[Bumped up.] We’ve seen a lot of change from Obama since he became president in 2008. After all, he ran on a promise of hope and change, and although he didn’t exactly specify what the change would be, people somehow … Continue reading →
…is that he’s a fool rather than a knave. It’s come down to that. There are still defenders (or at least partial defenders) of Obama’s Middle East policy, and they’re not even all liberals. Ross Douthat, one of those partial … Continue reading →
I’ve seen the meme over and over and over on the right: stupid Boehner ruled out impeachment for Obama. But as I see it, nothing of the sort was done, nor could it be done. Congress can’t waive its right … Continue reading →
Expect an indictment as early as Wednesday: The FBI and the Justice Department have been investigating Menendez’s ties to Dr. Salomon Melgen, a close friend and financial backer of the New Jersey senator, for months. It’s not clear exactly what … Continue reading →
For a long time the right has been sounding the theme of the relative lack of experience of Obama’s advisors. Obama surrounds himself with sycophantic worshippers and/or neophytes, word-people whom he has elevated to positions of power. With all that … Continue reading →
This has been alluded to before, but more details can be found here. I have little doubt that Obama plans to stab Israel in the back as forcefully as possible, and that this is not a new idea for him. … Continue reading →
Commenter “Mrs Whatsit” asks: Is anyone besides me wondering whether the reason that the Obama administration has been so quick to throw Hillary under the bus might be to make room for a new candidate who’d offer the trifecta of … Continue reading →
What would he be doing, and what would he be refraining from? In what ways might it differ from what Obama has been doing regarding Iran, our enemy since 1979? We are now overtly supporting our enemy, conceding to our … Continue reading →
…revenge against Israel. My guess is there’s more to come. Here’s a question: which is Obama’s more primary motivation in the whole sorry mess of the recent Iran negotiations, harming Israel or helping Iran? [ADDENDUM: See this. It will make … Continue reading →
THE SECOND COMING William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and … Continue reading →
On reading this, I marveled anew at the fairly obvious fact that Iran considers itself to be in the driver’s seat on these negotiations. Its leaders know that the US is groveling and desperate for a deal, any deal, no … Continue reading →
…such as this, truth is especially hard to come by: The Wall Street Journal reported late Monday that in addition to Israelis spying on the highly-sensitive negotiations between Tehran and world powers, details were back-chanelled to US legislators in an … Continue reading →