Why General McChrystal Must Be Fired – But President Obama May Not Be Able To

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  June 22nd at 02:52 PM  | 

President Obama should fire General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, for a highly impolitic interview Gen. McChrystal gave to Rolling Stone magazine (of all places) mocking the Vice President and the U.S. Ambassador in Afghanistan, among others, and making evident his disdain for the Administration’s civilian management of the war effort. Obama should fire him – but he’s painted himself into a corner | Read More »

When Does School Start? The President Doesn’t Know

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  September 2nd at 11:06 PM  | 

There’s been a lot of controversy about President Barack Obama’s plan to give a speech to the nation’s public (only public) schoolchildren on September 8 (the Tuesday after Labor Day), a controversy Caleb Howe comprehensively summarizes here. The problem isn’t the President giving a pro-education message to the nation’s kids, something that’s part of any president’s job; the problem is the specter of enlisting of | Read More »

“So Help You God?”

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  January 20th at 12:27 PM  | 

Obama Administration Survival Guide

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 5th at 09:42 AM  | 

The nation awakens today to a grim day (although less grim than it might have been, as the late Senate races come in and the prognosis for a decent-sized GOP resistance looks much better). But America has endured worse. Here’s 12 ways I recommend that conservatives and Republicans prepare to face the next four years under President Obama (yeah, get used to that one):