Another one bites the dust
Jay Carney steps down as Obama’s press secretary. I can’t believe he lasted as long as he did. What an awful, awful job. His successor is named Josh Earnest, which sounds like a joke name but is not.
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On radio later today
The plan is for me to be interviewed by Lars Larson today, around 6:45 PM Eastern time (3:45 PM Pacific time). The general topic will be the Ibrahim Ishag case, although other things might come up. The interview should last … Continue reading →
Second wind
Pretty astounding kick:
Continue reading →Feet of clay and naked emperors
Even the WaPo seems to have noticed that Obama has been attacking a host of strawmen. And the WaPo is not alone; the NY Times suggested something similar when it wrote, as part of its editorial about Obama’s West Point … Continue reading →
What’s Obama’s problem?
He’s too modest. No, really, just too modest. And what’s he too modest about? All the efforts he’s made around the world. Let’s give him an A for effort: Among this administration’s many, many flaws is that its public presentation … Continue reading →
Shinseki resigns
President Obama has announced that he’s accepted Shinseki’s resignation. Shinseki is guilty of more or less the same thing Obama is guilty of re the VA: being informed of the abuses and doing essentially nothing. Too bad Obama won’t accept … Continue reading →
Maybe Obama should get a new speechwriter
Richard Fernandez, that is. My favorite line: “There’s no problem so pressing that you can’t forget it by changing the subject.” It’s a brilliant, brilliant piece. [Hat tip: commenter “J.J.”]
Continue reading →Risky childhood play
A while back The Atlantic had an article by Hanna Rosin describing how it was that in just a couple of generations Americans became intolerant of exposing their children to what used to be considered normal risks. Some of it … Continue reading →
The public does not ♥ Obamacare
Despite all efforts, Obama and the Democrats have not been able to make the public like Obamacare, a fact reflected in polls such as this one from Gallup. This is the chart that must make them gnash their teeth: It … Continue reading →
How widespread is the VA rot?
It now appears that an award-winning VA hospital in Texas was cooking the books for years—falsifying wait times in order to keep winning those awards and bonuses. Investigations went nowhere: Emails and VA memos obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast … Continue reading →
The search of the area where “pings” were heard…
…thought initially to possibly be from the missing Malaysian airplane is complete, and it has turned up nothing. Back to the drawing board. The linked article calls the fate of the airplane and its passengers “one of aviation’s most baffling … Continue reading →
Obama goes to battle against straw men…
…and loses: Headline: Greatest Orator Since Cicero Successfully Refutes That Which Was Never Contended Variously seen on Twitter, spoofs of Obama’s foreign policy address to the commencement class at West Point: Lachlan Markay: “”Some say we should nuke the entire … Continue reading →