Rick Perry at CPAC
I leave it to others to talk about his speech (see also this). It’s the glasses that got my attention. Kudos, excellent!: And for those who say this is superficial trivia, of course it is, but it’s the sort of … Continue reading →
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De Blasio’s war on Success*
Mayor Bill di Blasio of New York has wasted little time in his attempt to destroy the charter schools which serve the low-income minorities of New York and provide at least some children of their number with a good education: … Continue reading →
How it works when you’re Pravda
Before I get into the details of this, let me just state that the NY Times knows exactly what it’s doing. You may think the manipulation and/or lies of the editors are transparent, but not for a lot of its … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Did Obama stab John Kerry in the back?
Or is this even true? Is it actually one of those “good-cop/bad-cop” tales instead? I don’t know, but I vote for “true.” I think very little of John Kerry, but I think more of him than I do of Obama. … Continue reading →
Liberal bait-and-switch; FDR’s charity
Be sure to read this article by William Voegeli in National Review detailing the history of Obama’s and the Democrats’ deceptions about Obamacare. If you think you’ve read tons before about the same thing—well, you probably have, but not quite … Continue reading →
Acquainted with the White
[NOTE: Gerard Vanderleun recycled an old post of his at American Digest, an ode to the rainy season in Seattle. Which reminds me that, way back when, I wrote an answering poem—only mine was an ode to snow season in … Continue reading →
I guess those canceled health insurance plans must have been not-so-very-junky after all…
…because now they’re being extended until October of 2016—that is, until further notice from our fearless leader, Barack Obama. The audacious transparency of this move is almost breathtaking. Obama must truly think the American people are incredibly stupid and won’t … Continue reading →
A first? Enough Democrats in the Senate say no to Obama…
…to defeat his nominee for the head of the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, Debo Adegbile, a choice that raised an unusual amount of criticism because Adegbile had defended convicted cop-killer and leftist darling Mumial Abu-Jamal. The LA Times … Continue reading →
Being a liberal
I wanted to highlight a discussion from yesterday’s comments section. First, from commenter “DNW”, who is quoting me and then asking a question: neo-neocon Says:… “Most of my friends are garden-variety liberals. And most are relatively apolitical, although they vote. … Continue reading →
Why did the intelligence community fail to predict Putin’s actions in Ukraine?
Why was our intelligence community caught flat-footed about Putin’s moves? That’s a question being asked on Capitol Hill, and in Politico. One answer is, “No, it wasn’t.” That one was given by James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, and CIA … Continue reading →
Playing to the cheap seats
Interesting article by David Weigel in Slate: Romney was right. Why was Obama wrong? Because, I think, he was willfully blurring the distinction between “geopolitical” and other sorts of threats. He was playing to the cheap seats. Voters do not … Continue reading →