Forever Blaming Bush

Yet another “I blame Bush for Obama’s inability to lead and America’s waning power” screed. It was George W. Bush who set in motion the events that caused the American consensus on liberal internationalism to splinter and finally collapse. Although his goal of promoting democratic change echoed Kennedy, the methods and the incompetence were unique…

The Community Organizer vs. The KGB Operative

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been witness to a battle of the community organizer versus the KGB operative. Unfortunately, America has been overrun by the community organizing ethos where “winning” is mostly symbolic. I mean, we can’t “win” can we? That means that we must have something called a “loser” and in…

Worm Meets Hot Rock

James Piereson notes that “progressives” squirm like a worm on a hot rock when their own arguments are used against them: Members of the Washington establishment were quick to denounce Vladimir Putin’s op ed article in Thursday’s New York Times questioning the legitimacy and legality of a U.S. attack on Syria. The White House quickly dismissed his…