Speaking of reconciliation…
Watching this video assembling the vehement pronouncements of prominent Democrats inveighing against circumvention of the filibuster, It would be easy for a citizen to become cynical about politics. It would be easy, but it would be right.
Naked Emperor News has compiled the wise words of Democratic worthies including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, [...]
Sarah Palin Signs "Multi-Year" Deal to Become Fox News Analyst
In what will have many guessing as to what it means for 2012, the NYT is reporting that Sarah Palin will become a Fox News analyst, signing a multi-year deal for appearances as a Fox News analyst and political pundit:
The network confirmed that Ms. Palin will appear on the network’s programming on a regular [...]
Ben Bernanke: Ignoramus - or Politician?
So the allegedly smartest financial guy in the world hath spoken on the housing-finance crisis. He spake at length; if you want to readeth the entire brain-numbing speech, here it be.
He spoke of the various factors (notably monetary policy) that could have led (but didn’t) to the housing bubble, the collapse of which is [...]
Jeremiah Wright behind a White House desk
The key point about the Van Jones affair is what it tells us about Barack Obama. Jones isn’t someone who slipped through the cracks of the vetting process. We know this because, as Scott pointed out earlier today, top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett has said, “So, Van Jones, we were so delighted [...]
Piddling Away Greatness
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — presumably speaking for her boss — doubled down on supporting erstwhile Honduran president and would-be dictator José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (a.k.a. Mel Zelaya) instead of rule of law in Honduras:
A day after failing to land in Honduras to confront the interim government that ousted him in a coup, [...]
Iran’s Revolutionary Moment?
These are hopeful and perilous times in Tehran. Ever since the
blatant fraud of Iran’s June 12th presidential election, popular
opposition to that country’s ruling clerical order has been on
the rise, leading more and more observers to wonder whether Iran
could really be on the cusp of another [...]
