More non-news in D.C. media: Friends of President Obama’s best friend

More non-news in D.C. media: Friends of President Obama’s best friend

Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin In his “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior,” George Washington offered this sage advice: “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” Too bad President Obama and his best Chicago golfing buddy (BCGB), Dr. […]

What Obama’s Ferguson sermon left out

What Obama’s Ferguson sermon left out

Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin In his 967-word statement to the nation about the Ferguson grand jury decision on Tuesday night, President Obama devoted precisely one sentence to the risks and sacrifices police officers make to keep the peace. One. Obama delivered a tepid, obligatory acknowledgement that “our police officers put their lives on […]

One more beheaded American, one more White House explanation

One more beheaded American, one more White House explanation

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen The Islamic State [Islamic State of Iraq and Levant] beheaded another American this week. The Obama administration’s response revealed its stubborn determination to deny reality. Peter Kassig was a former Army Ranger and emergency medical technician who was moved by the suffering of Syria’s civilians and returned to the […]

What next from a president who is no kind of lame duck?

What next from a president who is no kind of lame duck?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Just what happened last week on election day? And what is going to happen in the years ahead? The most important thing that happened last week was that the country dodged a bullet. Had the Democrats retained control of the Senate, President Obama could have spent his last two […]

Roved: Politics trumped geopolitics, and how that worked out for GOP, America and ISIL

Roved: Politics trumped geopolitics, and how that worked out for GOP, America and ISIL

C. Edmund Wright, American Thinker So Karl Rove was involved in a cover-up. Well, leave it to Karl — the “boy genius” and the “architect” — to orchestrate a cover-up that actually hides information exculpatory to his President and his party. He did just that on the issue of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in […]

Protecting the nation from Ebola and President Obama

Protecting the nation from Ebola and President Obama

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is both a danger in itself and a wake-up call for Americans — about President Obama, about the institutions of this country and, most important, about ourselves. There was a time when an outbreak of a deadly disease overseas would bring virtually unanimous […]

Obama at war: Political priorities, half-measures and tentative tactics

Obama at war: Political priorities, half-measures and tentative tactics

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Some pundits are saying that President Obama has been floundering in his response to the ISIS crisis because public opinion polls show most Americans don’t want another war. In all my 84 years, I cannot recall a time when most Americans wanted war. That is something we should be […]

Failings of our stealth ‘leader’: Military weakness, diplomatic malpractice

Failings of our stealth ‘leader’: Military weakness, diplomatic malpractice

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen “Oh, it’s a shame when you have a wan, diffident, professorial president with no foreign policy other than ‘don’t do stupid things.’ ” So griped President Obama to a select (and loose-lipped) group of dinner guests the other night. The president is annoyed that critics cannot see the wisdom […]

Democrat dogma dooms Obama to surpass Carter as foreign policy loser

Democrat dogma dooms Obama to surpass Carter as foreign policy loser

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen NBC’s Chuck Todd got a good deal of attention for warning that “(Obama’s) on the precipice of doing Jimmy Carter-like damage to the Democratic brand on foreign policy.” As distasteful as it is to defend Jimmy Carter, this isn’t fair to him. Carter, it’s true, earned a reputation for […]

The Obama strategy: Deflecting perceptions of crises on his watch

The Obama strategy: Deflecting perceptions of crises on his watch

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Those people who say that President Obama has no clear vision and no clear strategy for dealing with the ISIS terrorists in the Middle East may be mistaken. It seems to me that he has a very clear and very consistent strategy. And a vision behind that strategy. First […]