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08 Aug 18 : 55 | Required Reading: 'hammer Time From National Review, “On Energy, Do Everything” by Charles Krauthammer It was my great honor during one of my stints guest-hosting the Hugh Hewitt Show to be able to tell Charles Krauthammer publicly to his face (or at least over the phone) what I’ve often said in private – he is the best... Source : Weekly Standard Blog 4 hours ago |
08 Aug 18 : 03 | Hamdan's "Stunningly Unjust" Sentence Andy McCarthy writes: In Hamdan’s case, we thus have a double problem. First, the jury of military officers somehow decided that material support to our enemies, by a guy who actually protected bin Laden and transported weapons for al-Qaeda, was worth only five-and-a-half years in jail. Second,... Source : Weekly Standard Blog 5 hours ago |
08 Aug 01 : 30 | Obama Should Be Playing Defense Obama is making a strategic blunder in going on offense instead of playing defense in response to McCain's attacks. The fact is Obama will win this election if he convinces Americans he is a reasonable alternative. Polling suggests Democrats will expand their majorities in the House and Senate.... Source : Weekly Standard Blog 21 hours ago |
02 Aug 03 : 10 | The Battleground Ad War If you needed any confirmation that the presidential election will come down to hand-to-hand combat in a few battleground states, this is it. This chart compiled by TNS Media reveals some fascinating early spending decisions. First, note the focus on June/July spending in the... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
06 Aug 18 : 03 | Hamdan Found Guilty From the New York Times: A panel of six military officers convicted a former driver for Osama bin Laden of a war crime Tuesday, completing the first military commission trial here and the first conducted by the United States since the end of World War II. The military commission conviction of the... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
06 Aug 01 : 18 | Required Reading, Part V From the Wall Street Journal, “My Bet with Francis Fukayama” by Bret Stephens Stephens begins the process of figuring out how history will view the Iraq War. He also details how he took $100 from fickle philosopher Francis Fukayama: I'll grant that Mr. Fukuyama had decided the war was a... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
05 Aug 20 : 39 | Suskind's "Bombshell" Ron Suskind has written another book. It's getting lots of attention. And the main charge is almost certainly false -- which is the same thing that happened the last time Ron Suskind wrote a book. In his new book, Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a document reporting... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
05 Aug 17 : 40 | Kissinger on Rodman Henry Kissinger has written a very moving letter to the Washington Post regarding his friend and mentee, Peter Rodman. It's well worth reading in full: The generation that saw us through World War II and its aftermath is often called "the greatest generation." Without doubt, it performed signal... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
01 Aug 22 : 25 | Required Reading 1) From the Washington Post, “The Curious Mind of John McCain” by Robert G. Kaiser A couple of days ago, we glanced at a Jonathan Chait column that whined about the way Democratic general election candidates are always labeled flip-floppers. Well, today it’s the Republicans’ chance to... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
29 Jul 18 : 06 | Barack Obama's "Talking Tour" When Hillary Clinton kicked off her 2000 campaign for senate, she gaudily commenced a “listening tour” in which she traveled New York listening to the concerns of ordinary voters. The cynics among us never wholly swallowed the notion that the then-First Lady really cared what the Joe Six-packs... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
26 Jul 22 : 16 | Barack W. Obama John Dickerson writes that Barack Obama's stubbornness is strikingly similar to that of George Bush: Barack Obama's trip to Iraq was so presidential that at moments, he sounded like our current White House resident. When Karen Tumulty of Time asked Obama what he'd learned on his trip, he said, "It... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
25 Jul 21 : 53 | Required Reading 1) From the New York Times, “Playing Innocent Abroad” by David Brooks Brooks takes a savage scalpel to Barack Obama’s soon-to-be- infamous Ich bin ein Weltburger speech. ("Weltburger" means “citizen of the world,” by the way.) Obama speeches almost always have the same narrative arc.... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
23 Jul 21 : 44 | Required Reading 1) From Swampland, “McCain Meltdown” by Joe Klein Huge news! Joe Klein is scandalized. The following John McCain quote has made the longtime and battle hardened campaign coverer hie to his proverbial fainting couch: “This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
22 Jul 21 : 01 | Required Reading 1) From the Los Angeles Times, “For McCain, the Surge is a Losing Strategy” by Jonah Goldberg A couple of week ago, I mentioned my depression over the way the McCain campaign was functioning. My sad mental state had driven me to beat myself over the head with a baseball bat. After a jot of... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
21 Jul 14 : 06 | Sunday Show Wrap-Up The kids gloves were snugly on the Sunday morning talk shows this morning, as Democratic luminaries Barack Obama and Al Gore popped up on Face the Nation and Meet the Press, respectively. Obama was “questioned” on the situation in Afghanistan, leading to this exchange: Sen. OBAMA: Well,... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
15 Jul 16 : 08 | Obama: Onwards to Afghanistan! Lost amid the intellectual incoherence and straddling in Barack Obama’s op-ed on Iraq have been his bold plans for Afghanistan: As president, I would pursue a new strategy, and begin by providing at least two additional combat brigades to support our effort in Afghanistan. We need more troops,... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
12 Jul 17 : 59 | Obama Won't Commit to Military Town Hall Guess Obama will be doing his hair that night: A coalition of military groups is planning a nationally televised town-hall-style meeting with the presidential candidates near Fort Hood, Tex., the largest active-duty military installation in the country. But so far, only Senator John McCain of... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
08 Jul 17 : 54 | Obama's Liberal Spending Proposals "I accept that all candidates throw out a lot of proposals when they're campaigning," says Leon Panetta, former chief of staff in the Clinton White House. "You have to assume that's all part of a campaign strategy to appeal to a lot of different constituencies that are out there. But once he enters... Source : Weekly Standard Blog |
