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December 2014

December 18, 2014

Obama and Francis: Authoritarianism is Bad, Until it’s Fine

So, I'm watching Obama single-handedly alter our relations with Cuba, and we're reading from Politico...

December 18, 2014

3-Minutes Hate; Anti-Sex League; Doubleplusungood!

Golly I just took a look at Hot Air, and saw these two stories: University...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Obama, “showing his shortcomings…”

As David Niven once said, "Ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen." Yes,...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

Churchill’s Words on Obama, Congress, World

His scorn was withering. . .He had described his foes in Parliament as "good, honest...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Unhappy Nation America: Not a Family, Not a People

America is not happy. However it might look on paper, in reality we are not...

August 12, 2014

Editorial: “The World Can’t Afford US Gov’t This Bad for So Long!”

Wow, first Dana Milbank, then Richard Cohen, then New York Magazine and now this*: After...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Bishop asks Admin for Aid to Iraq; Admin asks Congress to Repeal Troop Authorization

I am sorry to be writing so frequently about the terrible situation in Iraq and...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Over FCC Plans, MSM Finally a Bit Curious re Obama Admin – UPDATED

It's only taken seven years, but a member of the mainstream media is finally asking...

February 13, 2014

Surprise! GOP Fights FCC on Behalf of MSM Freedoms – UPDATED

It's true: if I only got my news from the Mainstream Media, and did not...

January 2014

January 02, 2014

Little Sisters, HHS Mandate, Al Gore and Incurious Press – UPDATED

I've mentioned before that both President Obama and his press secretary, Jay Carney are wearing...

November 2013

November 05, 2013

What might a haberdasher know about insurance that Team Obama did not?

The world is being run by highly-credentialed men and women who have passed through some...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

So, if you repeat a lie often enough, it DOESN’T become True? UPDATED

Repeated ...so many times...it was practically a verbal tic. NBC News: Obama Administration knew millions...

October 02, 2013

There is an Art to Good Politics; WWII Memorial Shows Obama as Artless.

Back in 2006, I wrote about the artlessness of Hillary Clinton, who could have turned...

September 2013

September 03, 2013

Is Assad Goading Obama? Herod Couldn’t Take it, Either – UPDATED

Given the social media jeers of his adolescent son, and Assad's assertion that President Obama...

July 2013

July 02, 2013

Obama: “The planet will boil over!” UPDATED

Obama in Africa: We're used to him preaching this stuff to our sinfully prosperous nation,...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Obama Channels Leslie Chow: “Not my pro’lem!”

Peggy Noonan has it just right when she writes: The president, as usual, acts as...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Using Gosnell to Snip at Obama, or the Press? – UPDATED

"If these children are being born alive, I have confidence that a doctor..." That is...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

Am I a Cynic, or Simply Observant? Both?

Since I am both socially inept and an introvert (not an automatic blend; I'm just...

January 2013

January 08, 2013

Atomic Stupidity: Obama has all the Numbers! – UPDATE

In telling the GOP to use the Obama playbook, yesterday, did Mark Thiessen calculate poorly...

November 2012

November 16, 2012

Susan Rice is a Diversion from Obama’s own Words to UN – UPDATES

The mainstream media keeps wondering about UN Ambassador Susan Rice, and the fact that post-Benghazi...

September 2012

September 06, 2012

Cleverest Remark on DNC and Clinton

Yesterday, the DNC had to pretend it had a 2/3 vote to assert that Jerusalem...

August 2012

August 16, 2012

Obama meets with Biden, Clinton _ UPDATED

Apparently today President Obama met with his gaffe-stricken veep and his Secretary of State. A...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Obama, Planned Parenthood and his Daughters, Again

I don't mean to be a nudge, I really don't. But it's starting to creep...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

Pity the President – UPDATE

He is such a small and insecure man: The Heritage Foundation’s Rory Cooper tweeted that...

April 2011

April 17, 2011

Sarah Palin in Wisconsin: Wit, Clarity, Coherence

I finally got to watch the video of Sarah Palin's speech, which is up in...

March 2011

March 22, 2011

The Toxicity of Idolatry – UPDATED

My Tuesday column at First Things is up, and today we're talking about the strange...

March 11, 2011

Ride on, King Obama! – UPDATED

Instapundit links to an interesting piece at Powerline, where it is suggested that President Obama...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

The Idea of Praying Through Time

Pondering prayer, and the notion of praying through time, thanks to our Holy Father: We...

December 2010

December 17, 2010

Apparently National Buildings Are Warm

I was grousing below about--among other things--being cold in my house as we try to...

December 17, 2010

"The Big Cover" of Government Solutions UPDATED

Winter is promising to be a home-heating oil budget-buster and so my husband and I...