Bret Stephens writes an unusually elegant takedown of Obama’s foreign policy
I always like the way Bret Stephens thinks, but I’ve seldom even noticed how he writes. He’s a great writer — clear and concise — but he’s never struck me as a particular luminous writer. I think he...
View ArticleMark Steyn at his inimitable best on Obama at his inimitable worst
Much as been written by many great writers in the past few days about Obama’s extraordinary foreign policy, one that sees him crudely alienating old allies, while pandering to every totalitarian leader...
View ArticleThe view from the Gulf
One of the things we frequently bemoan here is the fact that American foreign policy tends to be naive. Perhaps because our culture is a fluid melting pot in which citizens, until quite recently,...
View ArticleObama’s foreign policy in no more than two or three sentences
Rush let ‘er rip against the media this morning regarding its utter failure to investigate any aspect of Obama’s life, even as it subjects Republican candidates to the most invasive investigations and...
View ArticleWhen it comes to rhetoric and foreign policy, Obama scores an “F”
I don’t usually associate the Danes with political humor, especially political humor focused on the American political scene, but I may have to change my assumptions in this area. One Danish TV show...
View ArticleOf course Obama will take the low road; he has no high road
Karl Rove has written a WSJ op-ed, the title of which is “Obama’s Campaign Will Take the Low Road.” I haven’t even read Rove’s piece — which I’m sure is good — but I already know he’s right. Obama’s...
View ArticleHollywood may inform Obama’s Washington more than we realize — all theater,...
Sometimes one reads something and thinks “That’s it! That explains what’s been going on.” I do believe that Elliott Abrams is on to something when he discusses the administration’s approach to Syria,...
View ArticleObama says that he would like to see more Americans die in terrorist attacks
That headline is not a lie. The greatest orator since Abraham Lincoln had a serious policy discussion with . . . wait for it . . . Jay Leno. During that serious, I mean really serious, talk, Obama...
View ArticleMorning roundup — and Open Thread
My very strong sense is that the shutdown will reveal how much of our federal government is inessential. I’m not the only one who feels this way. And no wonder, because the shutdown reveals waste...
View ArticleA little of this and a little of that
I’ve been cleaning out my email box, a process that always involves my apologizing to lots of people for appearing to have ignored their emails to me. I haven’t ignored them, which implies a...
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Tuesday afternoon round-up (and Open Thread)
This is one of those days where my day totally didn’t go as planned . . . but for good reasons. How often can one say that? Plans or no plans, though, the news marches on and there’s so much...
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The Bookworm Beat 12-17-15 — the “speed writing” edition
Are you familiar with speed chess? I learned about it when I was at Cal. Since I worked at the Bancroft Library, I had access to an employee break room. Every day at lunch, two men would sit there,...
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[VIDEO] Dennis Prager speaks about the evil ascendant in the world today
Dennis Prager spoke recently at a Christians United For Israel event. (CUFI is a wonderful organization, bless its existence.) This five-minute excerpt starts with Prager discussing the fact that,...
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[VIDEO] Bill Whittle looks at Obama’s utterly disastrous foreign policy
With Obama’s presidency winding down, Bill Whittle takes a look at every one of his disastrous foreign policy initiatives. No one can doubt that, in the last seven years, Obama has consistently...
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Donald Trump: Destroyer of the old globalist order
A friend told me something very significant: This election is not between leftist and conservative or Democrat and Republican. It is, instead, an election pitting the globalists against the populists...
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Election 2016: Forget the candidates; focus on the issues!!
Yes, I went all doom and gloom yesterday. I worry that the pervasive corruption that the Democrat party has inflicted on the American government and on American political society does not bode well for...
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Latest Progressive effort: Draft Obama as House Speaker in 2018
There is a new petition on Change.org asking Obama to become House Speaker in 2018. Not only is it almost charming in its lack of awareness, it is also a reminder that the Left never gives in or gives...
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John Pavlovitz shows that Leftist arguments are fact-free and hate-filled
John Pavlovitz is a hugely popular Progressive preacher. He also exemplifies everything that’s wrong with how Progressives approach Trump’s presidency. Screenshot of John Pavlovitz home page Have you...
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No. 22 Bookworm Podcast: Trump’s Syria decision represents the Trump doctrine
Regarding Syria, Trump is fulfilling a prediction I made two years ago about the Trump Doctrine, a repudiation of Wilsonian and Obama foreign policies. Today’s podcast looks at President Trump’s...
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Trump’s Syria decision perfectly reflects the Trump doctrine
Regarding Syria, Trump is fulfilling a prediction I made two years ago about the Trump Doctrine, a repudiation of Wilsonian and Obama foreign policies. More than 2 years ago, in April 2017, I wrote a...
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