Obama is acting as though he won a mandate. And why not? His election margin of victory was approximately six points, and the post-2008 election Congress is more strongly Democratic than Congress has been since the 1970s—which means very strongly … Continue reading →
Yesterday blogger Ann Althouse, who voted for Obama, declared that he’s lost her. Although Althouse’s post was very brief, I applaud her for having the courage to change her mind and to go public with it. I hope that the … Continue reading →
Our president hasn’t given up on overturning the rule of law in Honduras, as well as subverting the autonomy of the people in that supposedly sovereign state. And Hugo Chavez obviously sees Obama as his ally in this endeavor: Mr. … Continue reading →
Anyone who really believed Obama’s campaign rhetoric that he would govern in a bipartisan manner wasn’t paying attention to anything but his lofty words. Unfortunately, far too many of the voters fit that description. I didn’t believe Obama, but I … Continue reading →
Here’s an especially trenchant description of President Obama in a comment on a Victor Davis Hanson article at PJ: Americans, vdh and others talking about debt, no debt, the value or negative value of debt or any BHO issue is … Continue reading →
Ben Smith of Politico seems to think Obama’s getting rattled, and that this has caused a change in the persona he’s showing to the country and the world. But everything the article describes as new behavior was already in evidence … Continue reading →
…to stop building homes. In Jerusalem. Obama doesn’t believe in “meddling” in the affairs of other countries. Unless that country is Israel, or a nation stuggling against tyranny such as Honduras.
Continue reading →[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 →