Flotsam and Jetsam
Conn Carroll at Heritage reminds us of Obama’s promises that his health care would “‘provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance; quality, affordable options for those who don’t;...
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What’s the matter with Harry? “Republicans attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday after Reid compared opponents of healthcare reform to those who opposed the abolition of...
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Harry Reid seems to say, “Never mind”: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is prepared to give in to demands from centrists in order to pass the health-care legislation before Christmas,...
View ArticleIncentives for Terrorists
Reader Ben Orlanski weighed in yesterday with a key point on the treatment of Guantanamo detainees. His e-mail to Max Boot and me reads, in part: The principal danger is further undermining the Geneva...
View ArticleMore Than Words?
Bill McGurn writes: For a man whose whole appeal has been wrapped in powerful imagery, President Obama appears strikingly obtuse about the symbolism of his own actions: e.g., squeezing in a...
View ArticleWhat Would Bill Clinton Say?
Bill McGurn looks back on Bill Clinton’s presidency (as many of us have done of late) with some enhanced appreciation: Yet for all his undeniable weaknesses, Mr. Clinton does seem to understand...
View ArticleThe Left Defends Ground Zero Mosque
The left continues to feign confusion (it is hard to believe its pundits are really this muddled) as to the reasons why conservatives (and a majority of fellow citizens) oppose the Ground Zero mosque....
View ArticleWithout Standards, It’s Hard to Tell Who Is a ‘Moderate’ Muslim
Bill McGurn observes that Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf didn’t exactly live up to his billing at the Council on Foreign Relations, whose president swooned over the imam’s “bridge building” credentials. Yeah,...
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