Tag Archives: Barack Obama

What Michael Steele should have said:

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Gadfly Michael Meyers celebrates the presidential hook shown to New York Governor David Paterson as the demolition of the cordon sanitaire that has protected mediocre New York black politicians.   What’s next? Meyers asks: We can only imagine, only hope, what … Continue reading →

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The Right plays the race card

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Right-wing criticism of Obama is not racial, but Obama’s kick in the pants to New York Governor David Paterson apparently is.  Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele told CBS on Sunday: I found that to be stunning, that the White … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Speech to The Children

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

The overheated right-wing pundits were on to something after all.   Obama’s speech to the “nation’s students” was pompous, ridiculously long, chock-full of ed-school bromides, and wholly beyond a president’s proper role.  Why should students study, according to Obama?  Because they … Continue reading →

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Beer Summit Theology

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. concluded the Beer Summit on a far more gracious, even presidential, note than President Obama.  Gates had the courtesy to acknowledge, however belatedly, that “police officers put their lives at risk to protect us every day.”  … Continue reading →

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Faith-based financing

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

I almost thought there must have been a typo in this Miami Herald headline–Obama thanks Crist for support of stimulus plan–since the stimulus proposal bears so uncanny a resemblance to God.  It is a projection of human needs and desires, … Continue reading →

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Obama’s foreign faith

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, … Continue reading →

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Are you a “great American”?

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

What does a “great American” who disagrees with President Obama do?  Pray for him.  Peggy Noonan, who has already informed Obama about her own prayer-activities on his behalf, says that the Right to Life march prayed for the president during … Continue reading →

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Obama’s science

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Obama says he will “restore science to its rightful place.”  All very nice and anti-oogedy-boogedy.  I’ll believe Obama’s self-congratulatory rhetoric, however, when he stands up to the radical green lobby and considers the case for nuclear energy, a power source … Continue reading →

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Miscellany, January 21

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Walter Olson

* Obama’s mention of “non-believers” draws wide discussion, including Steve Chapman (who also lets Rick Warren have it), Katherine Mangu-Ward, and a New York Times blog thread with 275 comments; * The right to criticize religion: “Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders … Continue reading →

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Oleaginousness watch

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

William Kristol reports that at least one conservative pundit has already extended to Obama the blessings of his faith.  At the much commented-on dinner that George Will hosted for Barack Obama last week, Kristol says that he overheard one of my … Continue reading →

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