Because reforming health care and cap and trade worked out so well
The Watcher on Mar 15 2010 | Filed under: Politics
via memeorandum: W.H. plan to remake education law
Archive for March, 2010
On the Obama administration’s Middle East roller coaster
The Watcher on Mar 15 2010 | Filed under: Politics
Yesterday Barry Rubin provided a refresher course on the topic of the Jewish presence in “east” Jerusalem. October 31, 2009: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lavishly praises Israel as making “unprecedented” concessions in stopping construction on West Bank settlements while it is still going to build in east Jerusalem. November 1, 2009: The U.S. [...]
Derangement by proxy
The Watcher on Mar 15 2010 | Filed under: Politics
Obama by Proxy via Instapundit. Palin’s admirers often marvel at how the charges leveled against her are far more applicable to the current President. People who voted for an undistinguished junior senator from Illinois with few accomplishments are quick to assault Palin’s “lack of experience.” The same folks who instruct us that Barack Obama is [...]
Quote Title of the day 031410
The Watcher on Mar 14 2010 | Filed under: Wall of Shame
From Barry Rubin: The UN Gives an Award Named After a Murdered Man to One of His Murderer’s Best Friends
When terror is a relative term
The Watcher on Mar 14 2010 | Filed under: Media Bias
I was rather appalled by Friday’s article in the New York Times, Palestinians Honor a Figure Reviled in Israel as a Terrorist: The woman being honored, Dalal Mughrabi, was the 19-year-old leader of a Palestinian squad that sailed from Lebanon and landed on a beach between Haifa and Tel Aviv. They killed an American photojournalist, [...]
Ahead of the op-ed curve
The Watcher on Mar 14 2010 | Filed under: Council Wisdom
Last week council member, The Glittering Eye had a post Earth needs Women, commenting on a recent report in The Economist about the dearth of women in Asian countries, especially India and China. He actually had a rather positive observation. I’ve heard people express fears that the gender imbalance in favor of males in China [...]
Assignment desk – Krauthammer’s rotation
The Watcher on Mar 14 2010 | Filed under: Assignment Desk
When I first read Charles Krauthammer’s “In praise of the rotation of power,” I was impressed. He argued: The rotation of power is the finest political instrument ever invented for the consolidation of what were once radical and deeply divisive policies. The classic example is the New Deal. Republicans railed against it for 20 years. [...]
A New Reason For ‘Palestinian Rage’
JoshuaPundit on Mar 12 2010 | Filed under: Nominations
Ah, this made me feel good. The beautiful building pictured above is the historic Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem, which dates from the 1700′s. In 1948, it was vandalized and desecrated by the Jordanians, along with 28 other historic synagogues and shrines in the Old City. But it has now been beautifully [...]
Quote of the day 031210
The Watcher on Mar 12 2010 | Filed under: Nominations
From Walter Russell Mead: Hint to the youth: Anytime a young intellectual is trapped in a nasty spot like this, squatting in a foxhole with anti-Semites and assorted tinfoil hatters, your first thought should be, “Where did I go wrong?” Good advice for Jeremy Ben Ami.
National Journal poll
The Watcher on Mar 12 2010 | Filed under: Council Wisdom, WoW News
As Watcher, I’d like to keep the blogging world apprised of the activities of the Council members. A number of us are polled weekly by the National Journal. The latest bloggers poll is here. The question were whether passing health care reform will help the Democrats or the Republicans and between Rahm Emanual and David [...]
