Jennifer Rubin points out that Obama offered nothing especially significant in terms of new policy in his speech last night, certainly not anything substantially different from the previous umpteen-thousand speeches he’s made on the subject of health care reform. So … Continue reading →
Well, I just bit the bullet and came in a little bit after he started. I won’t even attempt to be comprehensive. Consider this mainly as a thread giving you the opportunity to discuss it amongst yourselves. It always amazes … Continue reading →
Commenter “artfldgr” has kindly provided a link to some excerpts from Obama’s speech tonight. Based on those, we have the following points: (1) Obama asserts that we are facing a tremendous crisis—Cloward-Piven, anyone? Obama says that we’re at “a breaking … Continue reading →
This new book by Norman Podhoretz, exploring the question of why Jews are so overwhelmingly liberal, looks like another must-read. The same dependably liberal voting record seems to also be true of blacks in America. It may not be PC … Continue reading →
It’s no secret that President Obama is going to address a joint session of Congress at 8 PM Eastern Time tonight. Except for the annual State of the Union speeches, presidents usually reserve the joint session address for very big … Continue reading →
Perhaps many of you have heard of writer Raymond Aron before, but I hadn’t until I picked up a collection of essays by Roger Kimball published in 2002 and entitled Lives of the Mind. Aron was the author of a … Continue reading →
Here’s a truly fascinating article on the subject of placebos. Commenter “Donna” brought it to attention in the thread on acupuncture, and it’s relevant to that subject and so much more. I don’t have time to do an in-depth piece … Continue reading →
Obama’s newer, kindler, gentler foreign policy approach comes up with a big fat zero.
Continue reading →This speaks for itself. Baron Hill is so arrogant it’s almost funny, and the last line is especially ironic:
Continue reading →I had previously heard something vague about the NY Times having lauded Fidel Castro when he first came to power, but I didn’t know the details. Most people are ignorant (as I was) of the story of Times reporter Herbert … Continue reading →
Here’s a little coda from Britain about the release of the Lockerbie bomber. The Brown government claims that Obama and Clinton had full knowledge of what Scotland was about to do re Al Megrahi and voiced no objection until the … Continue reading →
Labor Day is one of those holidays I ordinarily don’t think too much about, except as an excuse for a barbecue and a day off. It has bad associations for me because it always came around the time of the … Continue reading →