A rabbi from a conservative congregation asks (and answers) a relatively simple question: What would you say… to an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor who was unmoving in his conviction that all Germans were evil? What would you say to this person,… Continue Reading
Ouch. That that, Hillary! By the way, the meme this week is that it’s going to be next to impossible for Hillary Clinton to get the nomination. Once again, NAPP Readers, you heard it here first. I’ve been wrong before.… Continue Reading
Both of his supporters are expected to follow suit.
Why have we heard next to nothing from Hillary Clinton — who is obviously desperate to find some way to regain momentum against Barack Obama — about this whole Jeremiah Wright thing? Because, as it turns out, she’s vulnerable on… Continue Reading
Bill Schneider at CNN has just now figured out that it’s functionally impossible for Hillary Rodham Cllinton to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for President; he computes that she would need somewhere between 60% to 66% of the remaining delegates… Continue Reading
Mike Huckabee was interviewed this morning on Joe Scarborough’s morning show on MSNBC. Scarborough, and his co-anchor, whoever she is, fail to impress and Scarborough simply can’t help but be a nasty partisan. Huckabee, however, has some really interesting things… Continue Reading
This editorial from the Dallas Morning News expresses as well as I think need be expressed the sentiments of those who, unlike me, hold on to their cynicism about Barack Obama’s remarkable speech on race yesterday. It contains disbelief that… Continue Reading
I was pretty cynical about the Big Speech On Race today. Seemed to me that Obama had been maneuvered into the issue and that having repudiated the statements of his own pastor should have ended the whole Jeremiah Wright issue,… Continue Reading
I really haven’t paid a ton of attention to the Jeremiah Wright story that I still think is going to go away pretty quickly. And I took the weekend off blogging to be lazy. But if you’re hungry for commentary… Continue Reading
John McCain has a lengthy history of being a budget hawk, and one of his bugaboos has been earmarks. One of the reasons the GOP establishment dislikes McCain is that he has been very forthright about calling his fellow Republicans… Continue Reading