Freud spent a lot of time wondering, “what do women want?” And on this blog we’ve also spent a great deal of time—and no small number of posts and comments—on the modern-day version: what does Obama want? There are other … Continue reading →
In reference to this post of mine on the current Democrat agenda to pursue unpopular policies in the face of strong public opposition from the majority of Americans, a number of people have directed me to some well-written, sobering, and … Continue reading →
I don’t listen to many radio talk shows. Sometimes, though, when I’m in the car and bored, I tune one in for a while. So the other day I was listening to someone (Rush? Hannity?) for a few moments and … Continue reading →
President Obama says “”I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.” No, of course not. He ran for office to be helping out his own fat cat friends and … Continue reading →
Blame duck.
Continue reading →The outrages perpetrated by the Obama administration have come so thick and fast that it’s easy to lose track of them. But for me, one of the worst has been the removal of the KSM trial from the military to … Continue reading →
Commenter “Mrs Whatsit” asks how, if Obama is so lacking in understanding human interactions, can he be such a successful politician: What mystifies me most is that the man is a politician and an extraordinarily successful one (until just recently, … Continue reading →
I’ve said before that I don’t think much of speeches in general, unless the speaker happens to be Winston Churchill or Abraham Lincoln. Obama is neither. But I certainly can’t criticize him for that particular failing. And the text of … Continue reading →
…he’s unable to lunch tomorrow with King Harald of Norway. President Obama cancels the traditional prizewinners’ lunch with the Norwegian monarch. In his continuing effort to needlessly offend even those previously disposed to like him, Obama has not only insulted … Continue reading →
Yes, I’m back to critiquing Peggy Noonan’s columns. But please forgive me; there’s a personal reason this time. As vanderleun has pointed out, she seems to have stolen my meme: After the president announced his plan he seemed to slip … Continue reading →
The blogs are all over the fact that, when pressed about Obama’s birth certificate, Sarah Palin said that it’s a fair question. You know what? It is. But to the Palin-haters (and their numbers are legion), this is just another … Continue reading →
It is interesting that two analyses of Obama’s newly-announced Afghan policy conclude with essentially the same thought. In the WSJ, Eliot A. Cohen ends his essay with these words: As a wartime leader [Obama] will tend many wounds, but the … Continue reading →