I was searching for something on the blog yesterday and accidentally came across an old post of mine about Obama that I started reading out of curiosity. I decided to re-post it today, because it demonstrates how Obama introduced so … Continue reading →
Obama has written still another autobiography, this one about his presidency. Actually, it’s not a new book; it was published last November 17, although I don’t recall reading about it at the time. The reviews quoted on Amazon are glowing: … Continue reading →
Oh, for the days when ex-presidents were silent in their post-presidential years, only to emerge for a ceremonial role or two. Those days are gone. I believe that Obama is still working behind the scenes as one of the people … Continue reading →
From Glick’s recent article: …[I]n the minds of the Iranian leadership and those of their Hamas proxies, the Abraham Accords represent the single greatest military and political threat to Iran’s nuclear and hegemonic ambitions. Destroying them is their strategic goal. … Continue reading →
We started hearing reports during the Obama years of a switchover in terms of ideology in the military. Here’s an article about it (written some years later, but I recall hearing about it at the time, too): …[T]he Army that … Continue reading →
I detest the Biden administration’s unraveling of so many of the accomplishments of the Trump administration. I only hope that a lot of the positives of the last four years will survive nevertheless, or at least that people watching the … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s thread about Joe Biden, the name of Barack Obama came up. There was a dispute in the comments about just how in charge Obama is right now, and also about how much in charge Obama was during his … Continue reading →
At the time, it was looked on as something rather scandalous. This headline at Reuters tries to turn it into a Republican attack on Obama: “Obama seeks to blunt Republican attack over comment.” An excerpt: President Barack Obama said on … Continue reading →
An interesting pairing: Americans are most likely to name President Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as most admired man and woman in 2020. Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honor last year but edged out his predecessor this … Continue reading →
If you have a mordant sense of humor, looking back at this piece makes for amusing reading – both for the fulsome fawning of its author Jeff Stein at Vox, and for the delicious irony of certain claims (that Trump’s … Continue reading →
Last May, a recording was “leaked” (purposely, that is) of Obama on a call rallying the troops. In it, he said this: So I am hoping that all of you feel the same sense of urgency that I do. Whenever … Continue reading →
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he felt he had to distance himself from Reverend Wright once some of the hateful content of Wright’s sermons came out. Obama knew the press would defend whatever Obama said on the … Continue reading →