The Obama Administration is, for the first time, mired in scandal. The IRS problems continue to irritate. Benghazi bubbles. The Department of Justice’s wiretaps rile. The most interesting article, for me, was Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei’s assertion that the DC political culture is turning on Obama as a consequence of these possible misdeeds. As […]
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Scandals: The Cumulative Effect
16 May 2013
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Benghazi as Watergate?
08 May 2013
Congress is set to begin hearings on the Benghazi attack, in which four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christoper Stevens, were killed. The 9/11/12 assault, which was initially blamed on a YouTube video that defamed Mohammed, is now seen as a full-scale act of terror on a relatively soft target, the U.S. Consulate. The primary controversy […]
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Kagan and the Demise of Democracy
02 May 2013
Donald Kagan, a history professor, gave a “farewell lecture” at Yale University last week and made the statement “Democracy may have had its day.” Dr. Kagan is not one to shy away from controversy and has often raised the ire of his colleagues through his public statements and actions. By way of explanation, he argued […]
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Obama: The New Mr. Irrelevant
01 May 2013
Mr. Irrelevant, in the sporting world, is the last player picked in the NFL Draft. This year, the Indianapolis Colts selected Justice Cunningham, South Carolina tight end, with the 254th, and last, pick. I hope, for Justice’s sake, he has a long and profitable career, but the name sticks because the odds are that Cunningham […]
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