Steyn on Protests
by Kate PitroneI’ve been trying to figure out how to write about this week’s incidents in the Middle East. Pete has said some favorable things about our current president’s foreign policy, but for me said policy has been appallingly misguided. I do not see its success. Libya is . . . . Continue Reading »
Pete Is Right Below
by Peter LawlerOn everything, but let me just say something about abortion. I don’t have time to get the links going. But: Comparatively moderate old-school Democratic women like Eleanor Clift and Cokie Roberts are loudly complaining that the Democratic convention was over-the-top on abortion. Certainly . . . . Continue Reading »
Bob Dylan vs. ROLLING STONE
by Peter LawlerDylan refuses to be badgered into being for or against Obama. He makes the ROLLING STONE reporter look like an ideological tyrant, which he is. . . . . Continue Reading »
Is This the Day Obama’s Music Died?
by Peter LawlerWalter Russell Mead , arguably the most astute blogger around, thinks that very current events will cause the president’s campaign to implode. I think it’s too early to tell. . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s Rock Songbook #62: ALMOST FAMOUS, Pt. 4
by Carl ScottWhere we left ALMOST FAMOUS was with a question I say the film deliberately raises: How is a rock-writer like a groupie? 1)In the film, the rock-writer character is made very similar to them: William is “on the bus” and is underage. Yes, the latter fact is from Cameron Crowe’s life, . . . . Continue Reading »
The Bottom Line on Romney’s Campaign
by Peter LawlerAccording to Krauthammer: “The problem for Romney is that there were only four events [that] could change the course [of the race]: the three debates and the conventions, and he apparently squandered the first.” Charles focuses on the tactical error that was Clinton Eastwood. What . . . . Continue Reading »
Pete is Right on Romney
by Peter LawlerI too can’t believe that Romney is describing VAGUELY the parts of ObamaCare he would keep without launching into an attack in terms of both LIBERTY and SUSTAINABILITY of ObamaCare as a whole. Mrs. Romney, meanwhile, is asked why she wouldn’t let two lesbians marry in the name of . . . . Continue Reading »
But I’m Not Bitter (Well, A Little)
by Pete SpiliakosSo Romney entered the convention season very slightly behind Obama. Romney got either a modest bounce (in Rasmussen) or a nonexistent bounce (in Gallup) from his convention. Obama got either a modest bounce (in Gallup) or a large bounce (in Rasmussen) from his convention. The result is that, in the . . . . Continue Reading »
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