I’m reading the fascinating book They thought they were free: the Germans 1933-1945 by Milton Mayer (it’s also one of my book recommendations on the right sidebar). The author was an American journalist and educator who lived for a time … Continue reading →
A losing combination—for America. Obama bows, disses his predecessor, and praises himself. So, what else is new? Read the whole thing. [ADDENDUM: In addition, by referring to himself as “America’s first Pacific pesident,” was Obama making a pun?]
Continue reading →Some entrepreneur in China has designed a hot little item just in time for Obama’s Asian tour. Feast your eyes: In case you can’t quite tell, let me explain that the T-shirt shows President Obama in the uniform of the … Continue reading →
The Obama justice department has made a very poor decision: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 planners are to be tried by the civilian criminal justice system in New York. They will be detained in federal prison in New … Continue reading →
Even Time magazine thinks Obama’s Palestine/Israel policy isn’t going well: Obama had prioritized resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But his demands ”” of a complete settlement freeze by Israel and reciprocal gestures toward normalizing ties with Israel by Arab governments ”” … Continue reading →
…starting to run out of other people’s money?
Continue reading →Here’s my new PJ article about the ways in which Obama resembles a con artist. Let me count them.
Continue reading →Now comes the news that President Obama has rejected all “of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team.” Instead, he wants to clarify the exit strategy first, and turn over responsibility to an Afghan government that he … Continue reading →
Could it be that Hoffman won after all in NY 23? A voting snafu in a vital county, and absentee ballots yet untallied, might end up putting him in the House of Representatives after all Too late for the historic … Continue reading →
…so goes the nation? Maine and Massachusetts are two of the most liberal states in New England—indeed, in the case of Massachusetts, in the nation. I’ve written before about the difficulties Massachusetts has faced (and been unable to solve) in … Continue reading →
…a year makes. But there’s still one more year to go until November 2010.
Continue reading →Once again Camille Paglia displays her inability to connect contradictory thoughts and come to some obvious conclusions about them. In the past, I’ve written about her tendency to criticize nearly everything Obama does while simultaneously excusing his errors and fawning … Continue reading →