The Elite Education Sidestep
As a Cal graduate (that would be the University of California, Berkeley, to all of you non-Californians), I don’t usually have kind words for our archrival from across the Bay, Stanford. But I am...
View ArticleRacism by Any Other Name
The Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander is out to gently chide his employer for not doing better on “diversity.” In the process, he reveals the discriminatory practices and mindset at the heart...
View ArticleNo More Islamic Terrorism!
Under siege during the Christmas Day bomb incident, the Obami huffily insisted that they do too know we are at war and that they do too take it seriously. Their policy decisions and actions suggest...
View ArticleObama’s Reality Gap
Morton Kondracke writes: From BP to banks, health insurance companies to special interest lobbyists, Obama & Co. pass up no opportunity to slash and bash — except when they are asking for industry...
View ArticleKagan’s Vulnerabilty
Although records from her years in the Clinton administration may raise other concerns, at this stage, the most significant vulnerability for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is her position in...
View ArticleRE: Kagan Nominated
Michael Gerson thinks Kagan’s harsh criticism of the military and decision to join the amicus brief seeking to allow law schools to ban recruiters will be a problem, positing that ”many Americans will...
View ArticleThe Truth and Barack Obama
Who knew that Barack Obama’s real ambition is to be Howard Kurtz? In his commencement address at Hampton University, the president once again decided to act as if he were America’s...
View ArticleObama Isn’t Very Persuasive, Is He?
Conservatives rolled their eyes during the 2008 campaign when Obama spoke about stopping the rise of the oceans, went to Berlin to declare that this is “our moment,” and told swooning fans that they...
View ArticleBrilliant No More
How many times has a pundit or Democrat gushed over Obama’s “brilliant” mind? As conservatives pointed out to the swooners on the left, there was very little evidence of it — no inventive Third Wave...
View ArticleBollinger: Big Government News
I thought this headline might be sardonic: “Journalism Needs Government Help; Media budgets have been decimated as the Internet facilitates a communications revolution. More public funding for...
View ArticleRichard Cohen: Obama Is No Reagan
My how the bloom is off the Obama rose. Richard Cohen sounds, well, like a CONTENTIONS blogger: No one is accusing Obama of being likable. He is not unlikable, but he lacks Reagan’s (or Bill Clinton’s)...
View ArticleWas It the Lavish Vacation?
Politicians of both parties fall prey to gaffes of the “lives of the rich and famous” variety. But liberals, very rich ones, are especially susceptible to flaunting their wealth because they can’t...
View ArticleObama’s Ground Zero Debacle
It would be hard to think how Obama could have done a worse job on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. He took a position objectionable to the vast majority of Americans, within 24 hours chickened out,...
View ArticlePlaying the Bigot Card
On the Ground Zero mosque, the left is playing the bigot card, big time. Some may honestly believe the mosque opponents are Muslim-haters, for they cannot fathom why their fellow citizens would object...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Not even Dana Milbank can make excuses for Imam Abdul Rauf: “He claims he wishes to improve the standing of Muslims in the United States, to build understanding between religions, and to enhance the...
View ArticleWhat’s It Going to Take in 2012?
On the Fox News Sunday roundtable, the panel discussed the 2012 GOP presidential front-runners. It is interesting that, aside from Sarah Palin, lesser-known Republicans seem to have gained top-tier...
View ArticleAhmadinejad Goes to Yale
The U.S. and European delegations walk out on Ahmadinejad at the UN. The president proclaims himself outraged that the perennial Holocaust denier would say awful things. But Ahmadinejad is not without...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
I’m sure it is going to be blamed on the Chamber of Commerce: “Gallup finds 21% of Americans satisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time. If that figure does not improve...
View ArticleWow, She’s Good at Manipulating the Media. Who Knew?
Howard Kurtz – no kidding — has recently discovered that Sarah Palin is a shrewd manipulator of the media. Next up: Dems’ loss of the midterms is a problem for the Obama strategy! It’s hard to...
View ArticleDADT Will Soon Be a Non-Event
In a year’s time, I predict, the lifting of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy to allow gays to serve openly in the military will have become a non-event. The military will adjust, as it always does,...
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