- May as well start disappointing them early (Brothers Judd)
- Will Obama Bring Home the Neocons? (Gabriel Schoenfeld, WSJ) It beats me, but he could move to the right, win quite a bit of Republican support, and do good things for the country.
- The Politics of Cohesion (David Brooks, NYT)
- No choice but to matter (Eugene, Robinson, WaPo)
- Unlike media, Obama knows he's no wizard (John Kass, Chicago Tribune)
- Bush
Month: January 2009
Where has January gone? Work, workouts, grilling, and social activities have been keeping me busy busy, but we’ll try to get back on track. Here’s a little dump to clear the backlog a bit.
- Name about the only thing likely to change (John Kass, Chicago Tribune)
- Let the carving begin on Tombstone's tomb (John Kass, Chicago Tribune)
- Blago-Burris saga has unexpected winners (John Kass, Chicago Tribune)
- Meet Obama's Loyal Opposition (Kimberley Strassel,
Senate Republicans put the GOP first, not issues that matter (Austin American Statesman)
Forget the $9.1 billion drop in projected state revenues and the state’s slowing economy.
Never mind the scandals in the Texas Youth Commission and state schools for Texans with mental retardation. Or that the Texas Department of Transportation made a $1 billion budget error, and not in the state’s favor.
No, for Republicans in the Texas Senate, the most important crisis facing the State of
- Richard John Neuhaus, 1936-2009 (Brothers Judd)
- Go forth and multiply (Mark Steyn)
- Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way (John Kass, Chicago Tribune)
- Chickens dancing, roosting in 5th District (John Kass, Chicago Tribune)
- Before Reversal, Senate Democrats Were Ready to Play Hardball Against Burris (Paul Bedard, US News) I love that headline.
- The GMAC Bowl: Playing Games With Bailout Money (George Will, WaPo)
- The Deficit Spending Blowout
- Newspapers Broke My Heart. Will Citizen Journalism Heal It? (Trent Seibert, NewsTechZilla) We have a nifty little new-media effort going on in Houston, and Trent Seibert gets more attention from Instapundit than from locals. WTF?!
- Rockets fall to 76ers 104-96 for third straight loss (Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle)
Stung by the latest loss and the different variety of embarrassments it brought them, the Rockets thought back to what they once were.
That’s the lede from a