I did a little reading yesterday about health care reform over at Matthew Yglesias blog. I was trying to learn the current liberal point of view on the subject. Yglesias himself is frustrated at the American people, who don’t seem … Continue reading →
Obama is acting as though he won a mandate. And why not? His election margin of victory was approximately six points, and the post-2008 election Congress is more strongly Democratic than Congress has been since the 1970s—which means very strongly … Continue reading →
We keep hearing that Sotomayor has a compelling life story. And no doubt she does. I happen to think that most people on earth have compelling life stories. Granted, some are a lot more dramatic than others, and contain elements … Continue reading →
I never expected to be writing so much about Sarah Palin at this point. You’d think the subject had been more or less exhausted, but the hate goes on (and if you’ve missed my previous thoughts on the matter, and … Continue reading →
[Part I here] In the final months of the 2008 presidential campaign, my concern about Obama increased. This time the subject was economics. His remark to Joe the Plumber was important because it was spoken in an unguarded moment, something … Continue reading →
My attitude towards Barack Obama has changed over time. As I wrote recently, some of the things I have to say about him now approach what once (and not all that long ago, either) had seemed like tinfoil hat territory. … Continue reading →
Here’s more from former liberal (and present Berkeley therapist) “Robin” at American Thinker. She discusses all you ever wanted to know about her transformation and were unafraid to ask. And I was amused by the following from a commenter, as … Continue reading →
Fat chance. Or, as my mother would say, don’t sit on a hot stove till he does. Clive Crook of the Financial Times seems to think one is owed, however. Crook is certainly no Bush-supporter, though; he thought Obama to … Continue reading →
Commenter Oblio offers some suggestions for those occasions when one is trapped in those oh-so-pleasant dinner table or cocktail party or book group discussions with verbally aggressive liberal friends and acquaintances. I think they bear highlighting: There are some simple … Continue reading →
Commenter FredHjr wonders: I am very concerned that [Obama’s] popularity is quite high and is sticking there despite everything. This goes to my worry that the nation has indeed turned to the Left. I share his concern. Those of us … Continue reading →
Noemie Emery has come to much the same conclusions as I have about the dangers of the drive for Republican Party purity: The conservative movement is a collection of theorists that self-selects for conformity. The Republican party is the vehicle … Continue reading →
I’m going to start out by saying something that will shock a few people, I suppose: I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Republican Party. Not only that, but I doubt I ever will … Continue reading →