I have no doubt that Meryl Streep will win an Academy Award for her portrayal of Lady Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady”. From all I have read, including several reviews, it is a remarkable performance. However, I probably won’t see it because all indications are that it is not enough concerned with her public […]
Archives for February 2012
Obama’s Huge Blunder
Peggy Noonan thinks that a ruling President Obama signed this week might prove to have cost him re-election. I wouldn’t go that far, but it just might cost him the support of Roman Catholics from the right, left, and center, a big hit for a Democrat. He signed off on a Health and Human Services […]
More Political Retreat
As if it wasn’t pretty obvious with the premature troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan, the latest plans announced by the Obama administration for a significantly smaller military send two very distinct messages: (1) a crass political choice to allow the entitlement regime to continue to crowd out defense spending and avoid a confrontation with […]
The State of the Union
David Brooks thinks that this election is about averting national decline. No argument there, but he further thinks that President Obama is abandoning the larger issues to the Republicans, which I wish was the case, but I don’t see the evidence. They are alarmed for sure, but except for Gingrich, I don’t see the large […]
They Don’t Get It
I’m sure you are getting more than you want of the constant dribble of the triviality of much of the interplay among Republican primary candidates and I don’t want to add to the frustration, but I can’t avoid a few shots. First, I have been appalled at the demagoguery from several candidates, primarily Perry and […]