The Watcher on Apr 20 2010 | Filed under: Council Wisdom
Tweet Note to readers: One idea I had was to get the Council’s view on topics of the day and then publish an exchange of those opinions. In the future these may also take the form of an e-mail chat. Here is our first Council roundtable. A few weeks ago President Obama announced that he [...]
The Watcher on Apr 16 2010 | Filed under: Politics
Tweet Charles Krauthammer is greatly relieved by the results of the recently concluded Nuclear Security Summit: What a relief. I don’t know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no idea what they’re capable of doing. If Sidney Crosby hadn’t scored [...]
The Watcher on Apr 04 2010 | Filed under: Foreign Policy
Tweet Surely you’ve heard Aesop’s fable about the Goatherd and the Wild Goats. In short, a goatherd finds a herd wild goats mixed among his own goats. Over the winter he takes good care of the wild goats at the expense of properly caring for his own goats. As soon as the weather warms up, [...]
The Watcher on Mar 18 2010 | Filed under: Weasel Watching
Tweet For 20 years President Barack Obama listened to the sermons of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who was a racist and an antisemite. So now he’s appointed Al Sharpton to be his liasion to the African American community. Instapundit: Kinda like if Bush had brought in David Duke to solidify things in the South . . [...]
The Watcher on Mar 15 2010 | Filed under: Politics
Tweet 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 [...]
