I don’t recall it, and you probably don’t either, because I don’t think it ever happened. The pandemic was covered by the press, but not in anything like the way the COVID-19 illness is being covered now. Because Obama was … Continue reading →
In a recent thread, a discussion of Obama’s Iran policy came up. Here’s one remark: Obama’s brave new idea amounted to surrendering to an enemy. His method was to re-brand them as a non-enemy, without any clear reasoning as far … Continue reading →
In one of yesterday’s threads, the conversation veered into a discussion of whether the Obama administration was a major turning point or just a continuation of basic trends in the Democratic Party with nothing all that special or different about … Continue reading →
Here’s Obama: If women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes, former US President Barack Obama has said. Speaking in Singapore, he said women aren’t perfect, but are “indisputably better” … Continue reading →
…doesn’t stay in Guatemala, according to Mario Duarte, Guatemala’s secretary of strategic intelligence. He has quite a story to tell, which if true indicates another little farewell gift from the Obama administration when it was on its way out: To … Continue reading →
Although I didn’t watch last night’s debate, I hear that the Democrats unloaded on Barack Obama, of all people, for not being leftist enough. Makes sense, because frontrunner Biden is proud of his record as Obama’s Veep. It’s pretty much … Continue reading →
AOC is drawing some criticism from other Democrats: Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) unloaded on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday for “using the race card” after Ocasio-Cortez accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being racially insensitive. Clay, a member … Continue reading →
I recently went into some depth on the history of the citizenship question in the US Census: I’ve done some genealogical research online about my family, and looked at quite a few census pages in many different years. Questions about … Continue reading →
Dennis Prager does the hard work I don’t want to do—which is to listen to the entirety of the recent Democratic debates, and to point out some of the excesses. To take one example: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.: “If billionaires … Continue reading →
…that if Obama had done what Trump did in Korea we’d never hear the end of how wonderful it was? Obama might even get his second Peace Prize. And that’s without even knowing if the results will be something good. … Continue reading →
I saw this in the comments last night from “Sergey” (quoting J. Frank Bullitt): Every candidate lined up in Wednesday’s debate is living in a fantasy world where they are convinced their decrees can yield a utopia just because they … Continue reading →
Hanson writes: The reelection of Obama had convinced progressives that he had discovered electoral magic: record voter registration, turnout, and block voting of “minorities” that could overcome the old Perot, Reagan Democrat, silent majority, and tea-party dinosaurs in the critical … Continue reading →