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Barack Obama and George W. Bush seem to have come away from their study of the Great Depression with similar conclusions:
To wit: After the Crash of 1929, the Federal Reserve did not move fast enough to save the banks and inject cash into the economy. Second, the New Deal, far from being wastrel deficit spending, [...]
Robert Parry of Consortium News is reporting that in 1992 the Russians turned over to the White House a secret report confirming that senior US officials and Reagan campaign staff met with Iranian officials in Europe during the summer of 1980. The meetings, since known as the October Surprise, were designed to delay the release of [...]
Filed under: Politics
I’m aware that some of my colleagues have been depressed about the notion that the Clintonites are taking over the Obama Administration. I’m certainly disappointed by the expected nomination of Hillary Clinton to be the next secretary of state. But I was encouraged after reading Scowcroft Protégés on Obama’s Radar in the WSJ today, and [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy, Politics
Over at NPR.org, I have a “Dear Mr. President” piece up telling Obama that I didn’t vote for him (I ended up writing in Wendell Berry), but he could make conservatives like me very happy indeed if he would make some substantive steps toward reforming federal food policy. He should have Berry, Michael Pollan and [...]
Steve Clemons and other sources are reporting that Sen. Hillary Clinton may have the inside track for Secretary of State. How is this not an insult to most of Barack Obama’s supporters? Even to Hillary herself?
Barack Obama won the nomination precisely because of he touted his superior judgment on the Iraq War.
During the primaries, he [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy, Politics
The New York Times reports how A Senior Fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence by the name of Martin Eisenstadt helped spread the rumors about Palin and Africa. There is actually a lot of stuff about Martin Eisenstadt from the Harding Institute on You Tube. Apparently it’s all part of promotion for a television series about [...]
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Jay Nordlinger, by far my favorite NRite, had an extended whine today over the results of the recent election. A couple of my favorite parts include:
12) I’m sorry, but the treatment of Bush — the demonization of Bush — is appalling. Absolutely appalling. And it says something rotten about our political culture. Think for a [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Politics
From Slate today,
Though no one in the Obama camp will discuss the specifics, Democratic Web guru Joe Trippi and others believe that the White House Web site will transform into a social network—a kind of Facebook for citizens, a place where people can learn about and work toward passing the president’s agenda. Trippi argues that [...]
Filed under: Politics, Uncategorized
Yesterday I commented on how Bill Kristol from his NYT bully pulpit was attempting to define the Republican Party malaise in his own terms, stating his belief that the conservative agenda has to be “refreshed” and “regenerated.” The narrowing of the terms of the debate is deliberate and it avoids any critique of the policies [...]
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Bill Kristol’s weekly column in the NYT is a gift that keeps on giving, always good for a laugh. His latest piece “GOP Dog Days?” maintains that there is nothing to worry about, that there will be an inevitable Republican resurgence because the nation identifies itself 78% as conservative or moderate and only 22% as liberal. [...]
Filed under: Politics