Gee Whiz, Superman!
“A Superman Approach to Foreign Policy.” That’s the title of this Ezra Klein essay over at The American Prospect, currently the feature piece on the homepage. (Comic books seem to be a popular...
View ArticleHamas, Unrepentant
Remember, last month, when the credulosphere trembled in excitement at the thought that Hamas had given up its desire to destroy Israel? Khaled Meshaal muttered something about being reconciled to...
View ArticleObamaCare and Political Theater
The health-care summit on Thursday will garner a huge amount of media attention — and its effect on the health-care debate will be negligible to nonexistent. It is simple political theater, a...
View ArticleLIVE BLOG: What Is Popular
The president says things that aren’t in the Republican plan are very popular. This is a very common liberal talking point; bloggers like Ezra Klein constantly point out that the “public option” is...
View ArticleEzra Klein: The Foreclosure Made Him Do It
Ezra Klein is one of the lefty horde of bloggers the Washington Post has taken on board in an effort to remain relevant. Or get eyeballs on the Internet. Or something. Anyway, he writes mostly on...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Heck of an ad campaign: “A threatening TV commercial appearing in Pennsylvania has residents of the state spooked by its ‘Orwellian’ overtones, and critics are calling it a government attempt to scare...
View ArticleRefuse to Vote Until Kagan Shows Her Cards
On Fox News Sunday, Juan Williams underscored the buyer’s remorse that some on the left are experiencing over Elena Kagan’s nomination: I think they are worried. I think they’re — they feel, in part...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Candid. Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon’s interview should be read in full. A sample: “Yaalon said bluntly that he believes Iran’s regime is ‘not sure that there is a will’ on the part of the...
View ArticleA Game of JournoList Chicken
Tucker Carlson at the Daily Caller is sitting in the catbird’s seat. He has reams of JournoList e-mails revealing how vicious the blogospheric left is. They wish their opponents dead (Rush Limbaugh)....
View ArticleA Whole Litter of Beagles
The Beagle Blogger was not the only one obsessed with Sarah Palin’s pregnancy and her son Trig; it just turns out he was the only Obama cheerleader foolish enough to make an issue of it. If you want to...
View ArticleJournolisters Risked Their Integrity
When you read those who were part of the now infamous Journolist group — hundreds of mostly liberal journalists and academics who joined an online listserv — they present their discussions as...
View ArticleVoices of Restraint and Civility Among the Crackpots and Haters
Having offered my thoughts on some of the more disturbing things that have emerged from Journolisters, it’s worth linking to this story in the Daily Caller, which commends several people — Dan...
View ArticleEzra Klein Doesn’t Understand the Ground Zero Controversy?
Ezra Klein is stumped. (There’s a lot of that going on at his paper.) The man who couldn’t figure out the motive for the Times Square bomber — the mortgage crisis was his best guess — can’t figure out...
View ArticleLiberalism’s Existential Crisis
As the Obama presidency and the Democratic Party continue their journey into the Slough of Despond, it’s interesting to watch Obama’ supporters try to process the unfolding events. Some blame it on a...
View ArticleWhy the Constitution — and What It Means — Matters
Having taken control of the House of Representatives, Republicans plan to begin their political journey by today reading the American Constitution word-for-word. This is simply too much for those on...
View ArticleMorning Commentary
President Obama’s decision to tap former banker William Daley as his next chief of staff is angering all the right people: “This was a real mistake by the White House,” [Adam] Green, the co-founder of...
View ArticleVox: Old Media’s Best Friend?
Should the hoary institutions of mainstream American print media be concerned about the rise of web-only, technology-driven “explanatory journalism”? Judging by the highly anticipated launch of Ezra...
View ArticleWhat BuzzFeed’s Success Can Teach Vox
National Journal has earned the ire of progressive bloggers today with its story noting that the White House long ago figured out how to essentially incorporate liberal writers into the Obama...
View ArticlePowerless President? Obama’s Lame Excuse
In the wake of the VA scandal, President Obama’s cheering section in the press has been scrambling to come up with an excuse for his latest lackluster response to a governmental problem. White House...
View ArticleBad History: Vox and Alexander Hamilton
Earlier today I wrote about Ezra Klein’s lame defense of the Obama presidency in which he mistakenly asserts that the office is inherently weak. Blaming the Founding Fathers for the president’s...
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