Re: Coptic Kristallnacht
Andrew Doran’s item yesterday on the violence in Egypt, along with other NRO pieces since, crossed paths with a couple of related items from the New York Times. One was ...
The Source of U.S. Intelligence
From the Wall Street Journal, reporting the White House release of e-mails concerning Benghazi:
One of the White House officials involved in the talking-points debate, former National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor, ...
Allium Cepa
Slowly catching up: Jillian’s post last Monday on Ivy League groupthink reminded me that if you think the Onion has grown soft and shallotlike, there’s a great workaround: just browse ...
The Beeb’s Crystal Ball
The BBC is covering the elections as if Chicago had its own MP. The hourly bulletin at noon Eastern reported that voting was underway, the election would be close, but ...
Inconsequential Losses
The wait is over. Mitt might have the Des Moines Register on his side, but yesterday, Britain’s liberal daily, the Independent, endorsed Obama to be president of the United States. ...
‘Not that optimistic…’
That, apparently, is the view of Mitt’s men – not about the debate, but about the whole campaign.
I have this from the lips of Sam Coates, the deputy political editor ...
‘An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities’
That’s the official name of the Hatch Act, the law that prohibits public employees from using the title and trappings of their office to try to influence how people should ...
Kathleen Sebelius’s Aura of Indelibility
Following Kathleen Sebelius, HHS secretary and former governor of Kansas, is like tracking an ideological Sasquatch. Plucked from a political dead-end by Obama, her habitat now is bound by a ...
Comédie Française
Our cultured cousins, the Europeans — role models for higher Dems — hate math. So last weekend they voted against it. The result today, as Reuters reports: Greece has a ...
Re: Why Did So Many French Vote for ‘Far-Right’ Marine Le Pen
The fascination surrounding Marine Le Pen’s first-round presidential-election showing, perceptively described by Mario, is dominating the French press today. She’s on nearly every editorial page in the country, as this ...