CBS reports that a source says that the Benghazi talking points were changed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, without the knowledge of the White House. Let me stipulate a few things. The first is that I … Continue reading →
…let’s encourage new immigrants to apply for welfare. And then let’s refuse to comply with a Senate oversight request about it. Because we can. One would almost think that this administration would like to turn the whole country into California: … Continue reading →
I haven’t written about the current crisis between Israel and Hamas yet because most of what I have to say is a rehash of previous posts from similar skirmishes. The usual suspects say the usual things, and there’s the usual … Continue reading →
Have you ever noticed the books in the photograph that makes up my blog header? The one on top is the collected works of Robert Frost, and the one below is the second volume of William Manchester’s biography of Winston … Continue reading →
To add to this post I wrote on Saturday, Romney’s “missing” McCain-vote total is now down to approximately 250,000 votes. As Gabriel Malor at Ace’s points out, Romney got more votes than McCain (and more votes than George Bush) in … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’ll be bumping this up to the top every now and then through the holidays, just as a reminder.] How’s that for shameless self-promotion? In the process of writing this post I realized that once again it’s November. It’s … Continue reading →
Here are some fabulous dance pictures. No photoshopping and no tricks, although you might find that hard to believe. Here’s just one example, to whet your appetite:
Continue reading →I know quite a few people who don’t think all that highly of President Obama but don’t think he’s all that unusual. They see him instead as a typical politician doing typical political things. Now and then I’ve tried to … Continue reading →
Remember that in the 2012 presidential election Romney was supposed to be missing 2 million or more votes from the total cast for McCain in 2008? Remember when I wrote the following two days after the election?: The latest figures … Continue reading →
Some have said the solution for the Republican Party is to nominate fewer old white guys. So let’s have some Hispanics, blacks, women, what-have-you. Just one problem—have you noticed that any members of those groups who have an “R” after … Continue reading →
Reports are that Petraeus has testified that yes, the CIA knew quite early on that the Benghazi attack was probably terrorism, and no, the CIA wasn’t responsible for Susan Rice’s final talking points, the ones from which that information had … Continue reading →
Is it really over? The iconic American trio of Wonder Bread, Ding Dongs, and Twinkies, done in by a strike? Apparently so: We deeply regret the necessity of today’s decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather … Continue reading →