The Obama/Ayers connection had been floating around the perimeter of the blogosphere for a while. But when it surfaced in the debate two days ago it became bigger news, in part because Obama compounded the problem by making a bizarre … Continue reading →
Obama continues to come up with creative excuses for his remarks that have come to be known as “Bittergate.” He now says he “mangled” his words (ouch!) and that it all was a syntax problem. As a writer, I sympathize. … Continue reading →
Is the Italian election a portent of things to come in our own? The Obamalike candidate defeated by a 71-year-old on the right? Hmmm. The Italian political scene and ours are very different, to be sure. But there are also … Continue reading →
Obama’s mockery of Hillary as Annie Oakley reminds me that I’ve had a soft spot in my heart for Annie for a long time. One of my favorite childhood songs was “Doin What Comes Naturally” from “Annie Get Your Gun,” … Continue reading →
Obama sneered in response to Hillary’s claim to fond memories of being taught to shoot by her father at her grandfather’s cottage (near Scranton, PA, no less!), and of duck-hunting: Shame on her….She, how she values the second amendment, she’s … Continue reading →
Today is April 15th. This means that, along with millions of others, I’ll be making my way to the copy machine and then on to the post office so that my filled-out tax forms will have the proper postmark. Ah, … Continue reading →
Jimmy Carter is planning a dialogue with Hamas. And he’s remarkably unapologetic about it, despite requests from both Washington and Israel to cease and desist: Former President Carter said he feels “quite at ease” about meeting Hamas militants over the … Continue reading →
Dr. Sanity deconstructs (love that word!) the emphasis of the postmodern Left—and its current well-known incarnation, Obama—on rhetoric. That’s postmodern rhetoric, as in, “[P]ersuasion in the absence of cognition… truth or falsity is not the issue: what matters primarily is … Continue reading →
Due to a “bunch of stuff,” (channeling Barack Obama here) on the part of the Sanity Squad members, there will be no podcast this week. We plan to be back next Monday, same time, same station.
Continue reading →Ever the eager teacher of Life Lessons for America, Obama obliges us by offering a classic example of the non-apology masquerading as an apology. The rules: (1) Start with a conditional. “If” is usually best. This reduces the “apology” to … Continue reading →
I’ve got that blogger tendency towards rampant free-association. So when I described Jefferson as “Apollonian” in an earlier post today, that started a little drumbeat in my brain which led me to the following—a photo of Balanchine’s ballet “Apollo,” a … Continue reading →
I’m beginning to see that one of the sources of Obama’s appeal, especially to the young, is that he speaks their language. Although the man is forty-six, he comes across as much younger, with a certain “like, you know” improvisational … Continue reading →