Scathing Strassel

Who knew we’d have to worry about a President who remains more concerned with Kansas bball “firepower” than Gadaffi’s? Or the disaster of losing cable on game night rather than the millions suffering from real disaster in Japan? Kimberly Strassel in the WSJ: One knock on Barack Obama in the 2008 election was his record as [...]

“It’s amateur night”

So says a Clinton “insider” of Obama’s foreign policy. Apparently Hillary has tired of wringing her hands tied behind her back: Fed up with a president “who can’t make his mind up” as Libyan rebels are on the brink of defeat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is looking to the exits. At the tail end [...]

3 am phone calls? He just doesn’t answer the phone [update]

I’m reminded of a tale my grandfather used to tell about Vietnam: He ascribed the biggest reason for the failure of the Tet Offensive was the inability of the Armed Forces to act in specific situations without approval from the Commander-in-Chief, Lyndon Johnson. Why no approval? The time difference. Johnson loved his sleep and refused to be summoned from [...]

At least she wasn’t stoned afterward

And is “in good spirits” all things considered. Pray for Lara Logan and her family. Incidentally, pjHusband met her in Iraq eons ago. Echoing my sentiments, edge of the sandbox writes: A few weeks ago I noted the virtual absence of women in the revolution in Egypt.  Now I think I know why.  What I find particularly [...]