The Susan Boyle makeover commences
Here. But I’m not sure she hasn’t already had her fifteen minutes of fame.
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Sticking it to the streets of New York—and elsewhere
Recently when I was visiting my family in NY, I happened to look down and notice that those little dark circles that stud the sidewalks had become more numerous than ever. You might be in New York and not even … Continue reading →
More on those terror truth commissions
If even Harry Reid says the idea of an independent truth commission on supposed torture by the previous administration is a bad idea, I guess it won’t be happening—even though Paul Krugman and much of the Left of the Democratic … Continue reading →
Some thoughts on Obama and the torture memos
On the topic of Obama’s decision to release the so-called “torture memos,” others have stated the basics already, and stated them well (see this and this, for example). In the latter article, Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, ranking Republican on … Continue reading →
Nailing jello to the wall
Life getting you down? Had enough of politics? Think spring. Think….jello, and nailing it to the wall. They said it couldn’t be done. But it can. Yes, it can! Follow the link to get the full story and all the … Continue reading →
A Freddie Mac suicide
Today’s headlines bring us the sad news that: David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of money-losing mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.” So Senator Chuck … Continue reading →
The gymnastics of defending Obama
Here’s what it’s like to try to reconcile personal admiration for Obama with the contradictions of his economic agenda. One is forced to argue that he’s “the right man at the wrong time.” This is the way it goes: Obama’s … Continue reading →
I didn’t know I was pregnant: you be the judge
For those of you who read this post of mine—including all those doubters—and who want to judge for yourselves whether those women who gave birth without having known they were pregnant are ignoramuses or whether their stories make sense, the … Continue reading →
The Chavez-Obama Book Club
Taking advantage of Obama’s naivete and burst of warm camaraderie, Hugo Chavez handed him a copy of Eduardo Galeano’s Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, which Obama graciously accepted. That’s somewhat the propaganda … Continue reading →
Obama as Gorby
AP writer Steven R. Hurst compares Obama to Gorbachev. The entire article is somewhat bizarre, beginning with the very first sentence: President Barack Obama has gone abroad and gored an ox””the deeply held belief that the United States does not … Continue reading →
VDH again
Here’s another excellent article by Victor Davis Hanson.
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Aren’t they the ones who are supposed to be good at listening to hateful diatribes against the US and all its evils, sitting there looking bored while taking notes, and then pretending the whole thing never happened? Presidents, on the … Continue reading →