Here it is again, the press’s big slobbering love affair with Obama. The phenomenon has been discussed right into the ground, here and elsewhere, and analyzed almost to death (“Obama is not just the white liberals’ perfect dream of a … Continue reading →
This recent comment by “Snackeater” (fine moniker, by the way) brought up an interesting angle on Obama and his supporters: I’ve always thought that subconsciously, Liberals are racists. Not that they hate people of other races ”“ quite the contrary … Continue reading →
Ace nails it, completely and totally, here. The press is the key to the whole shebang. So I’ve got a question for you all: by which mechanism does this happen to the MSM? It’s a serious question, not a sarcastic … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting question from a commenter at Ace’s: We have always had a partisan press its just that it use to have two sides. I don’t really know what happened to the conservative side of the press, I suspect … Continue reading →
The more I think about Hillary Clinton’s question yesterday—“what difference does it make?”—the more important it becomes; a sort of leitmotif, not only for this administration, but for our times in general. For the moment, let’s not talk about Benghazi … Continue reading →
I still haven’t listened to Obama’s inaugural speech; don’t plan to. I’ve mentioned several times before that I don’t like speeches in general, unless they’re by Churchill or Lincoln (I guess Patrick Henry could sneak in there, too). And Obama’s … Continue reading →
Or is he just pretending to be, and assuming we are? Perhaps it’s a meaningless question, because it actually doesn’t matter in practical terms. But since I’m interested in what makes people tick, I still ask it. What am I … Continue reading →
…and Politifact’s designated “Lie of the Year” (by Mitt Romney) turns out to have been true.
Continue reading →Nah. I very much doubt it. But this was a surprise— Neo-neocon, yesterday: There’s been a lot of speculation on what [Obama’s] ends might be [in pushing gun control right now]. I think there’s a multitude””but one of them is … Continue reading →
You may notice that I’ve been writing a somewhat higher proportion of my posts on topics that are not all that political. There’s a reason for that. Every morning I go to certain sites to read the stories of the … Continue reading →
Yesterday there was a big brouhaha over an op-ed of Louis Michael Seidman’s that appeared in the New York Times. It was the type of piece that, on first reading, appears to be some sort of ironic Onion-esque parody—but sadly, … Continue reading →
…just name him “Person of the Century” and be done with it already?
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