Month: April 2010

Part 3: Our Broken Leadership

To recap: Roughly speaking, I think we have three main political problems in this country: 1) that too many people with a megaphone talk crap; 2) that too many citizens believe crap; and 3) the ratio of crap to non-crap in the...

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NRO, Ladies and Gentlemen

The unsurpassable Mark Steyn: “As a notorious “Islamophobe”, I certainly don’t begrudge anybody his Judeophobia.” Isn’t that special?

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A Day at the Dail

I went to the Dail (Irish Parliament) today for a lunch engagement with Senator David Norris, independent politician, Joycean Scholar, Wildean wit, Shavian sage and possible candidate for the Presidency of Ireland. David Norris...

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

I want to make a couple of points today. First, let’s look at a bit from Ron Brownstein on what distinguishes today’s Democratic Party from the party of 1994. Today, Democrats face much the same electoral challenge...

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Karzai: Foreign Troops Are ‘Invaders’

. Karzai Scolds West, Combats Weak Legitimacy (CBS News) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai caused a major uproar by turning a speech into an anti-western rant. The White House called his speech “genuinely...

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