7-1-2009

Abe Greenwald: Give Bush Credit on Iran

George Smiley: Poor Michelle Obama. According to the Washington Post, she feels “unfulfilled,” and is looking for a larger role in her husband’s administration…Obviously, Mrs. Obama is free to create her own role in the White House, and pursue as many policy issues as she chooses. But it also seems clear that her interest in military family issues is on the wane. That won’t go unnoticed by the very people she promised to help.

Richard Fernandez: The Telegraph describes how a polar bear expert has been banned from attending a conference in his field in Copenhagen because his views are inimical to the orthodoxy on “global warming”.

Ed Morrissey: Whenever politicians propose to spend massive amounts of money, they tell us how it will benefit the public — but usually they concern themselves with more personal benefits… The latest example of this kind of corruption comes, not surprisingly, from the massive bank bailouts — and Senator Daniel Inouye is the latest politician pulling strings on behalf of  … well, himself.

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