Beg pardon
A week or so ago a friend of mine joked that Obama would be pardoning Bowe Bergdhal before he leaves office. And then a little while later we learn that Bergdahl has in fact requested a pardon: The pardon would … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Obama
Let’s take a local look: the state legislatures
One of the most interesting things this election cycle is something other than Donald Trump. Yes, you heard me—there is actually something other than Donald Trump in politics. I’ve been saying for quite some time that, whatever happened with the … Continue reading →
Obama looks great in comparison
To a lot of Americans, that is: President Barack Obama’s approval rating stands at 55% in a new CNN/ORC poll, the highest mark of his second term, and matching his best at any time since his first year in office. … Continue reading →
Undercover Obama; undercover Hillary
President Obama used a pseudonym to communicate with Hillary Clinton via email through her private server: President Barack Obama used a pseudonym in email communications with Hillary Clinton and others, according to FBI records made public Friday. The disclosure came … Continue reading →
Trump’s birtherism, past and present
For some reason, this story, which is the talk of the internet right now, doesn’t interest me enough to write about it. More Trump blah blah blah, and then more blah blah blah about the Trump blah blah blah. Trump … Continue reading →
Obama on Hillary’s qualifications
Well, I have to admit I’m cheating a little here, because Obama was actually talking about how wonderful he is (a topic dear to his heart), and it was before Hillary ever went to work for him as Secretary of … Continue reading →
A parasite is named in Obama’s honor
And it’s not the first: Baracktrema obamai isn’t just any parasite. It’s so distinctive that it represents not just a new species but an entirely new genus… B. obamai is a flatworm that infects black marsh turtles and southeast Asian … Continue reading →
Trump, Clinton, Obama: chaos is the new normal
Commenter “T” recently offered a quote by Jonathan Rauch that goes like this: What we are seeing is not a temporary spasm of chaos but a chaos syndrome. Chaos syndrome is a chronic decline in the political system’s capacity for … Continue reading →
Obama’s secret ransom payment
Now it’s coming out how the release of the Iranian hostages was arranged: the WSJ has reported that Obama paid a ransom of $400 million for them and kept it secret. Scott Johnson writes …[N]negotiators originally established a formula of … Continue reading →
“Turkey coup: Try to picture Donald Trump handling this well”
Here’s Matt Yglesias: Picture Donald Trump on a series of calls with advisors and heads of government from around the region, and inside the NATO alliance, devising a constructive response to a coup attempt in Turkey. Good luck… …[T]o be … Continue reading →
Has the coup against Erdogan failed?
I was watching Fox News about an hour ago and most of the commentators seemed to be guessing that the coup in Turkey has failed and Erdogan is in control. If true, this would not be a good outcome. The … Continue reading →
I did not realize that public libraries had been all been closed
Did you? But that’s the only explanation I can think of for this extraordinary remark of Barack Obama’s delivered yesterday at the funeral for the five murdered police officers in Dallas: It’s easier for a teenager to buy a Glock … Continue reading →