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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
I’m sure this means something. Maybe many things. I’m just not exactly sure what: President Obama’s approval rating is at its highest level in more than five years, an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Sunday shows. According to the … Continue reading →
On the surface—in personality and speech characteristics—Donald Trump is nothing like Barack Obama. In fact, you might say he’s the un-Obama. Obama’s most salient characteristics (at least, as his supporters and the press see him) include being smooth, intellectual, and … Continue reading →
I clearly remember when I first became truly alarmed during Obama’s 2008 campaign. Originally I didn’t know much about Obama, and slowly but surely began to notice warning signs that he might be worse than the garden-variety liberal Democratic candidate … Continue reading →
And so he—that is, his Departments of Justice and Education—have issued this letter of “guidance.” I sometimes wonder whether Obama is trying to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s chances of getting elected. Because I think that this “decree” is the sort of … Continue reading →
On Thursday I wrote a very brief post linking to an article about Obama’s advisor Ben Rhodes and his influence on Obama’s foreign policy, particularly the Iran deal. The Rhodes article was so disturbing it’s been the talk of the … Continue reading →
Obama reacts as usual—courting our enemies while downplaying his reaction to terrorism: Obama remains inert, unmoved, displaying a neglect and insouciance that borders on denial. His nonreaction to the Belgian massacre ”” his 34-minute speech in Havana devoted 51 seconds … Continue reading →