Category Archives: United States

Read none about it

Perhaps blogging about blogs seems a bit self-absorbed, self-referential, derivative or too many steps removed from real life, too cyber-unreal. Nevertheless I want to point to Mark Steyn’s comment on National Review Online’s “The Corner” yesterday, in which he discusses … Continue reading

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Booted and spurred

Is it not curious that Barack Obama, like Bill Clinton, should have a series of cabinet appointees in trouble over laws they didn’t bother to obey? It seems paradoxical that those most eager to make rules for other people should … Continue reading

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Now that you’ve solemnly sworn

Good luck to President Barack Obama. He will need it, not only because of the enormous challenges of the office he assumes today but also because of the highly unrealistic expectations of many of his supporters.

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Pretty soon you’re talking real panic

Barack Obama’s “stimulus” plan now includes, “advisers said”, $300 billion in tax cuts because he seemed too focused on making government bigger to help the economy. Which means it’s not really a “plan” because sudden kluges on this scale would … Continue reading

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Are Hope and Change tainted before Obama is even sworn in?

Is that scandal stalking Barack Obama before he is even sworn in? Senate seats for sale in Illinois; a federal grand jury investigating political donations to his choice for commerce secretary… Is he already tarnished? Hardly.
First, there is nothing scandalous … Continue reading

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