One of the most perverse things about Obama is that, when he’s trying to get tough with the opposition, what he says about them is often the best clue to what he’s actually doing, or planning to do. Case in … Continue reading →
Mitch McConnell has stirred up a hornet’s nest on the left (see, for example, the comments here) by suggesting that we should hold hearings on the question of whether every child born in the US, even if his/her parents have … Continue reading →
Four members of the House of Representatives are being investigated on ethics violations, and two (Maxine Waters of California and Charles Rangel of New York) seem intent on defending themselves in public trials before the House ethics committee. All four … Continue reading →
Shirley Sherrod has now announced her intention of suing Andrew Breitbart for posting the edited video of her speech to the NAACP that caused so much commotion. I’ve looked at a number of articles about the lawsuit, but none have … Continue reading →
Gee, give Shirley Sherrod enough rope and she proves she’s got a racial chip on her shoulder the size of the rock of Gibraltar, and a finely-honed and relentless ability to play the race card [the relevant part begins around … Continue reading →
Thinking more about the larger context of Sherrold’s remarks, I will add: (1) I am heartily sick and tired of the racism thought police on either side. (2) Let us take as a given that members of all races and … Continue reading →
Re the Shirley Sherrod video, commenter “cm” remarks: i thought the point of the video was showing the reaction of the audience (naacp ppl) when she mentioned not helping the white farmer. they laughed and said amen at this point … Continue reading →
…my position so far is pretty much what Jonah Goldberg said. Disclaimer: I haven’t actually watched the longer video in question, just the edited one. But when I see a host of respected writers on the right claiming that Breitbart … Continue reading →
The big ruckus in the blogosphere today is that Journolist reporters conspired to downplay the Reverend Wright/Obama story during the campaign, and to attack and impugn anyone who didn’t play the same game. It is shocking, but unsurprising to those … Continue reading →
…that two can play at this boycott game. [Hat tip: Instapundit.]
Continue reading →I’ve been writing about the recent Harvard Law School flap, in which third-year student Stephanie Grace was excoriated for daring to suggest in a private email that there might even be a possibility that some of the gap in intelligence … Continue reading →
Eugene Volokh, who was born in the Soviet Union and came to the United States as a child, reminicises about thought control in the country of his youth and relates the atmosphere there to what happened at Harvard Law School … Continue reading →