Obama Puts His Finger in Francis's Eye
It’s vintage Obama. Even when hosting the most ideologically sympathetic pontiff in his lifetime (climate change, Cuba), Mr. Obama cannot restrain himself. He cannot be civil and respectful, searching...
View ArticleOur Increasingly 'No Apologies' Political Culture
From the last Morning Jolt of the week:May of Us Love the ‘No Apologies’ Style, Until We Think We’re Owed OneOver on the NRO home page, I take a look at the “no apologies” personas of Donald Trump and...
View ArticleFriday Links
Dr. Samuel Johnson was born on this date in 1709: Here’s a selection of his insults and Scotland-bashing quotesTwenty-five unusual foreign travel warnings for visiting the U.S.This father pulled out...
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Will You Have the Guts . . . to Enjoy This Iconic Poster?
He was a brash editor of a conservative fortnightly who took the political world by storm by running for Mayor of New York City in a campaign that riveted the nation and revived and inspired a...
View ArticleExposing GE's Political Bullying
Yesterday I explained why GE’s threatening to “move” 400 to 500 jobs to France was nothing more than political bullying. Since then, many more people have weighed in to expose the company’s deceptive...
View ArticleHalperin Slams Brock's 'McCarthyite Tactics' Against Sanders
David Brock’s pro–Hillary Clinton Super PAC attacked Bernie Sanders, talking up his connections and similarities to newly elected British Labour-party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Sanders cited the attack in...
View ArticleFourteen Things That Caught My Eye Today (Sept. 18, 2015)
1. Pope Francis:I cannot fail to mention the serious harm to the Christian communities in Syria and Iraq, where many brothers and sisters are oppressed because of their faith, driven from their land,...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina Has Forced the Mainstream Media to Cover the Planned Parenthood...
Watch and wonder:Here’s the transcript of the exchange between ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and Carly Fiorina:STEPHANOPOULOS: Another powerful moment last night was when you talked about those Planned...
View ArticleFiorina and the Gender Card: Some Notes
1. Kimberley Strassel praises Fiorina today for not playing the “gender card”: She doesn’t “pander on gender issues” or “pitch [her] womanhood as a qualification for office.” That’s right, in general,...
View ArticleThe Marine Corps Against Political Correctness -- Leaders Are Set to...
From the Associated Press:The Marine Corps is expected to ask that women not be allowed to compete for several front-line combat jobs, inflaming tensions between Navy and Marine leaders, U.S. officials...
View ArticleAiring Some Issues
I’ve been writing about politics and music — separately, I should say — and want to take a break. For some language. If you don’t want to take a language break, please don’t! No subject is touchier to...
View ArticleBernie ’n’ Jeremy, Sittin’ in a Tree
Jim, when you said “McCarthyite tactics,” below, why, you were practically calling my name. Re Sanders and his new bromance with Corbyn, I wonder this:Corbyn calls for getting rid of his country’s...
View ArticleHair Raising
Over at The Times Literary Supplement, Carol Tavris reviews Rebecca Herzig’s provocative new history of hair removal in the United States, and I was particularly struck by this passage:When, Herzig...
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President Obama Blames His Critics for the Failure of his Syria Policy
It’s come to this:By any measure, President Obama’s effort to train a Syrian opposition army to fight the Islamic State on the ground has been an abysmal failure. The military acknowledged this week...
View ArticleSay No If Asked to Attend a Suicide
Over at First Things today, I write about being asked to a suicide “going away” party for a friend back in 1991. From, “RSVP ‘No’ to Suicide Party:”My elderly friend Frances wanted to die. Her plan,...
View ArticleWashington D.C.'s 'One Gun a Month' Rule Struck Down
Does Heller have teeth? Apparently some, at least:In a mixed decision, a federal appeals court on Friday struck down as unconstitutional several strict gun registration laws in the nation’s capital,...
View ArticleTrump Calls In Busy: Is Baloney Rejecting the Grinder?
Less than 48 hours after this week’s GOP debate, Donald Trump canceled his planned appearance at Heritage Action’s Presidential Forum in Greenville, S.C, which is also the home of Heritage CEO Jim...
View ArticleWill The Pope Make Time for Cuba's Dissidents?
Washington Post:HAVANA — Pope Francis plans to meet with Cuba’s president and its priests, its young and its sick, its churchgoers and its seminarians as he travels around the island starting Saturday....
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Time for Trump to Disavow Birtherism
Charles Krauthammer said a “more practiced politician” than Donald Trump would have “undermined and denied the premise” of the New Hampshire man who last night asked how “we can get rid” of Muslims...
View ArticleNow Hiring: Hillsdale Radio
Hillsdale College seeks a general manager for its new radio station, WRFH. Details here.
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