Commenter Promethea writes: It’s so creepy that Obama is able to do so many things that we can see are horrible. A short list: messing with bondholders, favoring auto unions at the expense of other auto people, giving money to … Continue reading →
The NY Times offers this article by David Leonhardt that purports to prove that Obama isn’t responsible for much of our projected deficit problem—although it does admit that he hasn’t done much of anything to fix it. Is anyone the … Continue reading →
This editorial in today’s WSJ points out that Obamacare rests on a number of unproven assumptions: The main White House argument for health-care reform goes something like this: If we spend now on a hugely expensive new insurance program for … Continue reading →
An article headlined “If Obama Had Carter’s Courage…” is bound to get my attention. Just the other day I compared Carter favorably to Obama in the arena of hypocrisy about promises not to live high on the public’s dime. Now … Continue reading →
…to take in dinner and a Broadway play. The Democrats counter the resultant criticism by saying that all presidents take vacations, especially Mr. Obama’s predecessor George Bush, so what’s the big brouhaha about? It is certainly true that most presidents … Continue reading →
President Obama has chosen Sonia Sotomayor as the replacement for outgoing Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Even before the pick, it was clear that identity politics would be a huge factor in the decision: “There is only one thing that … Continue reading →
Fat chance. Or, as my mother would say, don’t sit on a hot stove till he does. Clive Crook of the Financial Times seems to think one is owed, however. Crook is certainly no Bush-supporter, though; he thought Obama to … Continue reading →
One of the odd things about Obama’s presidency so far is that, although he’s been consistent in his habit of changing his mind, he’s been somewhat inconsistent in the direction he’s gone when he does so. In the case of … Continue reading →
I’ve read eight articles so far on today’s meeting between Obama and Israeli PM Netanyahu, and I’m convinced that none of the authors knows much of anything about what will happen. You might say that’s always been true of the … Continue reading →
Christopher Hitchens makes an excellent point about one of the things that’s wrong with Obama’s attempts at humor: President Bush used to tell jokes about his weaknesses, the most salient of these being his tragic struggle with grammar, itself quite … Continue reading →
There have been a number of reversals from Obama lately on what used to be called the “war on terror.” All of these switches are in the same direction, towards Bush’s once-reviled policies and away from the standard liberal/Left line. … Continue reading →
This is very interesting: Obama has reversed himself on the release of the photos of alleged abuse of prisoners by our military in Iraq and Afghanistan. The reason? Obama was advised by military commanders, who “warned that the images could … Continue reading →