Some torture is more forgivable than others, I guess. h/t Gregory and CP. **** related in kind: Byron York: If you go to Memeorandum, the most talked-about story on the Web today, or at least as of 11:20 this morning, is Peter Baker’s New York Times piece, “Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says.” The story begins: President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last

From Scott Powell, vice president of ELP Capital and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, writing in IBD: […] why would the Obama administration say they want to regulate venture capital firms? Some suggest that it may be an end run in the undeclared war on wealth because venture capital can create enormous fortunes outside of taxable income. But there are several other plausible answers. The first is that

Darleen’s already done the hard work of putting together the post, but I wanted to extract something former Bush speech writer Michael Gerson said in his Hewitt interview for special emphasis, because I think it gives insight into one prong of the strategy behind Obama’s remarkable and unconscionable buckling to his far-left base on the issue of potential “torture” prosecutions: I think it’s a terrible error for a couple of

NYT: President Obama’s top economic advisers have determined that they can shore up the nation’s banking system without having to ask Congress for more money any time soon, according to administration officials. In a significant shift, White House and Treasury Department officials now say they can stretch what is left of the $700 billion financial bailout fund further than they had expected a few months ago, simply by converting the

Surprisingly, that’s not a rhetorical question. Byron York: […] I asked William Anderson, a friend who is a political conservative, a medical doctor, and a lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard. “They are angry, but I think they are also scared, and I think it’s because they have a sense that their triumph is a precarious one,” Anderson told me. Democrats won in 2008 in some part because of the cycles

1. Aaron Curry. Best player in the draft. Lions could go with Stafford, but I think they’ll throw a curveball here. OUTLAW! 2. Jason Smith. Rams need a left tackle. This guy is a can’t miss. They briefly consider Stafford, but then realize that he’ll be useless without someone protecting his blind side. 3. Brian Orakpo. With Curry gone — and Cassel signed — the Chiefs fill a need at

Was visiting the Corner just now, looking for the link Pablo screwed up in the earlier thread’s comments (would love to find that still, by the way [update- bingo!]), and came across this, from Jay Nordlinger: In Impromptus today, I link to the amazing site Serenity Thru Haiku: Surviving the Obama Years. And I give a sample of the site’s offerings — a haiku concerning health care. May I give

If you are going to insist on digging deeper, at least make sure your instrument is sharp.

I hate to feel as though I’ve found a sidelight reporting on crime in DC, but police heard shots last night and found 24-year-old Lt. Quarles Harris, Jr, dead in his car, using a device to pinpoint his location: A State Department spokeswoman yesterday declined to comment, saying the investigation into the passport fraud is ongoing. The Washington Times reported April 5 that contractors for the State Department had improperly

For those of you who are interested in the story of Louchette’s friend, Dean, I’ve been contacted by someone who’s in a position to know something about Steve Saleh. According to my source, Saleh’s attending physician is well known in the gay community in DC as a “prescription pad with legs.” Apparently, this individual prescribed a variety of pain medications for Mr. Saleh, including some that may have serious interactions