Susan Rice and John Kerry are reportedly at odds over Egypt: The tension between the national security adviser and the secretary of state spilled over into public view in the past week, when Rice laid out her critical appraisal of … Continue reading →
On one level, the events of the last few weeks have been deeply satisfying. Who wouldn’t feel a certain vindication in seeing one’s predictions come true, and watch the perpetrators running for cover? But I’m having a lot of trouble … Continue reading →
Mark Steyn is a funny guy, although his subject matter couldn’t be less funny: The most telling line, the one that encapsulates the gulf between the boundless fantasies of the faculty-lounge utopian and the messiness of reality, was this: “What … Continue reading →
Douglas E. Schoen makes a keen observation: “I personally believe, even if it takes a change in the law, that the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they’ve got,” … Continue reading →
…the crocodile would eat them last. Turned out they were wrong. But they have a few teeth of their own. Either Obama knows zero about how the insurance business works, or his plan was to destroy it anyway, or he … Continue reading →
…the sweet sweet taste of schadenfreude in the morning: During the government shutdown, Barack Obama held fast, heroically refusing to give an inch to the hostage-taking, barbaric orcs of the Tea Party who insisted on delaying Obamacare. It was a … Continue reading →
I still don’t know why anyone on either side would be at all surprised at Obama’s behavior. After all, this is the man who said years ago, despite an extremely thin resume of actual accomplishment other than winning elections: When … Continue reading →
I like to think I have some small ability, after five years of close study, to predict or at least understand many of Obama’s moves. But I’m puzzled by this one: In nine days, this town [Gettysburg] will commemorate the … Continue reading →
…based on a charge of fraud is made by Andrew C. McCarthy. Congress will never vote for it, of course. But the case seems strong. And in a somewhat related post, Bookworm offers the best analysis of Obama’s lying m.o. … Continue reading →
I won’t even discuss the ludicrous non-apology that Obama offered last night, except to say that this little slip of the tongue was telling: “…given that I’ve been burned already with a website” but then [Obama] stopped himself. “Well, more … Continue reading →
A message from Netanyahu to Barack Obama and John Kerry and the European international community: But Kerry and Obama have a very different definition of “bad” than Netanyahu, because their goals are—well, what are their goals, really? To pretend that … Continue reading →
America heard Obama promise unequivocally, with no caveats or qualifications, that if you liked your health plan you could keep it, if you liked your doctor you could keep your doctor. Period. So why would he say something as absurd … Continue reading →