The left is busy criticizing the Supreme Court as “activist” and biased in advance of any possible ruling against Obamacare. Oh, it’s perfectly fine for the Court to be activist when it is stretching the Constitution to fit the leftist … Continue reading →
At least a little, anyway. I’m not sure whether this signifies a thing, really. It may just be a tiny bit of window dressing. But nevertheless: The BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring has been heavily criticised ”“ by the … Continue reading →
Sometimes I wonder where Peggy Noonan has been for the past few years. Back when she was Reagan’s speechwriter, she seemed to have her finger on the pulse of something. But “out-of-touch” is too mild a term to describe this: … Continue reading →
Sometimes I wonder what makes me pick a topic to write about. Some days there’s a story du jour that cries out for treatment, even if only to provide a forum for commenters to talk amongst themselves about it. Sometimes … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is another installment in my series on literary leftists.] You may know Will and Ariel Durant as the authors of a series of books on world history called The Story of Civilization, which I read one long-ago summer … Continue reading →
Yesterday was the 41st anniversary of the Pentagon Papers’ publication. A year ago on the 40th anniversary, Daniel Ellsberg took a moment to air a few regrets that he didn’t release the Papers sooner, and to encourage the current possessors … Continue reading →
…gives us all a lesson in sophistry.
Continue reading →Yesterday’s PJ article and its comments yielded a couple of further thoughts. One was this comment at PJ, which I think succinctly sums up some of the problems in inherent in the presentation of war photos or indeed any other … Continue reading →
Today is a National Day of Blogger Silence (a sort of oxymoron?). The purpose is explained in this post by Ace, and Michelle Malkin has much more to say here, including contact information (Malkin is nothing if not thorough): Free … Continue reading →
It’s been forty years since this photo shocked Americans: Do you know the story behind the photo? I tell it in this article at PJ. Some of what you read may surprise you. [NOTE: I’ve written about the photo before, … Continue reading →
Walter Russell Mead reflects on the same topic I talked about yesterday, when I discussed a piece by John Nichols in The Nation and spoke of the left’s reaction to its drubbing in Wisconsin. Mead zeros in on one in … Continue reading →
Last night I was listening to some talking heads nattering on about the results of the Wisconsin recall. What it means for Obama, what it means for public sector unions, what it means for Democrats, what it means for Romney. … Continue reading →