…Richard Epstein, who had known Obama at the University of Chicago, had Obama’s number to a great extent. At the time, Epstein was also one of the few people who could be said to have “known” Obama at all, although … Continue reading →
Now, this is depressing news: More than half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll approve of Barack Obama’s job performance, a first in nearly two and a half years.
Continue reading →The other day we had Victor Davis Hanson. Now we have Niall Ferguson as another brilliant and often insightful man who doesn’t seem to have a clue about Obama despite seven years of close observation. It’s a failure of imagination, … Continue reading →
The NY Times is having one of its rare intermittent lapses into (relatively mild) sanity. Don’t worry; it’s unlikely to last long. But, like it or hate it, the Times still moves a great many liberal Democrats, who still consider … Continue reading →
I admire Victor Davis Hanson’s writing and thought, and very often I agree with him. But this time? Not so much. Hanson lists a host of ills that the Obama years have wrought, and then asks: Was all this due … Continue reading →
Richard Fernandez notes that some of his most ominous predictions appear to be coming true lately. But rather than gloating, he’s not very happy at all: The validation of so many sad insights is of little consolation unless one is … Continue reading →
Go to Drudge today and you’ll see plenty of links that cover Putin’s actions in Syria. Or go to Memeorandum, paying particular attention to this article: …Putin sees a necessity in humiliating the United States. That’s business. And yet, despite … Continue reading →
…al-Sisi of Egypt, who is one of the most, if not the most, reformist leaders in the entire Muslim Middle East. This is the man he should be most eager to support and court. Although maybe it’s best for al-Sisi … Continue reading →
And the nature of power is no different: The baton was officially transferred Monday to the world’s new sole superpower ”” and Vladimir Putin willingly picked it up. President Obama (remember him?) embraced the ideals espoused by the United Nations’ … Continue reading →
This article features a prescient “letter to the editor.” It was published in the Manchester Guardian on October 4, 1938, right after Munich, and titled “The Funeral of British Honour.”” It was “written by F.L. Lucas, an acclaimed Cambridge literary … Continue reading →
Noah Rothman writes, in “The Poisonous Obama Years,” on the effect Obama’s tenure has had on the public as a whole: The scale of this scandal [about Middle East intelligence-twisting in the Obama administration], as exposed in a recent piece … Continue reading →
For real, as recent war games reveal: Given the recent reductions in the defense budgets of NATO member countries and American pullback from the region, Ochmanek says the blue team was outnumbered 2-to-1 in terms of manpower, even if all … Continue reading →