And not because it will curb his worst excesses, either, and force him to compromise. No, Milbank thinks it could make America see what firebrands the Republicans are, and so they would applaud Obama’s continual efforts to check them by … Continue reading →
…he was right about this. Remember the Republican debates in early 2012, and George Stephanopoulos’ seemingly out-of-the-blue and off-the-wall question? Conservative commentator Dick Morris believes that the Democrat party is covertly trying to convince voters that Republicans want to “ban … Continue reading →
From Roger L. Simon at PJ: Obama is beside the point. They [the liberal media] don’t even like Obama anymore. Nothing could be more obvious. Almost nobody does. But they won’t say so in public because that would mean that … Continue reading →
And they’ll be laughing all the way. Be on the lookout for it. That’s the main reason I’ve written so much about those flyers and robocalls in Mississippi. My primary (pun intended) motivation is not to defend the Cochran campaign. … Continue reading →
First we have Jen Psaki, State Department spokesperson and former spokesperson for President Obama, “answering” some questions from James Rosen, Fox News correspondent and recent Justice Department investigatee, about the capture of the Benghazi suspect: “There are a range of … Continue reading →
I was wondering what the left would have to say about it all—mostly, how the attack on Brat would start to be framed—and this article by Jonathan Chait was instructive but unsurprising in that regard: Brat’s a “Rand-loving right-wing crank.” … Continue reading →
Sunday was voting day across Europe, and the results have been commonly described as an “earthquake.” But since groups referred to as “far-right” and groups called “hard left” seem to have won in different countries, it’s hard to generalize except … Continue reading →
Noemie Emery has a good summary of why intellectuals were attracted to Obama’s candidacy, and how Obamacare has threatened the entire liberal enterprise as well as the reputation of intellectuals themselves. Obamacare has even gotten a few of those intellectual … Continue reading →
My new piece is up at PJ.
Continue reading →This fundraiser speech of Obama’s has gotten attention for his suggestion that a million New Yorkers moving to North Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming would help him and the Democrats out immeasurably. In fact, it wouldn’t have to be as many … Continue reading →
The Austrian philosopher of science Karl Popper, who emigrated to New Zealand in the late 1930s (when he was in his late 30s) and then to London, had flirted with Communism in his youth. Actually, he more than flirted with … Continue reading →
…are not one and the same. This fact continually gets lost in discussions of Obamacare, which was supposed to improve both but may end up improving neither in any substantial way. In fact, as this piece points out, it may … Continue reading →