Say what you will about the French and their leaders, when faced with the ISIS attack in Paris, they have responded with some vigor: The French airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Syria are only the beginning of the counterattack … Continue reading →
Why waste time on unnecessary briefings if, like Obama you already know who’s a terrorist and who isn’t?: Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” veteran journalist Sharyl Attkisson said her sources have told her that President Barack Obama … Continue reading →
Obama reacts to critics of his immigration policy with the sort of style and substance we’ve come to expect of our president: Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning in the Philippines, Obama scoffed at attempts to block refugees following the Paris … Continue reading →
I didn’t watch Obama’s press conference, but I’ve seen the reports: He’s a remarkable man, in all the wrong ways. He is the apotheosis of progressivism, the avatar and godling that is the living embodiment of all their cowardices, lies, … Continue reading →
I just want to note that, although I think the governors refusing to accept Syrian refugees are doing the right and necessary thing, it is important only in the sense of alerting people to what’s going on. It won’t ultimately … Continue reading →
Take a look at the news roundup website Memeorandum today. The headlines and blurbs tell a story. At the very top we have “Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries”: Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday … Continue reading →
The NY Times observes: Anyone who hoped that Iran’s nuclear agreement with the United States and other powers portended a new era of openness with the West has been jolted with a series of increasingly rude awakenings over the past … Continue reading →
Obama the class act likes to ridicule the opposition: “Have you noticed that everyone of these candidates say, ‘Obama’s weak. Putin’s kicking sand in his face. When I talk to Putin, he’s going to straighten out,’” Obama said, impersonating a … Continue reading →
First, let’s take a look at Fred Hof’s resume. Here’s an excerpt: Frederic C. Hof is a senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. On March 28, 2012 President Obama conferred on Ambassador Hof the rank … Continue reading →
…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 →