George Will, Redskins & the New Intolerance
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 23rd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
George Will, Redskins & the New Intolerance
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
Once upon a time, Americans were able to go whole days, weeks even, without calling on someone to be fired for something they had said. Not anymore.
Who Says Obama Can’t Lead?
Bill Scher, RealClearPolitics
Last week, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found President Obama tying his record low approval rating of 41 percent. NBC’s Chuck Todd, referring to another poll result showing that 54 percent of Americans “no longer feel that he is able to lead the country and get the job done,” told the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” “Essentially the public is saying, ‘Your presidency is over.’”
The Tragic Exodus of Iraq’s Christians
Jamie Dettmer, The Daily Beast
BARTILLA, IRAQ—The Christians of Bartilla are wondering if these are the final days. Since the second century and the origins of Christianity in the Nineveh plains of northern Iraq, they have been unfortunate in their neighbors, suffering attacks and massacres at the hands of Persians, Iraqi Muslims and Kurds. And if geography is destiny, then it is surprising they are still here, but for how much longer they aren’t sure.
Republicans Think Hillary Will Be Dems’ Romney
Brian Beutler, TNR
Patent Office Quandary on the Redskins
Byron York, DC Examiner
Law professor Jonathan Turley questions the U.S. Patent Office’s decision to rescind trademark protection for the Washington Redskins. While the move pleased many activists and politicians, Turley asks in a Washington Post article Sunday, is such social activism on the part of a federal agency really a good idea?