Month: January 2009
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Obama’s Innovative Tax-Compliance Initiative
Via Scrappleface.
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Iraqis Embrace Democracy With a Passion
Citizens of one of the world’s newest democracies go to the polls Saturday to elect representatives to the Provincial Councils. It’s the third nationwide election in Iraq, and the first since 2005. But the Washington Post reports the atmosphere now is nothing like “the 2005 vote, when violence and its threat lurked menacingly over the […]
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You (Could Have) Read It Here First
Long-time readers (hi Sweetie!) know how much I admire Charles Krauthammer’s writing. I’ve said that when I read his columns, I often wish I had written them first. Well, now that fantasy has partly come true. Krauthammer’s column today covers some of the same ground as my post Wednesday on Obama’s mixed signals to the […]
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Honeymoon-Over Watch: Campbell Brown Cites Obama "Hypocrisy"
As I’ve said before, I expect now that Obama is safely ensconced at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the cutthroat competitiveness of the news media is going to drive more and more reporters to go after the only President we have. Campbell Brown has a show on CNN called “No Bias, No Bull.” When you market yourself […]
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Mixed Signals in Obama’s Approach to Radical Islam
“Respect and partnership” 30 years ago I didn’t pay close attention to Obama’s first media interview as President yesterday, with with Al-Arabiya. The news snippet I saw led with: President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, delivering a message to the Muslim world […]
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Curse You, NY Post: I Had "Reign of Thain" First
In 2007, when John Thain became the first outsider named to lead Merrill Lynch in the firm’s history, I called a bunch of former colleagues there, looking for the insider scoop on the company where I worked for 12 years. Making conversation, I said to a couple of people, “As a stockholder, I wish him […]
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C’mon, You Know You Want to Hear About My Stats
It has come to my attention that some of you are less fascinated than I am by discussions of my blog traffic. If that describes you, I suggest scrolling down past this post. I wrote previously about a “Sullivalanche” caused by a link to one of my posts from Andrew Sullivan’s blog, back in October. […]
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But Enough About Obama…
The title of this blog contains precisely 21 letters and spaces. Why do I know this, or care? Well, it turns out that the way-cool Obamicon.me application will only allow up to 20 characters in a caption.
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Thrilled to Hear the Words of My President
We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you… To […]
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"Vets for Freedom" Offers a Template for the Loyal Opposition
Captain Pete Hegseth of the Minnesota National Guard was deployed in Iraq in 2005-06. After returning he helped found Vets for Freedom, whose mission is “to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts” in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group is officially non-partisan, but based on their mission, it’s not […]