This hardly sounds like news: White House officials are retooling the administration’s communications strategy to produce faster responses to political adversaries, a more disciplined focus on President Obama’s call for “change” in Washington and an increasingly selective use of the … Continue reading →
In an excellent development, the Taliban’s top military commander has been captured in Pakistan: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group’s No. 2 leader behind Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar and a close associate of Osama bin Laden, was captured … Continue reading →
Visionary poetbot: “They are the builders of the next generation. To what extent the work will grow should depend on the creativity they are dare to show.”
Continue reading →As with all such shootings, the mass murder at the University of Alabama, Huntsville is shocking and disturbing. But it has some uniquely shocking factors. The U of A shooting appeared at first to follow a common pattern of workplace … Continue reading →
Does anyone think that Indiana Senator (D) Evan Bayh would be retiring from Congress but for the current internecine and anti-incumbent atmosphere? Bayh says it’s not because he doubts that he could be re-elected, and polls back that up (he … Continue reading →
One would think so, after these startling admissions from Climategate player Phil Jones. Let’s see: the dog ate his hockey-stick data in 1988. His record-keeping in general is “not as good as it should be.” There has been no statistically … Continue reading →
[NOTE: In honor of Valentine’s Day, a repeat of a previous post. Happy Valentine’s Day to all!] Wendy Hill, a psychology professor at Lafayette College, is interested in kissing—the science of it, that is. Her research found that kissing (of … Continue reading →
Jennifer Rubin describes a process we’ve all noticed recently, in which moderate Democrats who ought to know better risk their chances of re-election (or actually give them up) in order to fall in line when Party leaders crack the whip: … Continue reading →
Looking back, I am impressed by this column written by Tony Blankley right after Barack Obama was inaugurated as president, one very long/short year ago. It seems to have been keenly prescient. Note particularly the final sentence of the final … Continue reading →
…scary new levels of dissociation: I wonder whether he actually fails to realize he is describing himself. [hat tip: commenter Wolla Dalbo.]
Continue reading →I’m a sucker for diet foods that promise to taste just like the real thing. Oh, I know better. I’ve been down that road before, and it never ends well. The pictures are lies, the descriptions likewise, all of it … Continue reading →
If you want to follow the twistings and turnings of each, there’s this and this. The latter article seems to put all responsibility for the decision about KSM’s trial on Holder. I’ve always doubted such reports and continue to doubt … Continue reading →