies. In turn, these groups employ like-minded staff and both the leadership and the staff of these groups contribute money, time, and services to the politicians who favor this use of federal funds. This creates a vicious circle in which campaign funds are indirectly skimmed off the top of taxpayer-funded organizations, all in the service of liberal ideology.

When progressives helped to replace the spoils system with government by so-called experts, they aimed to professionalize the government. The goal was to put policy decisions into the hands of intelligent and highly trained bureaucrats who would know the interests of Americans better than average Americans did themselves. Here is the basis for the extraordinary willfulness of progressive government, a matter that has been remarked upon frequently.

Read the whole thing.

YES, BUT YOU CAN’T HAVE “DIVERSITY” WITHOUT STEREOTYPES: William Easterly: Stereotypes Are Poisoning American Politics.

CHANGE: The Very First Ford GTs Are Rolling Off the Assembly Line.

650 HP: Driving The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Coupe. “Imagine a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that can corner, a Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 with an additional 124 horsepower, and a BMW M4 with great steering. The Camaro ZL1 is all of these things and more.”

AT AMAZON, save on Bestselling Appliances.

Plus, shop the Fishing Gift Guide.

Plus, today only at Amazon: Save on H&R Block 2016 Tax Software.

And, also today only: Save on classic series on Blu-ray and DVD.

Plus: Up to 40% off on select Baby Items.

And: Save up to 50% on select soccer products.

Plus: Save 60% or more on Fine Jewelry.

A MODEST PROPOSAL for managing the bureaucracy.

WHY ARE BLUE STATES SO ANTI-SCIENCE? California’s Fight with Uber’s Self-Driving Car.

THE CLINTON ARCHIPELAGO, as spotted by conservative talk radio host John Cardillo:

I’M SO OLD I REMEMBER WHEN PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA WAS PROMISING TRANSPARENCY: Snowden’s ‘Proper Channel’ For Whistleblowing Being Booted From The NSA For Retaliating Against A Whistleblower.

But no worries. As of January 20, 2017, whistleblowing will be patriotic again!

MATT YGLESIAS’ FAILED PREDICTIONS AND VIOLENT RHETORIC. IS GE HAPPY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH VOX? THE GREAT MOMENTS OF ONE OF OBAMA’S APPROVED MOUTHPIECES.

And since it’s not highlighted in the above link, let’s recall this great moment, courtesy of Slate, owned by the Graham family, whom until recently, also owned the Washington Post: 

Just think of Matt as a Democrat operative with a byline creating socialist performance art, and you won’t go far wrong:

THE DORK IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE: Hands-on with a $434 replica lightsaber.

FASTER, PLEASE: Diluting the Power of the Liberal Ideological Complex.

WELL, SURE, NOW SHE DOES: A.G. Lynch says she regrets tarmac meeting with Bill Clinton.

But if Hillary had won she’d be parlaying this into a Supreme Court seat.

I REMEMBER WHEN TOSSING AROUND POLITICIZED CHARGES OF TREASON WAS BEYOND THE PALE OF DECENCY: Democrats already accusing Trump of “treason” a month before he takes office.

UPDATE: Kellyanne Conway explains why they’re losing it.

BY 2017, THIS SORT OF THING WILL SEEM QUAINT: Dropbox Roasted for ‘Diversity’ Tweet Featuring Too Many White People.

ANDREW KLAVAN DIAGNOSES THE TROUBLE WITH STAR WARS.

This afternoon, I’ll be one of the very few people in America screening Rogue One.

OBAMA VOTER ANN ALTHOUSE ON MICHELLE OBAMA’S HOPELESSNESS: “Michelle Obama seems to confuse the past and the future in a strange way that relates to a criticism of Democrats one often hears: Their political strategy relies on maintaining economic dependency and feelings of victimhood. To say you must have hope is — think about it — a euphemistic way to say you must continue to feel needy.”

IF THIS WERE HAPPENING TO HILLARY ELECTORS, PAUL KRUGMAN WOULD BE CALLING FOR MARTIAL LAW: Harassment of GOP electors continues as vote nears.