Favor the BLEED Act, or Are You Racist?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 6th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Favor the BLEED Act, or Are You Racist?
Charles Hurt, Washington Times
The world is down on America these days. Allies like Israel are sick and tired of our whirlybird foreign policies. There are even haters inside America who have lost the faith.America’s best days are behind her, they say. The American dream has become a living nightmare. She is no longer a force for good in this world of evil. The world burns as Uncle Sam runs away and hides under the bed in his hospice facility.
President Obama’s Potential Overreach
What Would Hamas Do If It Had Its Way?
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
In the spring of 2009, Roger Cohen, the New York Times columnist, surprised some of his readers by claiming that Iran’s remaining Jews were “living, working and worshiping in relative tranquility.”Cohen wrote: “Perhaps I have a bias toward facts over words, but I say the reality of Iranian civility toward Jews tells us more about Iran—its sophistication and culture—than all the inflammatory rhetoric.”Perhaps.
Obama: Call Congress Back
Brent Budowsky, The Hill
President Obama should take a page from Harry Truman in 1948: Prepare the most expansive executive orders on immigration that his attorneys believe is constitutional and call Congress back into session this month to pass a major program to dramatically increase spending to defend our borders.When the historically unpopular and unproductive Congress left for a five-week vacation, it worsened a border crisis in a state of continuing chaos with funding for a vital patrol, customs and immigration set to run out of money within weeks.
Anatomy of a Power Grab
Ross Douthat, New York Times
Since my Sunday column was a little on the shrill side, accusing President Obama of contemplating domestic policy “caesarism” on immigration policy, I thought I’d do a follow-up addressing the various, “maybe you should calm down” objections.1) How can you accuse the president of planning a power grab when we don’t even know what he’s planning to do?
