the spell is broken

Fouad Ajami pronounces the Obama Spell to be broken. do you agree? Here is the intro: The curtain has come down on what can best be described as a brief un-American moment in our history. That moment began in the fall of 2008, with the great financial panic, and gave rise to the Barack Obama [...]

“He’s Done Everything Wrong”

Mort Zuckerman of U.S. News and World Report is not happy. Probably everybody has seen this editorial by now, but wow. Zuckerman is not a conservative, but he is WAAAYYYY disappointed in President Obama’s first year. It is all interesting, but here are a couple of excerpts: Obama’s ability to connect with voters is what [...]

no man can serve two roles

James Ceaser has written a fascinating article about Barack Obama as the Leader of Humanity and the President of the United States. It is long but delicious. Combined with Jonah’s book it explains a lot of the disconnect that Peggy Noonan and Charles Krauthammer have been noticing. here is some of it regarding the intellectual [...]

retrospective on O’s first year

Peggy Noonan and Charles Krauthammer wrote pieces this week about Barack Obama’s first year as president and their view of what went wrong. Why did such a popular president crash so far in the polls so soon? Here is a small part of Ms. Noonan’s article that I think gets to the nub of it: [...]

He is winning everything in sight

look at him go. Here from Reason TV is the catalogue: HT to Veronique de Rugy

this is also amazing

this is also amazing, but in a different way. surely at some point people will get really sick and tired of being hectored by someone who thinks they know better than everybody else. surely? Doesn’t he realize this country has a system of local school districts that run and pay for schools? WASHINGTON — Students [...]

a study in contrasts

this is interesting. our president wants to unite us all under a pragmatic banner listening to all points of view, except that he wants some people to quit talking and get out of the way. all in the same speech. how long will it take before the bloom is completely off of this rose? from [...]

condescension in action.

just wow. watch this if you haven’t seen it already. I have been hearing about it for a few days, but only just now watched it. this is much worse than when she told the General to call her “senator” instead of maam. I really hope the people in CA are watching this buffoon embarrass [...]

the President on Iran

Andy McCarthy had a couple of posts on Monday seeking to understand why Barack Obama was so reluctant to criticize the sham Iranian elections, their results and the brutality of the regime in their aftermath. I don’t know if he is right or not, but these two bits jumped out as being plausible. The key [...]

more czars than the Romanovs

here is a helpful list of all of the executive branch offices meddling without congressional assistance directly into our lives. Almost all of these have been put in place in the last five months. The wheels are off the wagon. I was going to sensibly advocate against this outrageous growth in government and its control [...]

completely in the tank

your “objective” news media is completely in the tank for Barack Obama, and the creepiness from the campaign continues in the newsrooms. take a look at this. CHRIS MATTHEWS:….I think the President’s speech yesterday was the reason we Americans elected him. It was grand. It was positive. Hopeful. It said to the world, if you’re [...]

Really severe rhetoric

a friend of mine sent me this story wherein a British blogger points out that the bad guys have no fear of Barack Obama. School’s out! Suddenly it is playtime for all the naughtier elements in the more “reclusive” parts of the world who enjoy kicking Uncle Sam’s butt but didn’t much relish tangling with [...]

paperback version is out tomorrow

the paperback version of the book is out. No more excuses for not getting and reading one of the most important books explaining the ideological antecedents of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton. Get it tomorrow. Read it Wednesday.

some questions for “a Latina Judge”

Judge Sonia Motomayor, Barack Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court, is really an amazing piece of work. Matthew Franck has more from the speech she gave in which she declared that a wise latina will generally make better judicial decisions than a white male. He also has some questions. published as “A Latina Judge’s Voice,” [...]

judicial nominee

Judge Sonia Motomayor is President Obama’s pick to replace Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. She has an interesting track record to say the least. Here is an article by Stuart Taylor in the National Journal about her infatuation with identity politics. This is nothing more than naked disgusting racism: “I would hope [...]

talking about talking about abortion

Dr. Mohler writes about Barack Obama’s visit to Notre Dame this past weekend and the speech he gave at commencement. Mr. Obama went on to call for “Open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words.” In the end, the President’s comments were entirely about how Americans should discuss or debate abortion. There was no serious consideration of [...]

a little political aside

David Warren of Ottawa gives his assessment of Barack Obama’s performance so far: I think [Obama] was perfectly sincere in denying that he was anything of the sort, and in claiming that he would be looking for bipartisan consensus. I also think he is sincere in proceeding with an agenda — on bail-outs, the environment, [...]

Is Obama Pro-Choice?

not for doctors, he’s not. In fact, when it comes to doctors, President Obama believes they should not have the choice to refuse to perform abortions. “By his rule issued today, President Obama is utterly refusing to enforce these conscience protection laws, resulting in a situation where doctors may be forced to participate in abortions [...]

the creepiness continues

the phenomenon that I made note of several times in the last year continues. You just don’t replace something with nothing. The latest entry is this book. Like Vitamin Z says, I am not one to imply in the least that BO is the anti-Christ or anything near that, but this little book for kids [...]

different perspectives

from Vitamin Z, here is John Piper pointing out the difference in perspectives.

Barack Obama’s view of women

Our new president has already come out strongly for killing babies and using our tax dollars to fund the killing. here is his statement in connection with his reversal of the Mexico City Policy: On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive [...]

Mark your calendar

January 22, 2009 is the day that our new president assumed complete unilateral responsibility for our safety from terrorists. From today’s Washington Post: President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the “war on terror,” as [...]

imagine the potential

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Obama on abortion

Joseph Bottum has a well written and insightful piece on the politics of abortion under Obama. Here are some clips but go read the whole thing. On abortion, Obama is the complete man, his support so ingrained that even his carefully controlled public speaking can’t help revealing it. He’s not a fanatic about abortion; he’s [...]

while we are on the topic

while we are on the topic of the babies, here is Randy Alcorn’s recent post about why is voting for 98% pro life McCain rather than 100% pro-abortion Obama. I’ve also been angrily challenged as to why I don’t care about other needy and dying children, only the unborn. Actually, all the royalties from all [...]