If the reports are true that Michael Brown\’s blood was in Officer Darren Wilson\’s police car – and they come from the New York Times and other credible sources – it coincides with Wilson\’s claim that the scuffle between them was partially in that car. A demand for justice would take that into account. But the endlessly-changed demand that there be...
Most people do not like being treated like simpleminded children. I assume this applies to the members of the Kingdom Impact Global Ministries church, who were treated exactly that way by supporters of Senator Kay Hagan. From Derek Hunter\’s article at dailycaller.com: The contest betweenincumbent Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican challenger Thom Tillis is…turning incredibly...
Today\’s quote, and it is a beaut, comes to us from President Barack Obama. Speaking on al sharpton\’s radio show, he said this: “Andso some of the candidates there – it is difficult for them to haveme in the state because the Republicans will use that to try to fanRepublican turnout. The bottom line is though, these are all folkswho vote with me...
When I was growing up, my mother reacted to bad news (which, not infrequently, related to my performance in school) by saying “I need this like I need a loch in kop” – Yidddish for “hole in the head”. I doubt that Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks much Yiddish. But, if she did, she might be using that expression today, in reacting to the re-emergence of Monica...
Why are Democrats in the awful position they find themselves in, just two weeks from the midterm elections? Here is a lot of the answer, via an excellent summary from Josh Kraushaar\’s article at nationaljournal.com: Alltold, the cascading number of controversies and scandals in thepresident\’s second term has fed into the perception that thisadministration is out of its depth...
Let me start by commending Jonah Goldberg for his comments about how Democrats address the so-called “war on women”. (I have to, because he is paralleling whatI have said for years). But why does he stop there? Here is Mr. Goldberg\’s commentary: This is one of my greatfrustrations with the way a lot of people talk about the “War on Women.” Firstof...
Here\’s a new idea – maybe the start of an irregularly-posted series. I call it a “guest paragraph”: that is, a single paragraph which sums things up very well. The first (and possibly last – I\’m not sure about this) guest paragraph comes to us from the latest commentary written by syndicated columnist Mona Charen: Votersare souring on the...
I was just reading Steven Hayward\’s latest commentary at powerlineblog.com, which talked about a Pew Research Center study, measuring knowledgeability of current events by party affiliation. As you can see at the bottom of the chart, this study was conducted in late September – almost a month ago. But without reading Hayward I would not have known a thing...
“Ooooooh,pickles andLittleItaly, This is such a greatday!!“ That quote of the day was provided by our sainted granddaughter who, with her equally sainted brother – was taken by mom and dad to Pickle Day festivities on Manhattan\’s Lower East Side (without going into the reasons, pickles are a big deal in our daughter-in-law\’s...
First, the following excerpt, from today\’s article about the battle for Kobani, at foxnews.com. Please pay special attention to the last paragraph, which I have put in bold print: TheU.S. military said late Sunday that it had dropped weapons,ammunition, and medical supplies to Kurdish forces battling to holdthe Syrian border town of Kobani against Islamic State...
In August, much of Gaza was decimated, as Israel – after years of ongoing rocket and missile attacks from Gaza – bombed wherever the rockets, missiles, etc, were being fired from, and destroyed as many “terror tunnels” (i.e. tunnels from Gaza into Israel for the purpose of bringing in weaponry and launching attacks) as they could find. At least 34 such tunnels were...
From our pal Real Estate Bev – and a great way to end the day:
This is a blog which, as recently as a few days ago, I had almost no expectation I would be able to write. But writing it I am, because a combination of US air strikes and forces on the ground may not only be winning the battle for the Syrian border town of Kobani, but handing ISIS a bloody defeat it won\’t soon forget. Excerpted from Ruth Sherlock, Yilmaz Pasha and Magdy...
So I\’m driving home from Long Island. I am on Route 135 north, heading towards the Long Island Expressway – which will take me into Manhattan, out the other side, into New Jersey and, eventually, home. Just before exit 9, there are two speed limit signs, placed next to each other. They are maybe a foot apart. One says that the speed limit is 55 miles an hour.The other...
Today\’s New York Times has an article about how desperately Democrats need Black turnout to avoid losing their senate majority. Written by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, and titled “Black Vote Seen as Last Hope for Democrats to Hold Senate”, it starts this way: Theconfidential memo from a former pollster for PresidentObama contained a blunt warning for Democrats. Written...
