1. Am I the only one who looks at President Obama’s nuclear nirvana-seeking and sees a guy who, somewhere in his past, got an A+ on a term paper arguing that a nuclear-free world is achievable, and has believed ever since that he’s the guy to do it? 2. If I had a hypothesis-proving time [...]
Posts Tagged ‘war on terror’
Five Questions For Our Times
Posted in economy, Five Questions, foreign policy, Obama, politics, tagged economy, Five Questions, foreign policy, jobs, Obama, politics, war on terror on April 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Obama’s DOJ: In Favor of Al Qaeda Recruiting Tools Before It Was Against Them
Posted in law, Obama, politics, tagged Guantanamo, Holder, law, Obama, politics, terrorism, war on terror on January 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
If any of the Obama Administration’s stated reasons for closing Gitmo has emerged as its favorite, it has to be that Guantanamo is a recruiting tool for al Qaeda. This rationalization is particularly useful for the Democrats, because it simultaneously hints at the underlying cause celebre behind closing Guantanamo – that we do unspeakably evil [...]
Mullahs for Medicine – A Thought Experiment
Posted in health care, Obama, Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, health care, Obama, politics, war on terror on September 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Imagine this scenario. You’re a Blue Dog Democrat from a Midwestern district who got elected in 2006. You ran on a moderately anti-Iraq War platform, but you kept your national security credentials by saying we needed to do more in Afghanistan. You won in 2008 by a healthy 8-point margin, but you had a weak [...]


