Daily Archives: February 27th, 2008 «

 

Renewed push for slavery apology begins

Posted by: ST on February 27, 2008 at 9:04 pm » 8 Comments

From the Department of Self-Loathers: Five states did something over the past 12 months that no state had done before: expressed regret or apologized for slavery. This year, Congress, which meets in a Capitol built partly by slaves, will consider issuing its own apology. “We’ve seen states step forward on this,” says Sen. Tom Harkin, [...]

 

How Barack Obama speaks out of both sides of his mouth on foreign policy

Posted by: ST on February 27, 2008 at 7:12 pm » 3 Comments

On Sunday, Barack Obama met with 100 members of Cleveland’s Jewish community to shore up his “pro-Israel” creds. The NY Sun has a partial transcript of his remarks, but these were brought to my attention today at a political forum I post at and I wanted to share them with you: I am not naïve. [...]

 

William F. Buckley, Jr. passes away

Posted by: ST on February 27, 2008 at 11:48 am » 10 Comments

He was 82. Kathryn Jean Lopez reports the sad news: I’m devastated to report that our dear friend, mentor, leader, and founder William F. Buckley Jr., died this morning in his study in Stamford, Connecticut. He died while at work; if he had been given a choice on how to depart this world, I suspect [...]

 

Barack Obama: The rhetoric versus the reality

Posted by: ST on February 27, 2008 at 9:54 am » 5 Comments

Hillary Clinton really blew it last night. Barack Obama got away with quite a few whoppers and trademark misleading statements, which she – nor moderator Tim Russert – called him on. The post-debate show had Obama apologist Keith Olbermann carrying his water with another whopper, which I will also correct. It’s the morning after in [...]