One thing you can say about the Shirley Sherrold flap is that it sure has gotten Andrew Breitbart some attention. Actually, he’s gotten quite a bit of it ever since Obama took office. Breitbart is one of the few on … Continue reading →
The big ruckus in the blogosphere today is that Journolist reporters conspired to downplay the Reverend Wright/Obama story during the campaign, and to attack and impugn anyone who didn’t play the same game. It is shocking, but unsurprising to those … Continue reading →
Lloyd Grove of The Daily Beast reports that some of Obama’s supporters among what is sometimes called the “elites” are losing that loving feeling, as evidenced by the goings-on at the Aspen Ideas [not an oxymoron] Festival. We already knew … Continue reading →
A deeply disappointed Obama supporter, Bob Herbert has been focusing on the jobs problem for quite some time now, and he continues the same message in his latest column. I was especially interested in this comment to his piece [I’ve … Continue reading →
If you take a look at the last paragraph of the piece in which WaPo ombudsman Andy Alexander tackles the Weigel imbroglio, it’s hard to escape the notion seems that he places most of the blame for the entire episode … Continue reading →
I haven’t covered this story so far, but for those who have been following it, the news is that Weigel has resigned from his WaPo post. Ace offers a great deal of background. Here’s more. There’s an awful lot of … Continue reading →
I think the left is finally realizing that the answer is: very. Their hatred and contempt for George Bush made them actually believe that he was every bit as stupid as they said he was. A village in Texas was … Continue reading →
…so goes the 2010 US election?: …[I]t does appear to many that within the Obama administration and the Democratic congressional leadership there is the sentiment that America would be a better place if it were more to resemble Western Europe… … Continue reading →
Remember Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber, and “spreading the wealth?” It seemed a surprising revelation at the time. But Obama’s income redistributive tendencies have become an old and familiar story, if hardly a ho-hum one. Now Obama has done it … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This post won’t be offering arguments concerning the question of whether entitlements can ever be undone. I am saving that discussion for another piece. But my short answer is that I think they can, under certain circumstances, and that … Continue reading →
Here’s a lovely sentiment found in the comments section here at RealClearPollitics (I can’t seem to find a way to link it directly, but it was posted on March 23 at 2:55 AM). I include it because I think it’s … Continue reading →
So the dirty deed is done. A sad day for this country, but now another fight—actually, series of fights—begins. We need to be energized and not discouraged. Every single Republican in the House voted against this bill, and there were … Continue reading →