In response to Holder: Obama Plans to Explain Drone Policy: I don’t get what Rand Paul is so worked up about. Attorney General Holder says he “doubts” we’ll have drone strikes on American soil, because it’s easier to capture terrorists
In response to Laziest Writing: Walking Dead vs. The Following: I’ve watched The Following for much the same reason: Kevin Bacon, with a side order of Natalie Zea. Actually, when I first heard the show described, I thought it was
In response to There’s a Financial Crisis in Detroit? No, Really? We Didn’t Notice.: After the 2012 election, I mused on Twitter that the bad news is, Obama set out to turn America into Chicago, but worse news is that
I see that Christian Toto offers a well-deserved salute to Daryl, the redneck messiah of The Walking Dead, on the Big Hollywood front page. The runaway success of this show will give culture critics plenty to chew on for another
In response to Days After Ombudsmen Exits, WaPo Busted In Stealth Correction: John, you’re quite right to note that the stealth-editors of the awful Washington Post “lecture others on journalistic ethics.” The real knee-slapper is that this particular piece was arguably
In response to Krugman Promotes Perfect Storm Stupidity : Basically, I think what we need is for the unsightly half of the world to collapse, so the other half can make a fortune in “stimulus” by rebuilding it. Also, it
And more to the point, is he ready for it? The day after he gave a big Today interview to test the 2016 waters and chart a distinct course on immigration, he was already disavowing his own book on immigration. Which
In response to WIll the Winter Snow Storm be Used for Political Point Scoring? : There’s a third possibility, Jerome! Have you checked with Paul Krugman to see if he’s celebrating the snowstorm as a wonderful opportunity for government stimulus
In response to Lord: ‘CPAC is the Conservative Tent,’ not the ‘Big Tent’: It’s always tough to establish a tent based on ideology, rather than party loyalty, especially when various forces seek to pull that ideology in different directions. The
In response to Am I Totally Wrong? Update: I Am In Fact Totally Wrong: Hey, it’s all worthwhile because you got to use the word “mortifying” numerous times. I love that word. It all reminds me of the finale of
In response to Of Ace and Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Boobs’: I’m somewhat agnostic on the “boobs” controversy itself, but I’m completely with you on the value of take-no-prisoners satire without sacred cows. I generally see MacFarlane himself as less than a
David Harsanyi’s new book, Obama’s Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama’s Reelection is out today. He posted a hefty excerpt over at Human Events, where he and I are two of the primary horsemen. Based on this, I think
Mitt Romney gave Fox News Sunday what they describe as an “unflinching review of his unsuccessful campaign,” in which he criticized President Obama’s mishandling of sequestration, and expressed a heartfelt desire to be the one handling those tough decisions right
Far from challenging Obama for his obvious lies on sequestration, some quarters of the media (and I’m being charitable by saying “some”) are happily carrying his water and running “news items” that could have been written by David Axelrod. Oh,
And it comes from a two-Pinoochio fact check at the Washington Post. Wait, did I say two Pinocchios? Glenn Kessler updated it to four Pinocchios – the full-on total-B.S. rating – after the Architect for the Capitol sent him some documentation and
In response to Why Obama Wins: ‘Star Wars’ Gaffe Becomes Genius Meme: That’s somewhat reminiscent of the way Marco Rubio jumped on the “water sip gaffe” and played it for laughs, which was definitely the right strategy. The difference is
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg became the latest big spender to dismiss concerns about the deficit, in the course of decrying sequestration as an unfair waterboarding of our beloved, endlessly benevolent government. “When it comes to the United States federal
I only got to talk with Andrew once, at my first CPAC, when I was a star-struck new pundit who could still remember his far different workday life from just a few months before. I have always wished I had
In response to Obama’s Secret Sequester Plan: Fiendishly clever, and typically Obamanian. He’s avoided taking the blame for anything thus far – why not ride the Empty Chair into his legacy? The problem I see arising with this strategy is
I think Jim DeMint has the proper contempt for sequestration. He called it “laughable” and said we should be talking about balancing the budget within 10 years: Even as there are indications the tide is turning against Obama on sequestration
Taking Joe Biden seriously is extremely dangerous – it can get you arrested or killed. But setting aside the illegality of doing the things Biden says women should do to protect themselves with shotguns (everything he’s suggested thus far is
In response to Ron Fourier: Yeah, I Got the Abusive Treatment From the WH and the Same “You Will Regret This” Threat: This sort of story has been bubbling around the Beltway for years. I gather every White House can
In response to Biden: Chicago Election Shows Voters Want More Gun Control: If the results of the special-election primary prove America wants more gun control, then what did the landslide victory of Jesse Jackson Jr. prove? That America wants more
Moe Lane has an insightful and tremendously entertaining post which analyzes Barack Obama’s style of governance in game-geek terms, comparing him to a power-gaming munchkin who focuses heavily on one skill (campaigning) and takes advantage of rules loopholes to win.
In response to Let’s Us Two Men Have This Discussion About Women: It’s actually somewhat comforting to know that digital Ragnarok never ends. The really crappy part of Ragnarok is the end. Point well taken about the normal non-ideological women,
