The Paragraph Of The Day comes to us from Michael S. Schmidt’s article in today’s New York Times, which talks about the 300 Benghazi-related emails Hillary Clinton has turned over to the House Oversight Committee. Here is Mr. Schmidt’s conclusion: They provided no evidence that Mrs. Clinton, as the most incendiary Republican attacks have suggested, issued a “stand...
Usually I have a positive reaction to journalists who publicly apologize for getting something wrong – even if the apology comes way too late; i.e. long after the damage has been done. But not this time. Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor of the New York Times (the person who is supposed to cast an eye on what the Times publishes, and criticize it if/when necessary) has written such an...
From Emily Shultheis’s article for National Journal: Hillary Clinton opened her speech to a room full of political reporters by acknowledging an awkward, if obvious, fact: she’s not known for being media-friendly. But Monday night, she also pledged to make a change. “I am well aware that some of you may be a little surprised to see me here tonight,” she said...
Today’s quote comes to us from an unnamed source at the White House, and is reported by National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar in his tweet below: . Jaw-dropping. The Obama administration, which is using a fraudulent quote by Benjamin Netanyahu (more on this below) during Israel’s election campaign as a basis for destroying a 67 year relationship between the two countries, has...
Today\’s quote comes to us from an unnamed source at the White House, and is reported by National Journal\’s Josh Kraushaar in his tweet below: . Jaw-dropping. The Obama administration, which is using a fraudulent quote by Benjamin Netanyahu (more on this below) during Israel\’s election campaign as a basis for destroying a 67 year relationship between the...
…this little snippet of what passes for discussion should give you a hint. From Saturday’s Melissa Harris-Perry show, during a discussion of the idiotic idea by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, to have store coffee-makers (I decine to use the steroidally pretentious term “barista” here) engage customers in a discussion on race: Melissa Harris Perry: Well what if instead of...
Would you like to read about a lie, inartfully being told by Senate Democrats, which has been written about in a surprisingly poor manner by someone (no byline that I can find) at politico.com – a web site that usually does a far better job of journalism than this mess? I hope so. Because here is the first part of the article – in rust, with my comments in...
As you probably know, Ted Cruz has announced that he is running for President. And as you also probably know, Rand Paul is likely to do the same within the next two weeks. Anticipating their candidacies, I wrote this in my blog of January 15th. Is applies every bit as much today: I have a question about the potential presidential runs of Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. Forgetting their political...
The Obama foreign policy. Six years in, now. And look at how well it has worked: -We have the “reset” with Russia, which is busy reassembling the USSR; -We have Iraq, which was a tenuous, but more or less functioning democracy when Obama became President and now – by virtue of his removal of all troops without any significant residual force in place, has been fractured...
The Obama foreign policy. Six years in, now. And look at how well it has worked: -We have the “reset” with Russia, which is busy reassembling the USSR; -We have Iraq, which was a tenuous, but more or less functioning democracy when Obama became President and now – by virtue of his removal of all troops without any significant residual force in place, has...
We all know about the “47 traitors” – i.e. Republican senators who signed an open letter to Iran advising it that, without a treaty ratified by the Senate (as required by the U.S. Constitution…a document the current administration seems to have no use for but some of us still respect), all they will be getting is an “Executive Order”, which is subject to being...
The Paragraph Of The Day comes to us from Michael S. Schmidt\’s article in today\’s New York Times, which talks about the 300 Benghazi-related emails Hillary Clinton has turned over to the House Oversight Committee. Here is Mr. Schmidt\’s conclusion: They provided no evidence that Mrs. Clinton, as the most incendiary Republican attacks have suggested, issued a “stand...
Usually I have a positive reaction to journalists who publicly apologize for getting something wrong – even if the apology comes way too late; i.e. long after the damage has been done. But not this time. Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor of the New York Times (the person who is supposed to cast an eye on what the Times publishes, and criticize it if/when necessary) has...
…this little snippet of what passes for discussion should give you a hint. From Saturday\’s Melissa Harris-Perry show, during a discussion of the idiotic idea by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, to have store coffee-makers (I decine to use the steroidally pretentious term “barista” here) engage customers in a discussion on race: Melissa Harris Perry: Well what if...
As you probably know, Ted Cruz has announced that he is running for President. And as you also probably know, Rand Paul is likely to do the same within the next two weeks. Anticipating their candidacies, I wrote this in my blog of January 15th. Is applies every bit as much today: I have a question about the potential presidential runs of Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. Forgetting their...
