Incompetence
Condoleezza Rice: Macedonia is ready, NATO must remain open
There is no longer any sane or valid reason that Macedonia is not a part of NATO. This goes for the rest of the Former Yugoslavian states like Serbia and Bosnia. Rice spoke forcefully during the Bush Administration for integration, and it was through pettiness that certain parties kept the country out. Now is their [...]
Article Roundup for June 11, 2010
Much to catch up on! Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’ – Fouad Ajami of the Wall Street Journal comments on the wretched response of the current president to the plight of Iranian dissidents being crushed by the mullahs. The Cuckoo’s Nest – David Harsanyi of the Denver Post mocks the bitching and moaning of leftists [...]
He’s Not Our Daddy
Nothing is more obnoxious than condescension. It’s made even worse when it comes from an incompetent leader trying to masquerade as a father figure. Rich Lowry has more here, courtesy of National Review Online.
The Case Against Keynes (With Some Questions for Krugman, Too)
I have a dear friend of mine who has served as something of a spiritual mentor for years. He is brilliant in many ways, very conservative socially and religiously, but is a died-in-the-wool liberal from the 1960s who has yet to shake off the last vestiges of this poison. He insists Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning [...]
The Long and Foggy War
Liberals continue to prove what a clueless lot they are. It is as if the concept that a supporter of Al Qaeda would want to actually kill Americans indiscriminately is too mind-bogglingly unbelievable for these people to grasp. Cliff May at TownHall.com writes on The Long and Foggy War, an apt title for the left’s [...]
Sunset In Taxifornia?
We have the worst sort of bumbling idiots ruining California’s finances. As bitterly disappointed as I am with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s disastrous run as governor, he seems to have finally woken up to the fact that he has to slash and burn the budget, lest the state completely collapse financially.
The welfare state’s death spiral
Though I loathe the welfare state and its insistence on holding up leeches who do little to earn the bloated state salary earned on the back of businessmen, I feel no joy in knowing that the West will go through a nasty death-rattle before the economy resets itself. Robert Samuelson eulogizes the welfare state at [...]
Another liberal publication fails
Robert Moon reports on the fall of yet another liberal rag, Newsweek. They’re up for sale as they’ve performed poorly over the years, namely because they have a huge credibility problem. Hugh Hewitt has half-joked about pooling investors to buy the rag, but as far as I’m concerned, the brand name is ruined. Here’s a [...]
Defending Glenn Beck
David Solway of Pajamas Media pecks out a fair apologia for TV host Glenn Beck. Though I don’t agree with everything Beck says, his detractors look like lunatics when they barrage him with insults, and lose any credibility they may have had if they would have stuck to a fair argument against the man.
Obama trying to weaken sanctions against Iran?
Ed Morrissey is being rhetorical, of course. The POTUS has shown an utter lack of seriousness in dealing with Iran since the beginning. Of course, he’s not alone. To his detriment, neither Presidents Bush (both), Clinton nor even Reagan handled the mess Jimmy Carter allowed to fester and do nothing about. President Obama will have [...]