…because now they’re being extended until October of 2016—that is, until further notice from our fearless leader, Barack Obama. The audacious transparency of this move is almost breathtaking. Obama must truly think the American people are incredibly stupid and won’t … Continue reading →
…to defeat his nominee for the head of the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, Debo Adegbile, a choice that raised an unusual amount of criticism because Adegbile had defended convicted cop-killer and leftist darling Mumial Abu-Jamal. The LA Times … Continue reading →
Interesting article by David Weigel in Slate: Romney was right. Why was Obama wrong? Because, I think, he was willfully blurring the distinction between “geopolitical” and other sorts of threats. He was playing to the cheap seats. Voters do not … Continue reading →
…takes a hard line on Israel. See also this: The timing could not have been any more deliberate ”” an assault on the prime minister’s policies delivered precisely as Netanyahu was flying in to meet with him, and on the … Continue reading →
…at this warning from President Obama: “We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine,” Obama said in a hastily arranged public statement from the White House briefing room. “Just days … Continue reading →
This exactly coincides with my own opinion about the main motive behind Obama’s desire to drastically slash the military: Limiting the power his successors can wield is, for Obama, not just an unalloyed good idea but an imperative. Call it … Continue reading →
The D’Souza case: a warning to all who would challenge or offend Obama. You’ll be next. The activities with which he’s charged are unlikely to have been uncovered in a “routine review,” as John Hinderaker writes at Powerline: Here is … Continue reading →
The Anchoress has a lot to say about the Obama’s administration’s proposal to use the FCC to “study” the newsrooms: …[The administration is] thinking no one in the mainstream press has asked them a difficult or challenging question in 7 … Continue reading →
It’s not as though what John McCain says matters at this point. However, he is still a US senator, and—although it may seem several lifetimes away—he was Barack Obama’s Republican opponent in his first presidential race, way back in 2008. … Continue reading →
Hugo Chavez is dead, but his legacy lives on. And that means that Venezuela is in a heap of trouble: The suddenness of Venezuela’s collapse should have come as no surprise because downfalls are inherently abrupt…Imagine there’s no money to … Continue reading →
In the past, I can’t say I’ve liked the IRS. Who does? My attitude has always been that they’re a nuisance, and a cause for mild anxiety. The tax laws are the tax laws, but the IRS was not responsible … Continue reading →
Jonathan Turley is a liberal star, a constitutional law professor with impeccable credentials: Turley holds the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School where he teaches torts, criminal procedure, and constitutional law. He is … Continue reading →