The amount of reporting on North Korea is almost at the same small level as reports critical of Obama. ====== Now we know what it takes to turn world attention to the horrors of North Korea. Last week’s purge of Pyongyang’s second-in-command was a state TV spectacle, with soldiers dragging Jang Song-thaek from an official meeting and later marching him into court,... Read more
Archive for the ‘The Left’ Category
Incompetence
December 18 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Noonan, Obama, The LeftWhere are the adults in the Democrat Party? ============== Everyone is doing thoughtful year-end pieces on President Obama. Writers and reporters agree he’s had his worst year ever. I infer from most of their essays an unstated but broadly held sense of foreboding: There’s no particular reason to believe next year will be better, and in fact signs and indications point to... Read more
Of Jane Fonda and Pope Francis
December 17 | Posted by mrossol | Religion, The LeftIf you are a liberal or a Christian, this article is worth your time. Refreshing to hear a writer admit that he is not a Christian. ===== In the same week that Pope Francis was named Time’s Person of the Year, word arrived of the charitable contributions made by the Jane Fonda Foundation. Grand total for the years 2007 to 2011: zero... Read more
Simple Questions Stump Obama Officials
December 16 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, The LeftDon’t be surprised. Not sure they realize that governing takes real work. ========= Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.) had a simple question Wednesday for three of the Obama administration’s top Afghanistan specialists: How many American troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year? None of the witnesses at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan had an answer. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.)... Read more
Brown University Should Be Ashamed
November 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The LeftNot sure the ‘educated left’ will ever be able to think clearly. ============== Those outraged at Brown University (“The Children of Brown,” Review & Outlook, Oct. 31) and elsewhere, over the New York Police Department’s stop, question and frisk practice need to calm down. New York beat cops are at least 50% minority, meaning that one-half of all those minority stop-and-frisks are... Read more
Progressive Government Fails
November 4 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, Obama, The Left========== A reader remarked last week that Barack Obama is running out of human shields. With the father of ObamaCare unavailable to explain the greatest fiasco of his presidency to Congress, the American people had to settle Wednesday for his surrogate, Kathleen Sebelius. Let us try to understand clearly what is happening now with the Obama presidency. On display to everyone watching... Read more
