This new book by Norman Podhoretz, exploring the question of why Jews are so overwhelmingly liberal, looks like another must-read. The same dependably liberal voting record seems to also be true of blacks in America. It may not be PC … Continue reading →
Perhaps many of you have heard of writer Raymond Aron before, but I hadn’t until I picked up a collection of essays by Roger Kimball published in 2002 and entitled Lives of the Mind. Aron was the author of a … Continue reading →
When people worry and speculate about the possible dire consequences of the Obama presidency, one of the most heated disputes is about just how bad will it is likely to get. For example, as of now, this thread on the … Continue reading →
Olympia Snowe, RINO of Maine, is engaged in brokering a compromise deal with Obama on health care. The idea is that if she comes on board, other balking moderates will join and the bill will be passed. This is exactly … Continue reading →
Angry White Men. Which means that they must also be Racist Angry White Men—if not overtly racist then certainly covertly so. I mean, what other reason would they have to be angry at our President? According to Michael Crowley, a … Continue reading →
Those unruly un-American mobs of enraged independents and conservatives (and perhaps even a sprinkling of moderate Democrats) keep annoying our elected representatives with their inconvenient anger at the fact that the Obama administration and Congress seem to be intent on … Continue reading →
The title of this op-ed by LA Times columnist Dan Neil caught my eye: “It’s Time to Fight Dirty.” The piece is an admonition to the Left to take the gloves off (and here I thought it already had!) and … Continue reading →
I’ve got a piece up at Pajamas Media today on the Democrat demonizing of the health care reform opponents at the town hall meetings. Please take a look and have a read. [ADDENDUM: I moved this to keep it at … Continue reading →
More has surfaced since I wrote my piece for Pajamas on the Democrats’ “astroturfer” accusations. Here, for example, is a description of the crowds at one of those town meetings. Sound like astroturfers to you? And let’s not forget this … Continue reading →
Why is the Obama-as-Joker poster getting so much attention? I think part of it is the whiteface, which is a characteristic of the Joker persona, but is easy to read as having racist (or at least racial) overtones. But by … Continue reading →
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 →