Obama Hails Mideast Allies as Strikes in Syria Begin
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 23rd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Obama Hails Mideast Allies as Strikes in Syria Begin
Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
President Obama on Tuesday began a new and uncharted phase of his governance as a wartime leader, waging an offensive against terrorists with partners from Middle Eastern nations. Hours after the United States, assisted by five Arab nations, conducted airstrikes inside Syria, the president saluted bipartisan congressional backers and warned the American people that terrorists with the Islamic State and an al-Qaeda-affiliate group pose near-term threats. “There will be challenges ahead,” he said at the end of a brief statement at the White House before departing for events in New…
Is It Ever OK To Spank?
Mona Charen, RealClearPolitics
The image of Adrian Peterson’s son’s legs has ignited a welcome cultural conversation. This is unusual. Most of these contrived “conversations” are efforts to take one headline and shoehorn it into a narrative that liberals want to advance, usually about race and racism. Those “conversations” are never truthful. But the discussion of a 4-year-old boy’s wounds has elicited some brutally honest commentary. Writing for CNN, Steven Holmes blasted what he regards as excessive tolerance for spanking and child abuse in the black community. He dispatches the “I was whipped and I turned out all right”…
The Larger Problem of Police Shootings; Intramural Fight Dems Don’t Need; Nathan Hale’s Patriotism
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Good morning, it’s Monday, September 22, 2014. Engaging in a forward-looking presidential tradition of recent vintage, Barack Obama today signs the America’s Promise Alliance declaration, encouraging everyone to help the youth of this country reach their potential. The movement began in 1997, under the stewardship of Colin Powell, in Philadelphia. Present at that foundational summit was President Bill Clinton and three former presidents, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush. Former first lady Nancy Reagan also came, and signed the declaration, on behalf of the 40th…