After all this time has passed and I’ve written all these words on the subject, the spell Obama has been able to weave still puzzles me. I first noticed the phenomenon in early 2008, when an apolitical and very intelligent … Continue reading →
The families of James Foley and Steven Sotloff have complained about the Obama administration’s threats to prosecute them if they tried to ransom their loved ones. It is completely understandable why the families would be upset about this. How could … Continue reading →
It may have come as a surprise to some people when Ted Cruz got booed when he called for solidarity with Israel when addressing a group of Christian Arabs as keynote speaker, because American Christians these days tend to be … Continue reading →
Foreign Policy eviscerates Obama’s (foreign policy, that is). Excerpt: …[U]nlike Bush, whose flaw-riddled first-term foreign policy was followed by important and not fully appreciated second-term course corrections, Obama seems steadfast in his resistance both to learning from his past errors … Continue reading →
For those of you who aren’t keen on breakfast: no need to eat it. I’ve never been much of a breakfast eater, even as a child. In my case it goes with not being a morning person. Over the years … Continue reading →
The author of this WaPo piece, Janet Harris, says that for most women the decision to have an abortion is not a difficult one: Getting an abortion is expensive ”” not as costly as carrying a baby to term or … Continue reading →
I’ve already discussed how flat and emotionless President Obama was when he gave his speech on ISIS Wednesday evening. But what I didn’t mention was that most Americans, if called on to talk extemporaneously about the subject, could have easily … Continue reading →
…are screwed: Over one-third of Likely U.S. Voters remain unaware which political party controls the House of Representatives and which has a majority in the Senate – less than two months before an election that may put one party in … Continue reading →
Ben Domenech thinks Americans have remained consistently Jacksonian: Despite the opinion of elites on either extreme ”“ whether motivated by humanitarian or democracy project aims ”“ the fact is that, 13 years after 9/11, it’s remarkable how coherent and consistent … Continue reading →
If you’re the superstitious type, thirteen is an ominous number. But we don’t need superstition to feel bad about what’s been going on in the world lately. For a few years not all that long ago, the threat of terrorism … Continue reading →
I didn’t—or at least, I didn’t remember them after thirteen years: By most accounts, Danny Lewin was the first victim of 9/11. Seated in seat 9B aboard American Airlines flight 11, he saw Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari, sitting just … Continue reading →
I was out when President Obama gave his speech tonight, so I didn’t hear it live. I rarely listen to political speeches anyway, and certainly not often to his; I prefer to read them (for the reasons stated here). But … Continue reading →