By • Oct 20,2009

Three cheers for John Kerry?

I surprised myself with two cheers for John Kerry yesterday (although in a backhanded compliment kind of way). But now David Ignatius is giving Kerry credit for getting Karzai to...

By • Oct 20,2009

“Social justice”

“Social justice” is a phrase I don’t understand. As in, I literally don’t understand what people are saying when they call for social justice. I think this is because it...

By • Oct 19,2009

Two cheers for John Kerry!

Yes, you heard me right. Here’s what Kerry had to say on CBS about relying on counterterrorism instead of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: SENATOR JOHN KERRY: That’s correct. I– I– I...

By • Oct 17,2009

You know who is a big fat idiot

As I’ve said before, I don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh or any other conservative talk-show hosts. Nothing I know about Rush & Co. has inspired any particular respect or fondness...

By • Oct 17,2009

HOPE is a fraud

As Joe noted this morning, Shepherd Fairey, the artist responsible for the “HOPE” portrait of President Obama, has admitted to tampering with and manufacturing evidence in a lawsuit related to...

By • Oct 17,2009

Authenticity is fake

My old friend Dara Horn has a great column in the WSJ. She writes, Americans crave authenticity, culinary and otherwise. But most of what we consider authentic is just an...