Jay Nordlinger at the Corner:
I’ve been thinking lately that it’s been a while since Obama fielded questions from the press (except in a loose, on-the-fly way). And then I spotted this headline on Drudge: “Obama Hasn’t Held Press Conference Since July.” (Story here.) You know what I’d like to see Obama asked about? I have [...]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defended jailed killer “Carlos the Jackal” and several world leaders he says are wrongly considered “bad guys”. In a speech to international socialist politicians, Mr Chavez said “Carlos”, a Venezuelan, was not a terrorist but a key “revolutionary fighter”. He is serving a life sentence in France for murders [...]

The swaggering, bullying, cowboy diplomacy of this U.S. government is shameful and cowardly.
The Obama government has been successful in forcing the Honduras to back away from their perfectly constitutional removal of Chavez wannabe Manuel Zelaya from power last June following his attempt to defy the Honduran Supreme Court and hold an illegal constitutional referendum.
This is [...]

Back from holiday I find that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might have Jewish roots:
A close-up of the document reveals he was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver. The short note scrawled on the card suggests his family changed its name to Ahmadinejad when they converted to embrace Islam after his birth.
The Sabourjians [...]

Golf is coming in for some stick in Venezuela:
“Let’s leave this clear,” Mr. Chávez said during a live broadcast of his Sunday television program. “Golf is a bourgeois sport,” he said, repeating the word “bourgeois” as if he were swallowing castor oil. Then he went on, mocking the use of golf carts as a practice [...]

From Sheryl Crow’s “soak up the sun”:
My friend the communist
Holds meetings in his RV
I can’t afford his gas
So I’m stuck here watching TV

Picture from the New York Times.