WOUNDED BIRD

As I may have mentioned before, I sometimes read more than one book at a time. On second thought, who remembers what I may have mentioned ...

I watched part of the McCain funeral service at the National Cathedral this morning. I could have done without Joe Lieberman and Henry Kissi...

For all his flaws, and he had many, I believe John McCain cared about our country. The symbolism of his requests to former presidents Bara...

From Diana Butler Bass on Facebook : Dear Friends, It is important that we remember the actions of these days and learn. This is wh...

The GOP and others on TV and the internet remind us early and often about polls that show large numbers of people in the US believe the c...

From Informed Comment : On a 36-month schedule for “destroying” ISIS, the president is already ceding his war to the next president, a...

“We are going to have to find effective partners on the ground to push back against ISIL,” Obama said, using the government’s acronym fo...

Dexter Filkins in a blog post in The New Yorker : For many months, the Obama and Maliki governments talked about keeping a residual forc...

This is rich. The chaos in Iraq is Obama's fault.   More than two years after the administration failed to reach a status of force...

The absolute worst mistake Obama has made as president came back in 2011 when Republicans first pulled this stunt. At that time, Obama ...

How sad it is when Democrats who elected Barack Obama must remain in constant campaign mode to convince the president that many of us who he...

Yesterday, White House chief-of-staff Denis McDonough made the case for launching missile attacks on Syria on David Gregory's "P...

U.S. Sen. David Vitter said today that he will oppose the White House resolution that calls for a military strike against Syria. Vit...

Slippery slope: "The bottom line, as Kerry outlined in his speech, is that the White House believes inaction, after conclusively de...

There are a hundred and sixty-six prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Military officials told reporters earlier this week that thirty-one—almost ...

Dear Mr President:  After reading your budget plan, I'm wondering why I supported you. For one thing there is no link, nor should t...

The video ad shows a surprising combination of supporters of gay marriage.  Throughout the country, support for same-sex marriage is inc...

We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths –- that all of us are created equal –- is the star that guides us still; jus...

Cancel tomorrow's festivities. H/T to Athenae at First Draft .

  Rmj at Adventus had to post the picture above, so I had to steal it.  What else could I do?