It’s enough to make you weep. During Obama’s announcement that soon he’ll be making an announcement about the number of troops in Afghanistan, he said: After eight years ”” some of those years in which we did not have, I … Continue reading →
By now you’ve probably all heard the remarkable case of Rom Houben, the young man trapped in a paralyzed body for 23 years, unable to communicate and thought to be in a vegetative state. Recent brain scans indicated much more … Continue reading →
Nag, nag, nag, that’s all I seem to do with President Obama these days (not that he listens to me, but still). In the meantime, Michelle Obama hasn’t been on my radar screen much, although nearly a year ago I … Continue reading →
Indications are that President Obama is sliding downward in the public’s estimation. For the first time, for example, all the polls show his approval rating falling below 50% (here’s the NY Times’s spin on that). Just as significantly, all but … Continue reading →
The buzz is that President Obama will finally announce his Afghanistan decision on December 1, and that the magic number of troops sent will be 34,000. If so (and I must emphasize that this information is based on anonymous leaks, … Continue reading →
“Dark side,” you ask? Isn’t it all pretty dark? Perhaps. But this article by therapist Robin of Berkeley goes even deeper into the heart of darkness that is Palin-hatred.
Continue reading →It’s been clear for quite some time that the AGW controversy has morphed from a scientific to a religious war—although in this case, it’s the AGW scientists who are the “religious” fanatics. That sort of situation cannot help but spell … Continue reading →
Byron York continues on the Walpin case, even if hardly anyone else is paying attention (something the Obama administration is banking on). York writes that, just a few hours after Senator Charles Grassley and Representative Darrell Issa had presented a … Continue reading →
Even though Sarah Palin is out of office and has been for some time, she continues to call forth a deep and almost primal rage in her opponents. But why bother with her now, especially if she’s so finished, so … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Drew reports that many inside-the-Beltway Obama supporters are angry that Greg Craig was tossed under the bus by this administration, with Obama’s tacit approval and acquiescence while others did the dirty work. It’s a curiously naive article. The sentence … Continue reading →
It is way too early to know whether the just-released emails and other papers purporting to be from University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU) are real or fake. If real, they represent a sort of Pentagon Papers-ish revelation, … Continue reading →
Ah, how time flies. It seems it was only yesterday that Lockerbie terrorist Al Megrahi was released by Scottish authorities on compassionate grounds and sent home to Libya to die. It may seem only yesterday, but in fact it’s been … Continue reading →