…grants audiences to his supplicants: The go-it-alone approach has left the [Obama] administration ”” which claims to be the most transparent in United States history ”” essentially making policy from the White House, replacing congressional hearings and floor debates with … Continue reading →
Sometimes I think the answer is “never, unless the victim of the shooting is white.” The idea is that white police should err on the side of their own martyrdom if the victim is black. There is no question that … Continue reading →
I’ll give you moderate Muslims— And brave ones, at that: The two men on the right are almost certainly too young to remember, but the petals of the “Iraqi rose” used to include many Jews. Some were killed and most … Continue reading →
I am familiar with the Just War doctrine of the Catholic Church, and its list of required criteria for action. To me, though, it can all too easily fall under the heading of this couplet by Hillaire Belloc, who happened … Continue reading →
According to the preliminary report of an autopsy requested by the Brown family, Michael Brown was shot six times, four in the right arm and two in the head, the last shot killing him. All were fired from the front. … Continue reading →
…is condemning the persecu—I mean the prosecution—of Governor Rick Perry. As a commenter at Althouse wrote: If you’ve lost Jonathan Chait… In case you’ve forgotten who Jonathan Chait is, he’s a self-confessed Bush-hater par excellence: I hate President George W. … Continue reading →
When I was a child I’d periodically become wildly enthusiastic about something I had read or some music I’d heard, and I’d run to show my parents. “Yes dear, that’s nice,” they’d say absent-mindedly, backing out of the room. I … Continue reading →
The officer who stopped Michael Brown did not do so because he was a suspect in the convenience story robbery, but became suspicious during the course of the exchange with Brown: [Ferguson Police Chief] Jackson said the officer was aware … Continue reading →
Rick Perry becomes the latest in a long line of Republicans who have been the target of malicious prosecution for political reasons: Scott Walker, Tom DeLay, Ted Stevens. He won’t be the last. It is no accident whatsoever that it … Continue reading →
Take a look at this excerpt from a piece by Beutler in TNR about the racial situation in Ferguson, Missouri [emphasis mine]: You’ve probably seen the statistics by now. Ferguson is about two-thirds black. It’s police force is nearly 100 … Continue reading →
…that ISIS is looking to cross our unsecured southern border? And that it will easily succeed?
Continue reading →I keep hearing that Obama has checked out and is no longer interested in being president. But was he ever interested in the work of being president? I don’t think so. From the very start, what interested him was giving … Continue reading →