Why liberals support cap and trade
If I were to ask most of my friends about cap and trade, my guess is that many of them would draw a blank or be only vaguely familiar with it. It’s too detailed and too technical, and at any … Continue reading →
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Obama Foodorama: gag me with a spoon
This is a phenomenon I certainly did not foresee: a fascination with the food Obama eats. That’s right, you heard me: the food Obama eats. Apparently, any time Obama is reported to partake of a certain dish at a certain … Continue reading →
The race is on: Obama and cap and trade vs. the global warming skeptics
Obama is in a hurry to pass his sweeping agenda without giving Congress—or the American people—time to learn properly about it and react. “Trust me” he says in that soothing baritone, “and all will be well.” House Democrats have advanced … Continue reading →
This is what the Iranian people are up against
Here’s the face of the mullahs in charge of Iran, in case they hadn’t revealed it clearly enough already: Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts, said the judiciary should charge the leading “rioters” as “mohareb” or one … Continue reading →
RIP Michael Jackson
It seems it’s all the cable news stations can talk about right now. The demise of a mega-celebrity—especially if untimely, as so many such deaths seem to be—is treated as the story that trumps all other news of the day. … Continue reading →
RIP Farah
This is the poster that once graced a gazillion teenaged boys’ bedrooms: The news that Farah Fawcett has died came as no surprise today; she’s been seriously ill a very long time. But it’s still a shock, somehow, for those … Continue reading →
Political fools for love—or sex
Mark Sanford is the latest politician confessing to cheating on his wife. You might say it goes with the territory. Politicians tend to be egotistical and aggressive. They also encounter a great deal of opportunity to stray; as Henry Kissinger … Continue reading →
Obama the African colonial
Here’s an article offering a unique point of view: Obama as African colonial. The piece was written by an American woman whose parents came to this country from Nigeria in the 1970s, and who still travels there frequently. She writes: … Continue reading →
More brutality in Iran
If anyone had any lingering doubt about the intentions of Iran’s leaders towards the demonstrators, today’s reports of brutality would certainly resolve them. Will the cycle of demonstrations and crackdowns continue, or will the protesters be cowed? And either way, … Continue reading →
This is what I have to say about Mark Sanford—and Argentina
I found the Mark Sanford disappearance bizarre from the start. What governor and public figure thinks he can vanish for five days and have nobody notice or care? That fact alone seemed to indicate that there was something very very … Continue reading →
Obama, Reagan, and the power of words
Some in Obama’s camp seem to think that the protests in Iran were precipitated, or at the very least encouraged, by Obama’s words in his Cairo speech. Not the actual living breathing example of the dawn of freedom and democracy … Continue reading →
I dunno about Flo
You may think you don’t know Flo, but of course you do. She’s the woman in the Progressive Auto Insurance ads, the one with the retro makeup and 60s-ish hair and the attitude. Those ads, and Flo, happen to set … Continue reading →