Five Pearls of Wisdom for Young Leftists
Key lessons not taught in universities.
Key lessons not taught in universities.
Why the president is hardly a “man of the people.”
What opponents of the Iraq war think a good war looks like.
Progressives’ fondest wish comes true.
Why would Jeffrey Goldberg use bin Laden’s death to take partisan shots at Bush?
Most of the nation is still celebrating the elimination of Osama bin Laden, the monster behind one of the worst days in American history. Some are relieved bin Laden can no longer aid the jihadist cause; others take pleasure in knowing the suffering he caused us has been partially repaid.
Funny, isn’t it, to watch leftists in the media and politics praise President Obama for catching an enormous fish like Osama bin Laden – all the while studiously ignoring the prominent monogram on his pole and tackle: a big flashing neon-red Dubya.
Don’t get me wrong. Our current president deserves credit for not flushing the seven years of painstaking intelligence that George W. Bush doggedly gathered while Obama and his leftist cohorts repeatedly poked him in the eyes and whacked him on the knees – I’m just wondering whether the apology will be delivered to Crawford in person or by Western Union.
President Obama and others were quick to compartmentalize Osama bin Laden from the religion of Islam. But what do Muslims and Islamic scripture have to say about the slain Al-Qaeda leader and his cause?
Before I sat down to write this article, I pinched myself just to make sure I was awake and today’s subject wasn’t some weird dream. But alas, talking heads on both sides of the political spectrum really are seriously entertaining the possibility of President Donald Trump.
Paul Krugman, economist and New York Times op-ed columnist, wrote a column today entitled “Let’s Not Be Civil.” He loves President Obama’s deficit reduction plan, which would essentially raise taxes on the so-called “wealthy,” cut Medicare funding for seniors by a half trillion dollars to pay for Obamacare, and rely on unspecified savings.