[Note: A commenter recently alerted me to this 2009 article by David Horowitz about Obama’s Alinsky roots which described the aims of his presidency. I’d like to give that commenter a hat tip, but I can’t seem to locate who … Continue reading →
Why is Ed Rogers so mild and tentative here?: Nothing suggests the president wants to own, control or take charge of securing our border. He only met with Texas Gov. Rick Perry when he was shamed into doing so and … Continue reading →
…and recall how snarkily he mocked Romney in 2012. I’m not sure why I’m going there. After all, there’s nothing to be done about it now. Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment. But when Russia invaded Ukraine, I thought … Continue reading →
I’ve written before that Obama reminds me of Hugo Chavez. But there’s a touch of Allende in Obama, too. Take a look. Note that a coalition of groups in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies attempted to stop Allende when they … Continue reading →
You hear the pundits on the left saying that the right criticizes Obama for ignoring laws, but when he enforces the 2008 act that requires that unaccompanied minors from Central America be given special treatment, the right howls. No doubt … Continue reading →
Obama in Austin: “You know it is lonely, me just doing stuff.” That’s not a mocking paraphrase, nor is it an Onion article nor a scene from the movie “Idiocracy.” It’s a direct quote from our president: Does this fool … Continue reading →
People are wondering about Obama—even his supporters, or maybe especially his supporters. He seems distracted, confused, passive, and even more cool and aloof than ever. I have no idea why any of that would be a surprise. But it is, … Continue reading →
Katrina was, after all, a natural disasster. No, it’s closer to being Obama’s Mariel boatlift. And even then it’s not the same. The difference between the border crisis and the Mariel boatlift is that Carter’s policies were not responsible for … Continue reading →
From Peggy Noonan: “The world seems to disappoint [Obama],” says the New Yorker’s liberal and sympathetic editor, David Remnick. What kind of illusions do you have to have about the world to be disappointed when it, and its players, act … Continue reading →
And not because it will curb his worst excesses, either, and force him to compromise. No, Milbank thinks it could make America see what firebrands the Republicans are, and so they would applaud Obama’s continual efforts to check them by … Continue reading →
This is the way it works: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status is something that we attorneys on the border have been getting CLE training in for a while, but largely it has not been well known outside of CPS attorney work. … Continue reading →
Taking advantage of the crisis: House Democrats and other immigration reformers are calling on President Obama to go big when it comes to administrative changes in deportation policy. For months, liberal reform advocates on and off Capitol Hill have urged … Continue reading →