Backing off on the debt ceiling battle
I bet a lot of you will disagree, but I think that, on the whole, the GOP is right not to choose this particular hill to die on. Kicking the can down the road may not usually be such a … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
Obama, the left, and the bitter clingers
It’s fairly apparent that Obama’s recent push for post-Newtown gun control is not reasonably related to the facts of the case, but exploits it instead as an opportunity to use the public’s emotional reaction to it (and some children, in … Continue reading →
“It’s not the GOP’s fault it’s useless but it’s useless”
You may be heartily sick of the topic by now, but I thought this article was a very good treatment of it (although I don’t agree with the next-to-last paragraph). Read the whole thing, but here’s an excerpt: It’s simply … Continue reading →
How are Obama’s gun control proposals a logical response to Sandy Hook?
Simple: they’re not. After a mass shooting, gun controllers push the policies they’ve always supported as if they were a logical response to that particular example of senseless violence. When skeptics say it is hard to see how the proposed … Continue reading →
Hagel convinces Schumer…
…that his previous positions on the Middle East had no meaning, earning Schumer’s vote for his confirmation. Was there ever any doubt that this would happen?: Schumer said that his support was sown up after Hagel ”” whom Obama formally … Continue reading →
Between the cliff and the ceiling
Seems we’ve only just negotiated the fiscal cliff (for the moment, anyway; the fight is certainly not over), and now we face the debt ceiling. Defining some terms. The article discusses the use of the word “default,” and why it’s … Continue reading →
Approval of Congress is at 14%…and so…
…what does it mean? Approval of Congress is not only low, it’s been low for a long time. Americans do not respect their own representatives, although of course they keep electing them, perhaps because voters see no other way. And … Continue reading →
Obama’s second-term foreign policy: not really like Ike
Here’s a riddle for you: How is Obama like Eisenhower? My answer would be: they both love[d] to play golf. David Ignatius sees a great many more similarities. Seriously, he does. I repeat: he is serious. After I wrote the … Continue reading →
Holder’s a holdover
In Obama’s second term, Eric Holder is a holdover, according to Ben Smith at Buzzfeed, who calls Holder Obama’s “heat shield. The reason he stays, despite his unpopularity? Holder (like Obama) is a completely political animal, and is Obama’s man: … Continue reading →
Yes, he can: executive orders on guns?
Ace points out the same thing that commenter “carl in atlanta” alluded to a moment ago—that this administration has declared some interesting intentions on gun control: “The president is going to act,” said Biden, giving some comments to the press … Continue reading →
Obama’s right: we don’t have a spending problem
Got your attention, didn’t I? It’s not that I agree with Obama when he said to John Boehner that the US doesn’t have a spending problem. But it’s all in how you look at it. If you believe certain things, … Continue reading →
Some of…
…Hagel’s best friends are Jews. The Sun doesn’t care. Neither do I. The Sun’s editorial staff writes: His private views are not what we care about. What we care about is the policy line to which Mr. Hagel would hew … Continue reading →