Yesterday in the thead about the deficit there appeared this thought-provoking comment by Geoffrey Britain, in which he described the prevailing liberal/left mindset. Here’s an excerpt We’re not really dealing with Machiavellian malevolence, we’re dealing with immature, arrested emotional development … Continue reading →
It’s not the message, stupid! But the New York Times, a goodly portion of Obama’s remaining supporters, and the Obama administration itself seem to continue to think (or to pretend?) that it is. This Times piece focuses on how David … Continue reading →
…has mortgaged our future, saying it’s okay because the good times will start rolling soon. Or are they aiming for the collapse of the economy?
Continue reading →What is White House jello? No, it doesn’t refer to Obama’s spine. It refers to this work of jello art, constructed by Liz Hickok, and sent to me by a thoughtful reader:
Continue reading →I saw the above question in the comments section of a post at Althouse, and I believe the answer is “yes.” But the reason I say this may surprise you. It’s not any one action or decision, or even several. … Continue reading →
If you’re finding it difficult to understand exactly how reconciliation would work in terms of the current bills regarding health care reform, you’re not alone. To clarify—or perhaps to add to your confusion—here are two somewhat opposing articles on the … Continue reading →
An excellent interview with Thomas Sowell. The point he makes reminds me of the following, one of my favorite quotes from the work of Czech novelist Milan Kundera: For example, communists used to believe that in the course of capitalist … Continue reading →
Yesterday John Patick Bedell walked up to the Pentagon and shot two officers there before being killed himself. Bedell hated George Bush and was a 9/11-truther. And yet Peter Grier of the Christian Science Monitor calls him he was a … Continue reading →
It appears that a military trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is looking mighty good to the Obama administration right about now. The strange thing is that those legal geniuses, Obama and Holder, didn’t see that to begin with. I’m not … Continue reading →
Our MSM has been relatively quiet about it, but Iraq is having another election, and democracy seems to be taking hold there. Oh, how awful those evil neocons were to have ruined a perfectly good country!
Continue reading →Parsnips have gotten a bad rap. Although I’m not sure why they are so often either detested or ignored, I’ve got some ideas. For starters, they look like wan and bleached-out versions of their cousin the carrot. But I think … Continue reading →
Last fall Obama engineered a photo-op featuring an audience of white-coated doctors to show he had the support of the medical profession for health care reform. As he stood at the podium, he was also flanked by four more of … Continue reading →