*Presidential Poison: his invitation to indict Bush officials will haunt Obama’s Presidency, at the WSJ.
“Policy disputes, often bitter, are the stuff of democratic politics. Elections settle those battles, at least for a time, and Mr. Obama’s victory in November has given him the right to change policies on interrogations, Guantanamo, or anything on which he can muster enough support. But at least until now, the U.S. political system has avoided the spectacle of a new Administration prosecuting its predecessor for policy disagreements. This is what happens in Argentina, Malaysia or Peru, countries where the law is treated merely as an extension of political power.”
Combine this with the inevitable monetary inflation we’ll see, and we are well on our way to banana republic status. Sans bananas, of course.
*Israel won’t talk peace with the Palestinians until the US removes the Iranian nuclear threat. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air nails it in his commentary:
“Previous Israeli governments usually deferred to the US in public, even if they pushed back in private on policy in their back yard. Netanyahu has apparently taken the measure of this President and decided that the traditional deference isn’t necessary, after watching him get humbled by the likes of Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-Il, Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, and others. If our opponents feel that bold, why not our friends?”
Indeed.
*Confessions of a Contrarian, by Victor Davis Hanson.
*The Case for a Federalism Amendment, by Randy Barnett at the WSJ.
*‘Going Galt’ Got Going Last Summer, by Tom Blumer.
*Why Anti-Semitism Persists, by David Solway.
*Crazy Times – Crazier Times to Follow, by Victor Davis Hanson.
*Liberal journalist goes undercover at a Christian University with plans to write a book about their intolerance, does not get the results he expected.
“He lined up a publisher _ Grand Central Publishing _ and arrived at the Lynchburg campus prepared for “hostile ideologues who spent all their time plotting abortion clinic protests and sewing Hillary Clinton voodoo dolls.”
Instead, he found that “not only are they not that, but they’re rigorously normal.”
He met students who use Bible class to score dates, apply to top law schools and fret about their futures, and who enjoy gossip, hip-hop and R-rated movies _ albeit in a locked dorm room.
A roommate he depicts as aggressively anti-gay (all names are changed in the book) is an outcast on the hall, not a role model.”
*Your Daily Dose of Awesome: Happy Birthday Shakespeare! Celebrate the Bard’s Birthday with NRO.
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