‘Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It,” read the front-page headline in the February 12 issue of the New York Times. Reporting from Chisago County, north of Minneapolis, the paper’s Binyamin Appelbaum and Robert Gebelo…
Category Archives: Daily Briefing
Saying No to Sequestration
At a recent discussion in Washington, a Democratic strategist said that President Obama’s speeches were like a Rorschach test. You can read into them anything you want to. He was referring to the president’s statements on economic policy, b…
The Ambivalent Theocrat
There are legitimate theological arguments on both sides of our political divide, but they are not equally well received. In America, it seems, one man’s moral teacher is another’s Torquemada — the difference is usually determined by …
NATO’s New Neighbors
In late February of 2002, the New York Times reported on the creation of the NATO-Russia Council, with officials heralding a new era of cooperation and trust between Putin’s Russia and the alliance of democracies. They were former rivals and futu…
Oslo Journal, Part IV
Editor’s Note: The Oslo Freedom Forum, an annual human-rights conference, took place last week, in the Norwegian capital. The previous parts of Jay Nordlinger’s journal are at the following links: I, II, and III.
Outside the Grand Hotel, I …
Let Sleeping Germans Lie
The newly elected French Socialist president, François Hollande, is warning Germany that Mediterranean ideas of “growth,” not Germanic “austerity,” should be the new European creed. No surprise there — reckless debt…
Would the Lame-Streams Really Go This Far? ... 
LMFAO is Getting a Bad Rap 
Context: Exceptionalism… 
The Other Global Warming Story 
Please Stay on the Line, Your Call is Very Important to Us -- and Other Lies 
A "Lost" Fact in the “Rathergate” Mess — Part 1 
Obama's Mantra: Don't Blame Me 
Trayvon Martin and Media Hypocrisy 
Goldberg on Rather Canceling O'Reilly 
CNN's Failed Piers Morgan Experiment
- Trayvon Martin and Media Hypocrisy
- A "Lost" Fact in the “Rathergate” Mess — Part 1
Is Jon Stewart A Racist? 
Why Media Bias Matters - Obama's Mantra: Don't Blame Me
Time to Go, Rick 
A New Entry for 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America 
The Man Who Would Be Dictator 
Who Can Beat Obama? 
The 5 Stages of Mitt