Debra Burlingame, sister of the pilot of doomed Flight 77, says that Obama paid only lip service—and hardly even that—to the concerns of 9/11 and Cole bombing families in a February meeting about the closing of Guantanamo and the slowness … Continue reading →
Sometimes I think I’ve been writing too many posts on Obama’s handling of the Chrysler crisis. But the tale seems especially important because this is one of those times when Obama’s mask of affable reasonableness has slipped most dramatically, exposing … Continue reading →
Remember way back when—it seems so long ago, but it’s only been about a month—the Obama administration showed GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner the door? Now it appears that certain CEOs of TARP-receiving banks are probably next on the chopping block. … Continue reading →
I keep thinking I’m cynical enough already, and can’t be surprised by politics and/or the MSM’s coverage of it any more. But I guess I still retain too much idealism, because the general lack of concern about the administration’s throwing … Continue reading →
Unions have figured prominently in the talks concerning the fates of two moribund companies in two troubled American industries: the Boston Globe and Chrysler. The first dispute is happening without intervention from the federal government, while the second is proceeding … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote a post about President Obama’s recent press conference use of the Churchill quote, “We don’t torture.” I mentioned that I’d Googled to find the article Obama mentioned, the one he’d been reading “about this,” but could find … Continue reading →
Several have pointed out that Obama’s use in last night’s press conference of an anti-torture quote by Winston Churchill is highly suspect, in that there’s a great deal of evidence that the British did exactly that—used torture—during World War II. … Continue reading →
In refusing to fight the release of the prisoner interrogation photos, the Obama administration, according to ACLU attorney Amrit Singh, is showing its commitment to transparency. Yes, it’s transparent, all right—transparently clear that Obama is determined to strike fear into … Continue reading →
On the topic of Obama’s decision to release the so-called “torture memos,” others have stated the basics already, and stated them well (see this and this, for example). In the latter article, Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, ranking Republican on … Continue reading →
Here’s what it’s like to try to reconcile personal admiration for Obama with the contradictions of his economic agenda. One is forced to argue that he’s “the right man at the wrong time.” This is the way it goes: Obama’s … Continue reading →
Taking advantage of Obama’s naivete and burst of warm camaraderie, Hugo Chavez handed him a copy of Eduardo Galeano’s Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, which Obama graciously accepted. That’s somewhat the propaganda … Continue reading →
AP writer Steven R. Hurst compares Obama to Gorbachev. The entire article is somewhat bizarre, beginning with the very first sentence: President Barack Obama has gone abroad and gored an ox””the deeply held belief that the United States does not … Continue reading →