French “Youth” Alert
European Jewish Press reports that on February 22, a Jewish teenager was captured and tortured in France: Six youths from the southern Paris suburb of Bagneux, aged 17 to 25, are accused of locking up...
View ArticleNow It Is Clear
Bill Kristol observes that Obama’s tenure is proving even worse than many conservatives had expected. (“His dithering on Afghanistan is deplorable, his appeasing of Iran disgraceful, his trying to heap...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Bending the Cost Curve?
Megan McArdle has a typically thoughtful post on bending the cost curve, or not, through the Democrats’ health-care reforms. She explains: What passes for delivery reform consists mostly of slashing...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
What a difference less than a year of one-party liberal rule makes: “Republicans can take a bit of satisfaction from a new survey by Democracy Corps. … The survey found that voters now say, by a...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
A Katrina-like abomination: “The United States has suspended its medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims until a dispute over who will pay for their care is settled,...
View ArticleJonathan Chait’s Hokum
Jonathan Chait continues his tireless attempt to defend the indefensible: ObamaCare. In his latest iteration, titled “Paul Ryan’s Hokum,” he criticizes Ryan and those who have praised him, including...
View ArticleThe Reconciliation Dodge
House Democrats should be wary, says Sen. Judd Gregg, who smells a set-up on “reconciliation.” He explains: “If you’re in the House and you’re saying, ‘Well, I’m going to vote for this because I’m...
View ArticleWhat’s in It?
Kim Strassel explains that the horde of amendments that Republicans offered during the reconciliation process helped smoke out exactly what Democrats were for and against: Tom Coburn (R., Okla.)...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Gov. Bob McDonnell better get some decent staff. First, he leaves slavery out of a Confederate History Month proclamation, and then he hires Fred Malek without knowing that “in 1971 [he] compiled a...
View ArticleWe Need to Reset “Reset”
The Foreign Policy Initiative provides a helpful analysis of Obama’s attempt to “reset” relations with Russia. It seems we have given up a lot and gotten very little. On arms control, the START...
View ArticleA Presidency on the Rocks
The firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal has many liberal pundits breathless. Granted, it’s been a long time since Obama made a decision quickly and effectively. There was disagreement over whether...
View ArticleForeign Policy Alternatives
Foreign Policy has a symposium on “Plan B” for Obama’s foreign policy. The assumption is, of course, that what he’s tried hasn’t worked very well. Elliott Abrams suggests: Forget the peace talks. A...
View ArticleObama’s Not-So-Very-Good Week
David Brooks is not only an outstanding columnist; he’s also a friend. And so I want to register a friendly dissent with his column today. As Rick noted, David argues that Barack Obama ran for...
View ArticleUSAID: Mend It, Don’t End It
The Republican Study Committee, a group of 165 conservative House members, has just unveiled a proposal for cutting the federal budget. Their push for cuts and their willingness to be specific is to be...
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