This?: The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London dealing with the fight against Al-Qaida, regional stability and other Lebanese political issues. Senior British diplomatic sources, quoted in a report in Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai on Wednesday, … Continue reading →
The Times chose to illustrate an article about genetic testing for breast cancer in Israel, a country with a high rate of the disease, with this photo: There’s been a lot of flak about the nipple—or to be more accurate, … Continue reading →
…but please don’t go there. A “big health care marketing campaign” had been planned for December (at your expense, you lucky taxpayers!) to further sell the program to the reluctant public. But that’s been postponed for fear it would be … Continue reading →
Another day, another religious group offended. All in a day’s work for Obama; including the lies about it: The Obama administration, in what’s been called an egregious slap in the face to the Vatican, has moved to shut down the … Continue reading →
The forced Medicaid enrollments and some of their consequences.
Continue reading →The other day I did my laundry. As usual, I looked through all my pockets before I consigned my clothing to the wash. I’ve had too much previous experience with washing Kleenex, for example, although I’ve noticed that in recent … Continue reading →
The cloture and filibuster rules of the Senate have been instrumental in keeping our government from careening wildly back and forth between two extremes. In other words, they have given us stability and forced a certain amount of bipartisanship on … Continue reading →
Good piece by Jonathan S. Tobin: what are Obama’s Jewish supporters to do? In other articles on the Iran deal and its effects (particularly on Israel), see this by William Jacobson. In contrast to many previous foreign policy initiatives (or … Continue reading →
Here’s one of my favorite cartoons ever:
Continue reading →The first act in the Duke lacrosse case were the allegations and the resultant hue and cry and calls for conviction. The second act was the unraveling of the case and the disbarment of prosecutor and DA Mike Nifong, as … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed that quite a few of the senators who voted for the nuclear option justify it by saying some verstion of “the people wanted it.” But actually, “the people” wanted cooperation between the parties, not increased polarization. “The people” … Continue reading →
…and our new enemy, Israel. I get tired sometimes of writing “this is no surprise” about what the Obama administration does. But: this is no surprise. The word “historic,” which has been used in many articles about the deal with … Continue reading →