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December 2009

2009: The Year in Review

Dave Barry: Elsewhere in politics, a team of specially trained wildlife agents equipped with nets and tranquilizer darts manages, after...

"Allegedly"

Victor Davis Hanson: Adverbs Can Tell Us a A Lot When we do know for a fact that Mutallab tried...

"Taken Out of Context"

Obama's Pastor, reverend Wright, says quite a number of vitriolic inflammatory things his sermons. Wright and his defenders insist his...

Some Praise for the Obama Administration

I'm not generally partisan — I like or dislike the same things no matter who does them. And I like...

The "Enlightenment": Mass Drownings

Regarding the original "leftist" revolution (which actually gave birth to the term "left"), something I'd never heard of before: Via...

The Sad Tale of Fritz Platten

Probably more than anyone else, Fritz Platten, a Swiss Communist, was instrumental in getting Lenin into Russia in 1917. He...

"Avatar" & the Noble Savage

Well, it's that time of year again. The time when people who "love all humanity" (but oddly seem to hate...

Not Wrong, Just Evil?

Al Gore speaking at Copenhagen, bold added: In his speech, Mr Gore told the conference: "These figures are fresh. Some...

Not Evil, Just Wrong?

That's the title of a warming-sceptical documentary Phelim McAleer has written about global-warmingists. According to Big Government: He asked Professor...

Are Negative Numbers Possible?

Fox: Obama's 47 Percent Approval Lowest of Any President at This Point President Obama's job approval rating has fallen to...

Obama Versus Baby Jesus

New York Times: Washington is a city that likes its traditions, and [Obama's social secretary] Ms. Rogers has raised a...

Quintessential Sullivan Fans

Andrew Sullivan bashes Charles Krauthammer for cynically shifting positions on gas taxes in order to embarrass Obama. Krauthammer points out...

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