Obama was always a fluid if vapid speechmaker, although his off-the-cuff statements featured a lot of hemming and hawing. But I’ve noticed something that seems new: hesitancy even when he speaks from a prepared text. Obama now seems to go … Continue reading →
…give him the perfect woman. I suppose it was inevitable. We’ve become so used to the artificial enhancement of body parts that a normal woman has begun to look abnormal. So, why not improve on things with a completely artificial … Continue reading →
…it’s in some big kind of trouble. Herbert is ordinarily one of the most stalwart supporters of whatever the left might be dishing up at the moment. But his relatively clear-minded and well-reasoned opposition to the Cadillac health insurance tax … Continue reading →
The NY Times readership is really really angry—at Janet Napolitano. Take a look at the comments section for this article; here’s a typical sentiment, one of the more moderate of the bunch: On Sunday—even as a supporter of President Obama, … Continue reading →
Now that it’s nearly a year into Obama’s presidency, I find myself having a recurrent experience: I’ll go back and read something from the past, but now with the perspective provided by the passage of time I experience an “aha!” … Continue reading →
Iran is in turmoil, with major demonstrations against the government and a major and violent crackdown on demonstrators by the government, and President Obama is silent once again. Boy, when that man takes a vacation, it’s really a vacation. “Ah, … Continue reading →
I happen to love these two works of music by Czech composer Leos Janácek, from his piano cycle of thirteen pre-WWI pieces called “On an Overgrown Path.” I love that evocative title. They fit the somber mood of the present … Continue reading →
I haven’t read this book, but it sounds as though it could be apropos: Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys.
Continue reading →President Obama is vacationing in Hawaii, and hasn’t yet deigned to address the nation on the subject of the Flight 253 terrorist. Instead, he has left that task in the very unsteady hands of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who … Continue reading →
A few observations on the case of Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian Muslim who tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines jetliner on Christmas day, but ended up following in Richard Reid’s footsteps (pun intended): (1) It seems to … Continue reading →
Please take a look at my new article at Pajamas Media, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Social Justice.” The subject is health care reform, but the real subject is the threat to liberty represented by the left’s agenda and … Continue reading →
Among all the other disturbing trends of the Obama era, we have the specter of an MSM that has completely abdicated its duty to report fairly and to (remember this quaint phrase?) question authority. Many have pointed out that this … Continue reading →