Darkness at High Noon: the UnAmericanism of an American Icon
A comment to the previous blogpost, That Big Ol’ NEA Scandal… Just Déjà Vu-Du, has taken issue with my characterization of the seminal film High Noon as a deeply unAmerican, even anti-American movie that slanders the American character… at a time when the only form of unAmericanism that was acceptable to the intelligensia in the [...]
Barack Obama — making it up as he goes along
President Obama is fond of claiming that the debate over health care has been hijacked by special interest groups and other bad guys who are deluding the public by providing misinformation. It will be interesting, then, to see how (and if) he responds to this statement by the American College of Surgeons, which accuses [...]
Light Dawns on Marblehead
If it seems to you that voters are rudely beginning to awaken to the looming health-care catastrophe that is ObamaCare — then you’re right! At least, so sayeth that well-known bastion of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, Quinnipiac University. (Note to liberals who might read this: That last sentence was a sarcastic jibe, [...]
Trouble on the Right
Left-winger Greg Sargent–the relevance of the characterization will be clear in a moment–writes that former Inspector General Gerald Walpin has requested Congressional hearings into his firing by Barack Obama. What has drawn most notice about Sargent’s piece is his repeated references to “the right” criticizing Walpin’s firing:
“Gerald Walpin, who’s been a hero on the [...]
Obama Sudan Envoy Declares End to Genocide
The Washington Post reports that President Obama’s envoy to Sudan has declared an end to the genocide:
President Obama’s special envoy to Sudan, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration, said Wednesday that the Sudanese government is no longer engaging in a “coordinated” campaign of mass murder in Darfur, marking a shift in the U.S. [...]
Who’s to Blame for Insanity?
James von Brunn, an 88-year-old nut, attacked the Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C., yesterday and murdered a security guard. Information is still coming to light about Mr. von Brunn, but the one thing we know for sure is that he is an anti-Semite.
What is most striking about von Brunn’s despicable attack is the [...]
