Monthly Archives: December 2009

Seasoned Pundits Offer Political, Cooking Wisdom

December 22, 2009 – 10:44 am

‘Tis the season for family, and what better way to celebrate family than to bear witness to the diverse expertise of one prominent British house? So today we have former UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson on the Wall Street Journal op-ed page. Lord Lawson (indeed!) writes on the folly of Copenhagen – and carbon-control initiatives in general […]

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Time for a White Knight on Health Care?

December 18, 2009 – 12:05 pm

Health care reform has turned into a fratricidal war among Democrats. Liberals vs. moderates; Reid vs. Lieberman; Ben Nelson vs. the world. Meantime, poll numbers for the president, Congressional Democrats, and the reform effort are falling through the floor. The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows more Americans would rather do nothing than pass the Reid […]

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Whole Foods Republicans

December 14, 2009 – 3:24 pm

At last, we have been recognized. For years, my wife and I have driven Volvos.  We go to a liberal church, vacation in liberal places, once lived in San Francisco, and watch Showtime’s Californication. And yes, we shop at Whole Foods. Something about our consumer profile prompts liberal activist groups and Democratic precinct captains to […]

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Obama Soars in Oslo

December 11, 2009 – 11:01 am

President Obama’s Nobel speech is winning praise from all quarters, and rightfully so. The speech was magnificent, beautiful in places and driven by a message challenging international diplomats and intellectuals to unite their ideals with a recognition of the world as it is. The president also, in the midst of controversy over why he received […]

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Stop Scaring People! That’s My Job

December 10, 2009 – 10:29 am

The Wall Street Journal reports on a testy exchange between President Obama and Congressional Republicans at the White House yesterday. “At one point, the president told Republican leaders to ‘stop trying to frighten the American people,’ displaying a chart showing diminishing job losses over the past four quarters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said […]

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Congressional BS on BCS

December 10, 2009 – 6:59 am

Good news! Yesterday, with apparently little else to do, a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee “approved legislation … aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion.” That should make unemployed Americans feel better. In the face of this absurdity, a few members of the […]

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The Broken Windows Theory

December 3, 2009 – 10:41 am

Tiger Woods screwed up and now, like flies on regurgitated honeydew, public relations experts are flocking to the media to explain how they would have helped him handle the situation much more effectively. (I’d link to some, but just Google “Tiger Woods PR fail” and you’ll get the gist.) Most of the Monday morning quarterbacking […]

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Obama’s Afghanistan Speech: The Good and the Ugly

December 2, 2009 – 2:51 am

Despite pronouncing the word “Taliban” as if he were a calypso singer, President Obama sounded and looked strong and confident in his Afghanistan-themed address last night. The optics were right, as the president was joined by row upon row of sharply dressed officers-in-waiting. The pace of the speech was good – the president not getting […]

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Obama Re-Loaded: The Afghanistan Speech

December 1, 2009 – 11:05 am

Tonight, President Obama addresses the nation about his plan for Afghanistan. Presidents are at their most presidential when talking to the country about foreign affairs, particularly war, and President Obama has an opportunity to shine tonight. While Clark has elsewhere questioned the setting for the president’s remarks, I believe the US Military Academy at West […]

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