The only surprise, perhaps, is that the LA Times is covering it: The large subsidies for health insurance that helped fuel the successful drive to sign up some 8 million Americans for coverage under the Affordable Care Act may push … Continue reading →
In the end, will anything much be done about all these suspiciously lost IRS emails and the larger IRS scandal? Will the buck stop somewhere, and if so where? And how? It certainly won’t be easy to get at the … Continue reading →
One dire prognostication that might come true: The fall of Mosul and the advance of ISIS””the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida offshoot””toward Baghdad last week prompted headlines warning that Islamist militants aim to redraw the map … Continue reading →
First we have Jen Psaki, State Department spokesperson and former spokesperson for President Obama, “answering” some questions from James Rosen, Fox News correspondent and recent Justice Department investigatee, about the capture of the Benghazi suspect: “There are a range of … Continue reading →
…when the administration trots out excuses as stupendously preposterous as the idea that the emails of Lois Lerner and six other IRS higher-ups have disappeared in perfectly-timed crashes. That’s a tale that literally no one believes. One can only conclude … Continue reading →
…a good idea: “Child Migrants” Surge into NYC, Overwhelming the System I’m glad it’s happening in NYC. In fact, I think it would be a good idea for any state experiencing this problem to put their “child migrants” on a … Continue reading →
More and more IRS emails gone missing: six more employees’ email records, to be exact. Even before this new “accident” was announced, Sharyl Attkisson had a great comment on the loss of Lerner’s emails: There is a responsibility on the … Continue reading →
The Benghazi terrorism suspect Abu Khattala has been captured in a secret raid and is on his way to the US. So, that’s one terrorist captured, five Taliban kingpins released from Gitmo, and an enormous army of other Islamicist terrorists … Continue reading →
That headline of mine was a trick. No, George Bush hasn’t commented on present events in Iraq, probably because he doesn’t believe it helpful for ex-presidents to criticize their successors. But he already described the whole thing back in 2007, … Continue reading →
—abhors a vacuum. And so Iran rushes in where Obama fears to tread: U.S. and senior Iraqi officials tell The Daily Beast that Iran is now offering the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki its army, its spies and highly … Continue reading →
Words seem exceedingly inadequate right now. And yet as a blogger, that’s what I do. Just in the last few days I’ve written drafts or short notes for about 50 new posts that I haven’t even gotten around to finishing … Continue reading →
…who predicted the whole trajectory of post-occupation Iraq back in December of 2011 when the SOFA deal fell through. Rick Francona gets to say “I told you so,” although I doubt that gives him much satisfaction at this point. No, … Continue reading →