Sep 6 2009
Does our president have a moral compass?
Barry Rubin describes the latest example of the Obama administration’s hard-wired inability to take the side of an ally if it means offending a bloodthirsty enemy. In this instance the parties are Iraq, for whose stability we have sacrificed hundreds of lives, and Syria, which has harbored and supported the terrorists who have [...]
Jul 23 2009
Oh Please Don’t Throw Me into that Brady Patch, Ms. Pelosi!
I can understand corruption; simple venality is easily fathomed: A person with a broken moral compass (or none at all) sees ethical behavior as mere obstacle, so he finds a way to squirm around it to get what he wants anyway.
But what offends me most about nearly every act of political corruption is the [...]













