New Year’s resolve
Well, I broke my first New Year’s resolution of 2010 before I even got out of bed today. The idea was to keep more reasonable hours. How about you? Any resolves, broken or un? As far as kissing the decade … Continue reading →
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Democrats don’t need no steenking school vouchers
The successful and popular private school voucher program in Washington DC has been killed by Democrats, no doubt in order to reward their friends in the teachers’ union. Remind me, please, why is it that black people still support Democrats … Continue reading →
David Broder, tool
David Broder, tool: It came as no surprise to anyone who knows her that Napolitano handled the [Flight 253 bomber) incident and its aftermath with aplomb. In the years I have known her, she has managed every challenge that has … Continue reading →
New Years Eve: what are you doing?
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited version of a previous post.] I have a confession to make: I’m not extraordinarily fond of New Years Eve. Oh, back when I was a very little kid I remember liking it very much indeed. … Continue reading →
Shelby Steele on Obama’s emptiness
Shelby Steele writes another impressive article about President Obama. In it, he offers the following analysis: Mr. Obama won the presidency by achieving a symbiotic bond with the American people: He would labor not to show himself, and Americans would … Continue reading →
Voting over—I’m still regent
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva contest. Voting has closed and Pam Geller has won (she’s really more the diva type anyway, don’t you think?). But thanks to all you stalwart … Continue reading →
Can Scott Brown become the forty-first Senate Republican?
Scott Brown, you ask? Who’s that? Or maybe you already know who Brown is, because you’re such a bunch of political junkies. Right now he’s the best (although perhaps least-known) hope of throwing a wrench into the Obamacare works. Brown … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson…
…on Obama’s year of magical thinking.
Continue reading →The curve of an Instalanche
{NOTE: I got an Instalanche yesterday for the Obama disfluency post, and the response of my sitemeter reminded me of this article, which originally appeared on Dec. 1, 2008. I thought it would be fun to republish a slightly-edited and … Continue reading →
Obama’s Dukakis moment
President Obama has often been compared to Jimmy Carter. But lately it occurs to me that there’s a lot of resemblance to presidential candidate Mike Dukakis, who failed a basic emotional test in his response to a hypothetical asked during … Continue reading →
This would explain a lot
Funny stuff: White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase Or maybe not so funny after all. [Hat tip: commenter “ms”]
Continue reading →The Obama administration trifecta
I found this pithy and trenchant description of the Obama administration at Ace’s: All the ethical integrity of the Clinton administration combined with the economic acumen of the Carter administration and rounded off with the domestic policy and war-fighting expertise … Continue reading →