Gee, I can’t imagine why any sane person would object to Charles Freeman’s appointment
I also can’t imagine why he would be accused of being anti-Jewish or anti-Israel.
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Lifting the stem-cell research “ban”
Google “did bush ban stem cell research?” and you get this gaggle of articles. Some of the titles announce that Obama has ended Bush’s stem cell research ban, while others refer to Bush’s policy as a funding ban. What a … Continue reading →
This Czech…
…has been there. And he’s telling Obama he doesn’t want to go there again.
Continue reading →The uncharismatic Bayh isn’t buying
I was watching Fox News last night and saw Greta Van Susteren interview Evan Bayh. Long considered one of the Senate’s more moderate Democrats, Bayh announced back in December of 2008, shortly after Obama’s election, that he planned to form … Continue reading →
Deeply undemocratic
Evan Bayh has another ally in opposing the budget bill: Senator Robert Menendez from New Jersey, who is protesting a little item that was slyly slipped into the bill while no one was looking. Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants, … Continue reading →
One guy…
…wasn’t too surprised that Tim Geithner hasn’t been all that impressive. Read it and weep.
Continue reading →Notes from Chairman Lenin—and Dostoevsky
A few days ago a commenter here offered a link to this page of Lenin quotes. Some of them seem pretty apropos in light of recent developments, and so I offer them to you for your contemplation [I’ve emphasized some … Continue reading →
Jim Cramer gets it—and then he doesn’t
Jim Cramer is puzzled, and just a little bit angry. When Cramer said that the Obama administration is destroying wealth in this country, he thought his liberal bona fides would protect him. He also thought that the fact that he … Continue reading →
The dreaming dog
Finally, here’s a bit that has nothing whatsoever to do with Obama. At least, I can’t find a tie-in. Watch it and brighten your day/night/whatever (hat tip Rachel Lucas).
Continue reading →A trend?
Do I spot a trend? Hope so: One of the more interesting aspects of this graph is that the convergence of the two lines is caused more by steeply growing “strongly disapprove” rates rather than sharply falling “strongly approve” ones. … Continue reading →
On our republic and the “transfer” of wealth
Sometimes a seemingly random word or two can be very instructive, if you want to know what a person really thinks. That is the reason I (and so many others) paid quite a bit of attention to a couple of … Continue reading →