RIP Solzhenitsyn
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn has died. Solzhenitsyn was an unusually strong-minded and uncompromising man who looked like an Old Testament prophet or Captain Ahab, and acted somewhat like both. Rest in peace.
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Obama camp is learning you can only fool some of the people…
…some of the time.
Continue reading →Estrich finds out the hard way…
…what it means to question anything about the Obama campaign.
Continue reading →Obama’s paper trail in Illinois
For many years Obama has carefully cultivated his history to assure that he remains a blank screen on which people can project whatever they want to see. For example, he is unique in being a Harvard Law Review President and … Continue reading →
Stop me before I change my mind!
Here’s another story of political change (second part here). It’s of interest to me not only because writer/changer Lissa cites me as inspiration, but because of the description of her reaction when she first realized she was going in the … Continue reading →
You can’t make this stuff up
The Onion could. But it doesn’t need to. Obama obliges by saying it himself. The subject matter is his recent trip abroad: I was puzzled by this notion that somehow what we were doing was in any way different from … Continue reading →
Who ever said…
…Obama’s not consistent? He certainly has been on this issue.
Continue reading →Let’s see if I’ve got this right
The Obama “dollar bill” remark wasn’t about race before it was about race. Getting dizzy, anyone?
Continue reading →Olmert vows/promises to quit
Israel prepares to say a heartfelt buh-bye to Olmert, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. He was a weak leader who arguably made the country’s position worse. The next steps for Israel are unclear. There … Continue reading →
The odd trio: McCain and Britney and Obama
Racial paranoia—or strategic accusations of racism, take your pick—has gotten out of hand in the Democratic Party. Now McCain has been accused of racism in his new ad for juxtaposing video of Obama speaking in Berlin with photos of young … Continue reading →
Obama and the dollar bill guys: not just playing the race card—he’s playing the preemptive race card
The Obama camp says the McCain campaign is wrong to accuse him of playing the race card in the following remarks Obama made while addressing a crowd in Missouri yesterday: Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer … Continue reading →
On acting Presidential (or kingly)
In recent decades, as the Presidential races have become more like advertising campaigns and less like contests about the issues, there’s been a great deal of attention paid to “acting Presidential.” Some of it is reasonable, an attempt to size … Continue reading →