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The victims of Obama Derangement Syndrome are becoming more and more unhinged with each passing day, and the chasm between them and reality is growing wider and wider. A few examples from over the weekend:  Overreacting to President Obama's bow in his meeting with Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Allahpundit at Hot Air wrote that it "made him look like an idiot" adding "this tool actually groveled himself into a minor international incident." But that was...

"The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times. Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in our system they are reconciled within the framework of the law."Those were the words of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in the Boumediene v. Bush decision in June of 2008, in which the Court ruled that detainees at Guantanamo had habeas corpus rights, and words which were confirmed again yesterday when Attorney...

Following up on yesterday's post, there was some very encouraging news yesterday concerning the proposed escalation of the war in Afghanistan. First, the Washington Post reported that U.S. ambassador Karl Eikenberry:..."sent two classified cables to Washington in the past week expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban's rise...The ambassador also has...

Remembering all those who served:As we honor the heroes of the past, let's not forget those in the present, and the price paid not only by those who go to Iraq and Afghanistan, but those who are left at home. "In Iraq and Afghanistan, our service members aren't the only ones making a sacrifice; military families are bearing the burden as well. Already, more than 600,000 troops have served more than one tour in Operation...

The AWRA (Angry White Republican Astroturfers) held their "press conference" on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. yesterday, so named because they didn't have a permit for a "rally." The speakers at this event planned and coordinated by Americans for Prosperity spontaneous gathering of concerned Americans who aren't about party, just happened to all be Republicans, and also all white (with the exception of George Hamilton John Boehner), but I'm being redundant. Here's...

Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the day Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. Although he has only been in office for nine months, I thought it would be an appropriate time to reflect and re-assess my vote for him and see if I made the proper choice, based on what I know now. As I did I remembered his speech on the night of November 4, 2008:"The road ahead will be...

I never dreamed that I would end up sounding like my parents. I still remember my mother shouting my name because the word processing program at the time (probably Word Perfect) wasn't doing something she wanted it to do. I would dutifully go in there and fix the simple problem. I find myself doing that a lot these days in education. Education is kind of a funny business in the sense that there are very...

Despite the screaming headline in the New York Post, the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post, that "The Obama Magic Has Faded," last night's election results and exit polls tell a different story. A little analysis and perspective:* In the race for Congress in the 23rd district of New York, Doug Hoffman, the darling of the far-right extremists, lost. Eljefebob has the analysis on this, so I'll move on to New Jersey and Virginia.* In what...

Can we please have an Afghanistan reality check? President Hamid Karzai stole the first election, with one out of every three votes being fraudulent. Abdullah Abdullah, who finished second and was supposed to be Karzai's opponent in the run-off, withdrew because the same election commission, all Karzai appointees, was poised to steal the run-off as well. Following Abdullah's pullout, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters: "President Karzai has been declared the winner of...

I was reading JKugler's entry today and it reminded me of a deep problem we have with the second amendment. It isn't being followed. When most people read that statement they naturally assume that I am talking about excessive regulation of gun ownership. In point of fact, we allow too many people to own guns. The problem is that the second amendment really wasn't about gun ownership at all. It was about the problem with...