Here’s a preview of Obama’s long-awaited speech on sending troops to Afghanistan. Apparently, he plans to emphasize the exit strategy. What’s wrong with this picture? Well, it’s pretty difficult to convey resolve with one foot out the door.
Continue reading →Here’s a great summary article by Charles Krauthammer on what’s wrong with the Senate health care reform bill, and how better to go about doing the job. Please send it out to all your friends. [ADDENDUM: Somewhat unrelated, but here’s … Continue reading →
Honduras may get to choose its own leaders after all. The tag team of Obama and Chavez doesn’t seem to have been able to stop it from doing so, and Obama seems to have given up trying. [ADDENDUM: Porfirio Lobos, … Continue reading →
A couple of must-read articles: Poor Harry, the hapless computer programmer. And about that code.
Continue reading →The view from the kitchen window: Two small samplers of the dishes:
Continue reading →Because I’ve been away from civilization for nearly four days, I haven’t been able to follow the twistings and turnings of Climategate as closely as I otherwise would. But from my quick perusal of the subject today, it strikes me … Continue reading →
I’m back home at last. Being away was a nice respite, but I kept wondering what was going on in the world (with only a hard copy of the NY Times to tell me!) and I kept wondering what was … Continue reading →
I’m going to the country for Thanksgiving, to a house where there’s no TV and no internet. That means I’ll probably be offline for about two days, starting Wednesday afternoon. Of course, I might be able to sneak out to … Continue reading →
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 →