Category Archives: Politics
Slow Boat to Malta
One reason the administration was slow to criticize Gadhafi was fear Americans in Libya might be taken hostage. Rather than a speedy naval evacuation, a small ferry was chartered.
Faux Birther, Christopher Hitchins, sarcastically accuses Obama of Swissness for waiting to see which side is winning before jumping on board.
FDR Weighs in on Wisconsin
Here’s a story with the FDR quote. Roosevelt opposed collective bargaining, though not unions, for public service employees.
And here’s Rich Lowry making the case for an “assault” on public service collective bargaining.
Run For It
Rather than Winning the Future, Obama refuses to Lose the Past. At least that’s the way Rich Lowry sees it.
In a noisome bit of body-snatching, the Madison protesters associate themselves with the demonstrators in Egypt. If we must use Egypt analogies, this has it backward. Tapping into new technologies empowering individuals, the anti-Mubarak protesters overthrew a sclerotic political system that no longer fit the times. In their aims, the anti-Walker throngs are more like Egypt’s counterdemonstrators who rode in on camels to try to save a decrepit, 30-year-old political dispensation.
Teachers Union Goes Greek
States are broke and teachers think they want to break their unions. Wisconsin teachers took a sick-out from school to protest. A few took an additional sick-out from civility to compare Governor Scott Walker to Hitler.
