Bob McCarty Writes

Believe you me, it’s a rare occasion when I agree with the folks at TIME.  Today, however, is one of those occasions.  The lead paragraph of their article, Obama’s Nobel: Another Slap at George W. Bush, sums up accurately the reason why the current occupant of the Oval Office won a once-prestigious award despite having [...]

[Read more →]

Steve Chapman, a member of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, has established residency in the State of Denial, one of the seven mystery states then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said he had visited while on the campaign trail May 9, 2008.
In an editorial published today, Chapman writes:
Obama, it’s true, has done things that involve enlarging [...]

[Read more →]

“Iran was dangerous. Iran is dangerous. Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon.”

President George W. Bush used the words above 19 months ago during a White House interview with NBC reporter David Gregory (see this post for details).
At the time of the interview, many on the left [...]

[Read more →]

“Retro” is the word of the week in the Aug. 10 edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News.  Topics include the 40th anniversaries of the Manson family murders, the Beatles famous crosswalk photo being taken and Woodstock, the first giant rock concert — and the last one without overpriced tickets.  Also covered is the [...]

[Read more →]

In a post published June 18, 2007, I shared news of an ABC News story published under the headline, Exclusive: Suicide Bomb Teams Sent to U.S., Europe.
ABC News correspondent Brian Ross reported that large teams of newly-trained suicide bombers were being sent to the United States and Europe. According to evidence contained in a then-new [...]

[Read more →]