Pro-choice groups reveal that they are misnamed by their attempts to suppresss Focus on the Family commercial during the Superbowl. Tim Tebow’s mother describes her choice to give life to Tim despite dire warnings from her doctor that Tim would be handicapped.
Jim Geraghty: The Travails of Martha Coakley – National Review Online
January 14, 2010 By 3 Comments
Presumably Martha Coakley, the Massachusetts attorney general aiming to be that state’s next U.S. senator, has more political skill than she’s demonstrated in recent days. She must be on a spectacularly ill-timed run of bad luck and rookie mistakes. As Republican Scott Brown has roared from unknown to potential upset winner, Coakley came under fire [...]
A New Way on Iran – by Jacob Laksin
December 31, 2009 By 22 Comments
The Obama administration’s policy of engaging the mullahs goes up in flames.
Iran’s growing desperation – The Economist
December 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
WHAT more can Iran’s ruthless rulers do to squash their opponents? Since nationwide protests broke out last June over the disputed results of presidential elections, the official winner, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has pulled few punches. His security apparatus has beaten and arrested thousands, tried scores of dissidents in kangaroo courts, hounded others into exile, throttled the [...]
Ross Douthat: Obama’s Nobel Speech, NYTimes.com
December 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Since I gave him so much grief for accepting the prize in the first place, I have to give the president credit for the speech itself. He faced the impossible task of having to give multiple addresses at once: A speech his European hosts expected to hear from a Nobel Prize winner; a speech that [...]
Ben Bernanke: Bust of the Year – by Vasko Kohlmayer
Why should we expect the Fed Chairman to solve a crisis he didn’t see coming?