[Part I is here. Both parts are reprints of previous posts, but I have updated this one to reflect that fact that Cronkite is now deceased.] In his introduction to that Cronkite interview featured in Part I, Dick Gordon writes: … Continue reading →
Spiegel reports quite a bit of German dissatisfaction with the Obama administration’s economic policy: It is an unsettling situation. The prosperity and well-being of ordinary people are more threatened than they have been in a long time, and yet Germany … Continue reading →
Walter Cronkite, the anchorman for whom the word “avuncular” seemed to have been invented, has died at the age of ninety-two. The tributes will pour in. He was a giant of a newscaster in a way that no one can … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous two-part post. Part II is here.] Cronkite’s famous post-Tet broadcast of February 27, 1968, delivered on the CBS Evening News, is widely regarded as a turning point in the Vietnam War, as … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Nothing I say in this post refers to bona fide political discussions and disagreements. But I’ve noticed an increase in personal attacks and infighting between/among commenters on this blog, and some of it has gone on for quite a … Continue reading →
…for another rara avis. [NOTE: Yes, I know there’s sometimes a way to make these things smaller to fit on the blog properly. But for this particular video, the method didn’t work (sigh).]
Continue reading →Ted Van Dyk doesn’t get it. In his new WSJ piece he’s addressing an Obama that doesn’t exist—a reasonable guy who’s just a bit overwhelmed and misguided, one who’s ceded his program to others and who just needs to “get … Continue reading →
Here’s an addendum to last night’s post. The gist of it is that at least one person disagrees with that analysis of the health care bill by Investor’s Business Daily, the one that said it would call a halt to … Continue reading →
…you’ll be able to keep your present coverage, this is what he meant. And Investor’s Business Weekly had to dig into the fine print of the jumungous bill to ferret it out: So we can all keep our coverage, just … Continue reading →
Metaphorically speaking, that is, according to the NY Post: Congressional plans to fund a massive health-care overhaul could have a job-killing effect on New York, creating a tax rate of nearly 60 percent for the state’s top earners and possibly … Continue reading →
Obama lied, the stimulus died. Actually, I should have said “Obama lied or was in error, the stimulus died,” but the rhythm doesn’t scan as well. Now he’s scrambling to rewrite history—so even if he wasn’t lying then, he’s lying … Continue reading →
Is this WaPo editorial a portent of things to come? Let’s hope so. The paper has turned on Congress and to a lesser extent the President, criticizing their proposal to further tax the rich to fund universal health care: The … Continue reading →