Ed Driscoll has a roundup of commentary on all the president’s nominees.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Aaron Swartz Died
…for Piers Morgan’s sins.
The Second Amendment
…is not about “doing skeet shooting.” Or even shooting skeet. All of this talk about hunting is an ongoing distraction from the real issues, and a deliberate one.
The Modern Democrat Fire Eaters
They haven’t really changed that much since the Civil War. The only difference is that they want to enslave all of those of us who won’t bend to their will, instead of just blacks. And as Clayton says, all this kind of rhetoric does is reinforce our desire to defend ourselves and our freedom.
Ten Myths About Columbia
From Jim Oberg.
Piers Morgan Is Whiffing, Too
Nominating Hagel
Whose terrible idea was it, anyway? Jonathan Chait is starting the circular firing squad. I have to agree with this:
As it turned out, the Hagel nomination has been a fiasco. (Clemons’s chins-up take that Hagel “met expectations” is the most optimism any Hagel backers can muster.)
He certainly met my expectations. I fully expected him to be the hapless fool and tool he always is. And I love this understatement: “Hagel himself does not appear to be especially brilliant.”
You don’t say.
[Update a few minutes later]
Obama advisor: Hagel’s conduct was “somewhere between baffling and incomprehensible.”
It’s only baffling to people so stupid that they thought he was smart.
More On The Unaffordable Care Act
The IRS estimates that the cheapest plan will cost $20K a year.
But remember, if you like your plan, you can keep it.
Ten (And Three) Years Later
Jeff Foust remembers two February-first space-related anniversaries, related to each other.