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 [...]

Jay Nordlinger on the problems of products bearing communist symbols. He also draws my attention to this (close to home) controversy which features further attempts to delegitimize Israel: apparently the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign thinks that student choirs should not be allowed to tour Israel. Clare College always seems to find itself at the centre [...]

Barack Obama couldn’t even be bothered to turn up to Berlin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Perhaps he was too busy making crass sexual jokes about anti-big government protestors:
According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that [...]

Jay Nordlinger commenting on Barack Obama’s latest insult to Republicans:
Barack Obama is pretty interesting when he gets in front of his money-givers — his biggest fans, I guess. In New York, he said, “Democrats are an opinionated bunch. You know, the other side, they just kinda sometimes do what they’re told. Democrats, y’all thinkin’ for [...]

In case you missed the story, Glenn Beck reported that White House Communication Director Anita Dunn cited Mao Tse-Tung as one of her biggest influences in a speech. Don’t take my word for it. Watch:

She claims, and Christian Science Monitor takes her word for it, that her comments were obviously “ironic”. Watch the speech [...]

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 [...]

Good banter in Nordlinger’s “Impromtus”:

We’re reading a lot lately about “right-wing rage.” As I say in my NR piece, funny how you never hear about “left-wing rage.” Could be that “left-wing rage” is not alliterative, as “right-wing rage” is. Or it could be that dominant commentators think of left-wing rage as mere righteous indignation.
Orwell observed [...]

In case you missed it Ted Kennedy is dead. As with the death of all controversial figures this has led to the typical “should we speak ill of the dead” debate. My position is that is perfectly ok to speak ill of the dead, so long as it is done tastefully. It requires a different [...]

A few interesting links related to the Gates-Obama-Crowley affair.
Jay Nordlinger discusses whether the my best friend is black argument should be necessary in a truly race-blind society.  On a related note,  here is an article Jonah Goldberg wrote 6 years ago on whether or not Orcs are racist.
Now that both the current POTUS and the [...]