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Sex Assault Charges Against IMF Head Reveal Hypocrisy on the Left
1 comment on Sex Assault Charges Against IMF Head Reveal Hypocrisy on the LeftEven if the charges against DSK are never proved, the fact that the head of an intergovernmental agency that makes development loans to poor countries thinks it’s OK to stay in a $3,000 hotel suite…
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Playing Chicken With the Debt Ceiling
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the government’s $14.3 trillion debt limit will be reached on August 2, which reminds me of a sure-fire gag line. Next time a pregnant woman tells you her baby is…
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Processing bin Laden’s Death in a Spiritual Context
The Rev. Bernard Poppe, my priest and friend, is more liberal than I am. (Ditto for 98% of his flock in the deep blue town of Maplewood, NJ.) So when Bernie started his sermon on…
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Props to the Prez for Getting bin Laden
Despite the risks, despite not being certain that bin Laden was even in the compound, Obama signed off on the mission. It could have ended badly, but it did not, and Obama deserves enormous credit…
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Teacher’s Beard Was A Reminder of Bin Laden in More Ways Than One
Looking like that, he would have been ill-advised to visit Pakistan.