One wonders…
…whether environmental activists are really as upset about the consequences of the oil spill as they say they are. They’re certainly not acting like it.
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Reflections on the Rolling Stone McChrystal article
Well, I’ve read the article that may be the undoing of General McChrystal’s military career, and perhaps even the Afghan war itself [I wrote that sentence before I saw the breaking news that McChrystal is gone and Petraeus has been … Continue reading →
Beware the lame-duck Congress: is cap and trade dead?
There have been so many issues coming up fast and furious lately that the mind reels. But remember cap and trade? This administration does. Here’s my new PJ article speculating on what they might do about it.
Continue reading →A heartfelt thanks
My semi-annual week of asking for donations has ended, and I want to thank everyone who contributed. It’s a cliche, but it bears repeating: no matter how small or large, every amount is deeply appreciated. In these difficult financial times … Continue reading →
How to get Obama’s attention: insult him
Funny thing, isn’t it, how quickly McChrystal was summoned for a White House audience for his insubordination, whereas back when the president was mulling over the Afghanistan troop request, McChrystal could barely get a word with his commander-in-chief? The following … Continue reading →
Loose lips: the McChrystal article
General Stanley McChrystal, top guy in Afghanistan, was summoned to the White House with some splainin to do after an incendiary piece appeared in Rolling Stone in which the general and his aides criticized the US ambassador to Afghanistan, as … Continue reading →
And now for something completely different
[Hat tip (literally): Vanderleun at American Digest.] It’s not easy to look good in a hat, although it helps to be beautiful to begin with, and to have classic features and well-defined cheekbones. Hats used to be part of most … Continue reading →
Steyn on anti-Semitism
This Mark Steyn piece is well worth reading. In it, he offers an excellent description of that widespread, long-lasting, multi-faceted, over-determined, much-explained yet ultimately mysterious phenomenon: anti-Semitism. Wherever a Jew is, whatever a Jew is, he should be something else … Continue reading →
Is Rahm on the way out?
Richard Fernandez speculates on the news that Rahm Emanuel is planning to leave the White House by the end of the year. As with most administrations, the true story of the inner workings of Obama’s has yet to be told, … Continue reading →
Obama rubber, Bush glue
Isn’t it interesting how those defending Obama seem to have come down for the most part to the repetition of a single assertion: “Bush did it, too!” Their statement isn’t even necessarily true, although sometimes it is. Nor is the … Continue reading →
Bumping up again
[NOTE: I’ll be bumping this post up to the top for only a couple more days. Please scroll down for new posts.] [ADDENDUM 6/17: For those who mentioned that I should change from PayPal because of what they did to … Continue reading →
Would this be an impeachable offense?
You be the judge. Of course, that’s merely a rhetorical question. With this particular Congress in place, there is no offense Obama could commit that would result in his impeachment. And it’s all Bush’s fault, anyway.
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