Obama’s choice on Israel
As with so many things about Obama, we just don’t know what his policy on Israel will be. But his dilemma is clear: will he appease the left wing of his party and go the Jimmy Carter route? Or will … Continue reading →
As with so many things about Obama, we just don’t know what his policy on Israel will be. But his dilemma is clear: will he appease the left wing of his party and go the Jimmy Carter route? Or will … Continue reading →
Are these guys correct, and is the worst of the recession behind us? I certainly don’t know—but neither does anyone else. It would, however, be a wonderful thing to have the answer, because we are being asked to act in … Continue reading →
Long-term psychotherapy, especially of the Freudian type, has gone out of style. Perhaps that’s because we’ve become more impatient these days. Or perhaps it’s due to the fact that psychotherapy seems more an art than a science, and an expensive … Continue reading →
Most of the canals in the Netherlands have frozen solid this winter. It’s a big surprise to some: Skates are sold out in stores after many who thought that ice would never return to the Netherlands threw their rusty blades … Continue reading →
…for a 120-year old lobster. Although I’m not so sure he wouldn’t be safer, and happier, if he stayed in the NY eatery as a protected pet, rather than be returned to the ocean, even the protected waters of the … Continue reading →
Have you noticed a certain flatness in the news lately? The election is over. Bush-bashing is no longer so much fun—nor so necessary—because he’s on the way out. Very very soon, they won’t have him to kick around anymore— although … Continue reading →
Depressed about the recession? If you are, research indicates that, unless you are directly affected by losing your job or some other dramatic loss, the downturn in your mood won’t last long. And even if you have been directly affected … Continue reading →
…on possible (probable?) CNN Pallywood.
Continue reading →Well, it may be Pat Buchanan saying it, but I still agree with him: Obama has a choice between the FDR approach to the Great Depression, policies that made it “greater”—that is, longer and more damaging—than it otherwise would have … Continue reading →
Back in September I wrote that much of the vicious bias against Sarah Palin was a result of her being from the wrong side of the tracks—the Walmart side. Now Palin is on the record as acknowledging the class issue … Continue reading →
The intrepid Richard Landes is on the case.
Continue reading →…fear itself, why does Obama keep playing on it? In the financial crisis, he’s been sounding a relentlessly gloomy note from the very start. I agree that things are far from rosy, but I believe that Obama is doing no … Continue reading →