This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, Age of Aquarius… According to the research of compiled state polls by Karl Rove & Co., the hypothetical electoral college numbers suggest an Obama win over the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin of 338 electoral votes to 200. Aquarius! Aquarius…! Somewhere, the Fifth Dimension and the Hillside singers are dusting off their ponchos, and Cher is off to

…This time from Ken Silverstein’s 2006 Harper‘s piece on Obama. “Barack Obama Inc.: The birth of a Washington machine”: “My experience in the state legislature is instructive. The first seven years I was there I was in the minority, and I think that I passed maybe ten bills; maybe five of them were substantive. Most of the bills that I did pass were in partnership with Republicans, because that was

So I stopped at a Starbucks this morning on the way back from running some errands and sat down with my double espresso at a stool next to a table full of Obama campaign precinct walkers who were evidently taking a break before resuming their canvass. As luck would have it, these budding community organizers were enjoying biscotti and muffins. Offering them a knowing nod — followed quickly by the

GUILT BY ASSOCIATION! HOW DARE YOU QUESTION OUR ABILITY TO KEEP SHOUTING ‘GUILT BY ASSOCIATION’ AS WE CAN BARELY CONTAIN OUR DESIRE TO RUB YOUR FACE IN HOW WE’VE GONE ABOUT HOODWINKING YOU WITH ALL OUR CAREFULLY CONTRIVED TALK OF BEING MODERATE PRAGMATISTS! I wonder if it ever occurs to most Barack voters that the true progressives who have been building this political beast since the early seventies hold them

Thomas Sowell, house negro: Barack Obama has the kind of cocksure confidence that can only be achieved by not achieving anything else. Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise– whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team– is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing

Stanley Kurtz on the “illusion of pragmatism” — something you’ve read here from time to time to time: Reflecting on all that I’ve written about Barack Obama over these past six months, four inter-related points stand out: Obama’s radicalism, his stealthy incrementalism, his interest in funding and organization-building, and his willingness to use — or quietly support — Alinskyite intimidation tactics. Since we stand on the cusp of the election,

Not that I’m surprised at this stage, but here are a couple of bits to get your blood pressure up. First, here’s Dr Charles Ogletree, an Obama advisor on race, articulating the “post-racial” position that whites are, of course, racist. This comes on the heels of his having noted recently that, even should Obama be elected, whites would be voting for his “white” half, and so are still inveterate racists.

From FIRE: Staff members kept individual files on students and their beliefs – which were to be archived after graduation.Mandatory group sessions singled out and shamed non-minority students because of their “privilege” in American society. Other mandatory group sessions forced students to name and then act out the worst possible racial, sexual and other stereotypes they could think of, which polarized students more than it helped them appreciate diversity. Students

***new posts will appear below. which doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be reading this one.*** Thanks to everyone who has contributed. Saturdays, I realize, are days when many of you are out harvesting the fall wheat, or going door-to-door selling ShamWows, or working on your rock operas, so that explains why the fundraising needle barely even quivered yesterday. Like a zombie prick, almost. Just kinda stood there — the only movement