Victor Davis Hanson…
…on Obama’s year of magical thinking.
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The curve of an Instalanche
{NOTE: I got an Instalanche yesterday for the Obama disfluency post, and the response of my sitemeter reminded me of this article, which originally appeared on Dec. 1, 2008. I thought it would be fun to republish a slightly-edited and … Continue reading →
Obama’s Dukakis moment
President Obama has often been compared to Jimmy Carter. But lately it occurs to me that there’s a lot of resemblance to presidential candidate Mike Dukakis, who failed a basic emotional test in his response to a hypothetical asked during … Continue reading →
This would explain a lot
Funny stuff: White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase Or maybe not so funny after all. [Hat tip: commenter “ms”]
Continue reading →The Obama administration trifecta
I found this pithy and trenchant description of the Obama administration at Ace’s: All the ethical integrity of the Clinton administration combined with the economic acumen of the Carter administration and rounded off with the domestic policy and war-fighting expertise … Continue reading →
Suddenly, Obama’s not so fluent any more
Obama was always a fluid if vapid speechmaker, although his off-the-cuff statements featured a lot of hemming and hawing. But I’ve noticed something that seems new: hesitancy even when he speaks from a prepared text. Obama now seems to go … Continue reading →
For the man who has everything…
…give him the perfect woman. I suppose it was inevitable. We’ve become so used to the artificial enhancement of body parts that a normal woman has begun to look abnormal. So, why not improve on things with a completely artificial … Continue reading →
If Reidcare has lost Bob Herbert…
…it’s in some big kind of trouble. Herbert is ordinarily one of the most stalwart supporters of whatever the left might be dishing up at the moment. But his relatively clear-minded and well-reasoned opposition to the Cadillac health insurance tax … Continue reading →
Liberal backlash: Napolitano must go
The NY Times readership is really really angry—at Janet Napolitano. Take a look at the comments section for this article; here’s a typical sentiment, one of the more moderate of the bunch: On Sunday—even as a supporter of President Obama, … Continue reading →
The blueprint mapped by Obama the progressive
Now that it’s nearly a year into Obama’s presidency, I find myself having a recurrent experience: I’ll go back and read something from the past, but now with the perspective provided by the passage of time I experience an “aha!” … Continue reading →
More Obama silence—this time on Iran
Iran is in turmoil, with major demonstrations against the government and a major and violent crackdown on demonstrators by the government, and President Obama is silent once again. Boy, when that man takes a vacation, it’s really a vacation. “Ah, … Continue reading →
Janácek interlude
I happen to love these two works of music by Czech composer Leos Janácek, from his piano cycle of thirteen pre-WWI pieces called “On an Overgrown Path.” I love that evocative title. They fit the somber mood of the present … Continue reading →