[Bumped up.] My new piece is up at RightNetwork. In it, I compare the leaders who emerged under two extreme survival situations in South America: the recent Chilean mine accident, and the Andes plane crash of 1972 that inspired the … Continue reading →
Charles Blow of the NY Times writes that Obama is now trying to rally the black vote to come out for him, based not on his record, but on racial solidarity: …[A]ds, on black radio and in black newspapers, simply … Continue reading →
…Joe Klein shows quite a bit of it himself in his hit piece on ignorant commoners like Christine O’Donnell: [O’Donnell] is attractive, to some, because she doesn’t know anything. She couldn’t name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with, not … Continue reading →
Short, punchy, and to the point: [Hat tip: Michael Barone.]
Continue reading →Peter Baker’s interview with President Obama in the NY Times Sunday magazine is entitled “Education of a President.” It is a curious document. It purports to tell what the president and his advisers have learned from their first two years … Continue reading →
The NY Times has an article about how the latest crop of doctors has forgotten—or really, never learned—how to perform a physical exam. Oh, they can take measurements, and they can order tests. But they have come to rely on … Continue reading →
I voted by absentee ballot yesterday. I’m not one to do that, ordinarily. I like going to the polls on voting day. I like the atmosphere of civic duty. I like the people standing around (even in the rain) with … Continue reading →
Federal Judge Roger Vinson has just announced that the anti-HRC lawsuit mounted by 20 states will be allowed to proceed. An excellent decision, IMHO: The judge questioned whether the administration was correct in arguing that all Americans are active participants … Continue reading →
Two-thirds of the way into O’Donnell’s debate with Coons last night, it occurred to James Fallows that she could be more dangerous than Sarah Palin. Why? Because: …she has the idiot bravado of the talk show regular. To echo Bob … Continue reading →
Remember those Amazon widgets on the ride sidebar (four—count ’em, four)? Please use any of them to click through and buy your holiday gifts. Or use them any time you want to purchase books or any of the other gazillion … Continue reading →
There’s a doctor shortage, in case you hadn’t noticed. And it’s likely to get worse as a result of Obamacare: This disease can be traced back to 1997, when Congress, anticipating a doctor surplus, included a section in its budget-balancing … Continue reading →
It’s getting almost amusing. Should Republicans say, “I’m rubber, you’re glue, bounces off me and sticks to you”? Take a look: We have seen this movie before,” Biden told an enthusiastic crowd of about 200 people during a luncheon at … Continue reading →