So I’ll be gone for the next several days, helping out and doing some coaching. The fundraiser hasn’t had any contributions since Tuesday or Wednesday, so just kind of ignore it. I’ll remove the post later when I get a chance, but I really am on my way out the door. In my absence, remember: it’s who they are. It’s what they do. Don’t be surprised or even outraged. Just
June 7, 2013
June 7, 2013
“There is no longer such a thing as presidential ethics.” [Darleen Click]
Victor Davis Hanson explains how Obama has turned Aristotelian ethics on its head Presidential ethics are now situational. Obama is calling for a shield law to protect reporters from the sort of harassment that his attorney general, Eric Holder, and the FBI practiced against Fox News and the Associated Press. Through such rhetoric, he remains a staunch champion of the First Amendment — even though he now has the ability
June 7, 2013
On NSA data collection
Again, the scope here seems broad, but then I suspect it has to be, for any meaningful connections to be identified by the NSA. The warrant came in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. And while I’m sympathetic to the argument that perhaps we’d be better off merely collecting data on, say, Islamists who happen to be on government assistance, we all know that such “profiling” violates our PC