Peter Beinart’s piece in the Atlantic leads with the obligatory and customary condemnation of Bush, an attempt to make it clear that he’s not, repeat NOT, gone over to the Republican, pro-Bush dark side. Please don’t make that mistake: Yes, … Continue reading →
…you know it’s serious. Morgan isn’t just lost, either. He’s gone over to the dark side: As Governor Chris Christie pointed out, by saying ”˜they’ rather than ”˜we’, Obama tried to distance himself from any personal responsibility or accountability for … Continue reading →
The surprise is that it ever issued the correction: On September 11, the Mark Landler article [in the NY Times] included this curious sentence: “Unlike Mr. Bush in the Iraq war, Mr. Obama has sought to surround the United States … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan thinks Obama’s problem is bad judgment: Mr. Obama can see the trees, name their genus and species, judge their age and describe their color. He absorbs data. But he consistently misses the shape, size and density of the … Continue reading →
Roger Cohen describes the current state of affairs quite accurately, although I’m surprised to see his piece in the NY Times. However, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, because Cohen has been somewhat of a hawk post-9/11, and a columnist … Continue reading →
…the rash of MSM editorials and pundits and even politicians on the liberalish side saying that Obama has no effective foreign policy, and counseling him to man up? Where were they years ago? Praising him to the skies. And it’s … Continue reading →
A new video has been released purporting to show the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff. In the James Foley video ISIS had claimed he would be next. Although its authenticity has yet to be established, I would guess that it … Continue reading →
And we shouldn’t call them that. I had started a draft for a post on this very subject, but Michael Walsh has covered the ground so well that there’s no need for me to do a full court press on … Continue reading →
I noticed that commenter “Severely Ltd.” recommended this article about press coverage of Israel. It’s long, and I’ve only had a chance to skim it. But I thought I’d highlight it here for discussion, because it looks good. I’ve seen … Continue reading →
…why speculate on an audio that hasn’t even been confirmed yet as authentic? Of course, that didn’t stop CNN from airing it. The cable news coverage of Michael Brown’s killing has exceeded in scale even the treatment of the Zimmerman … Continue reading →
Or something like that. Yesterday the WaPo featured a wordy piece devoted to Darren Wilson’s dysfunctional family of origin, and the racial and other problems in the police force he used to work for, difficulties that seem to have had … Continue reading →
ISIS has released a video purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Wright Foley, who had been missing for almost two years. The video, which also threatens to do the same to a man identified as American journalist … Continue reading →