Category Archives: Political Commentary

Sandy Burglar Update

Glenn asks the question that we still have no answer for:

“In giving up his license, Mr. Berger avoids being cross-examined by the Board on Bar Counsel, where he risked further disclosure of specific details of his theft.”

Hmm. That would seem to confirm suspicions that we haven’t gotten the full story. And why has the Justice Department seemed so uninterested in following through here?

Not just here. It seems that Clinton cronies are never held accountable for their actions, even under a Republican administration. One law for them, another for the rest of us.

Of course, Hillary may still have to testify in the Peter Paul civil trial. If so, we’ll see how her memory is.

Condolences

I was never a fan of Jerry Falwell, though it’s possible that Reagan wouldn’t have been elected without him, and what a different world that would be. Other than that, about the best thing I can say about him is that he wasn’t as big an idiot as Pat Robertson. But condolences to his family and friends.

And it will be very interesting to hear what Newt has to say about him at commencement on Saturday.

[Update in the evening]

Another roundup of “thoughts” (such as they are) on Falwell’s passing. They seem pretty much in synch with hater Brian Swiderski’s comments here. Birds of a feather…

Confusing Cause And Effect

Rich Lowry puts paid to the stupid notion that Tony Blair was George Bush’s lap dog:

Long before President Bush arrived in the White House, Blair championed the idea that the West should intervene to stop human-rights abuses in other countries, putting morality above respect for the borders of sovereign countries. It wasn

More Immigration Issues

Speaking of immigration problems and non-assimilation, Stanley Kurtz has an interesting post on the problem of giving preference to family members:

I am not saying that anyone in the Duka family, outside the plotters themselves, was involved here. The point is, when you bring over a vast extended clan through chain migration, and when that extended family group maintains constant ties with an originating village, it becomes vastly more difficult to assimilate. For one thing, chain migration means a constant supply of new family members who don