Obama Gives Criminals a Break. And Another Break. And Another…

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In my column on Sunday concerning Obama’s push to rehabilitate ex-cons and reintegrate them into society, I wrote, “He’d better not be planning to give criminals the speed pass to the front of the line.” On Monday afternoon, Obama spoke … Continue reading →

Politics, Lies, and Ignored Caution in Blaming a YouTube Video

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For those who missed it over the weekend, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a significant email on Saturday by an unknown official at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. The email was dated September 14th, 2012, three days … Continue reading →

CNBC Republican Presidential Debate Open Thread

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So there’s another Republican primary debate tonight, this time on CNBC. It will be broken up into two parts like the two previous debates were. The lowest-polling candidates will get their turn to make their appeals to voters at 6pm … Continue reading →

The Week So Far in -ists and -isms

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In our neo-enlightened America, it seems that everything is -ist now, or select groups–sometimes all groups–are guilty of some form of -isming or -phobiaing. This week especially, and it’s only Wednesday. Here are a few examples of the -ismzzz we’ve … Continue reading →

The CO2 Response: Territorial Micturatings (For the Kids) (Updated)

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It’s been almost two months since President Obama talked about going to Alaska, where he melted a glacier with his heat vision or whatever, so we were about due for another climate talk. He started out this week’s address by … Continue reading →

What Difference Will It Make? Benghazi Hearing Open Thread. The Finale, Maybe

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I’ve been mostly disappointed while watching the Benghazi hearings. Not enough forcing her to answer direct questions. Too much of letting her give dissertations and campaign type speeches. Part One did have some excitement. Part Two was quite dull. Part … Continue reading →