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February 2013

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2013 12 Comments

I have been sounding the warning siren about Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for years. His mask of moderation has been slipping steadily, if it ever was there. He has engaged in repeated rants against Israel, and now he has gone the full distance reviving the...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 28, 2013 11 Comments

A professor at Harvard has applied her behavioral science background to the use of the "sequestration" tactic in an article, "The Strange Behavioral Logic of the Sequester Stalemate." She uses the somewhat forced nature of the upcoming automatic spending cuts and compares elements of the situation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2013 22 Comments

Long before Bob Woodward mentioned even a word about the "you will regret" email, the media was rising up in a frenzy to preserve Obama's campaign narrative that the sequester was forced on Obama and that it always included more taxes. Bob Woodward almost single-handedly took...

Posted by A.F. Branco on February 28, 2013 7 Comments

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Posted by David Gerstman on February 28, 2013 9 Comments

1) Water, water everywhere At the Times of Israel, editor David Horovitz writes about how Israel's dealt with its water crisis. (h/t Yaacov Lozowick) “How did we beat the water shortage? Because we said we would. We decided we would,” says Kushnir, a big man with a warm...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 28, 2013 8 Comments

There's a surplus of pretty successful infographics attempting to sway audiences as to the meaning--and import--of sequestration cuts.

From political groups like Third Way and The Democratic Daily to a Quaker organization and the Cato Institute, there are common themes running through many of the depictions that attempt to both explain the term "sequestration," while also selling a viewpoint. The infographics from those opposed to sequestration focus on what, and even more strikingly, who, will be impacted according to their points-of-view. On the other hand, an infographic from the Cato Institute focused on placing the cut amounts in perspective--and using humor.

For example, National Parks Service presents perceived impact on jobs, and converts figures into "equivalents," saying "proposed cuts to NPS budget would be equivalent to close 200 of the smallest park units":

The Third Way attempts to reach out across the aisle to Tea Party activists, choosing issues they think are interesting to them and applying their left-leaning ideological POV:

Democratic Daily goes straight for the jugular, illustrating the impact on children:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2013 57 Comments

Via Business Insider: Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a "very senior person" at the White House warned him that he would "regret doing this," the same day he has continued to attack President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2013 9 Comments

Van Cliburn died today at age 78. The name lives on with the piano competition named after him. RIP, tall Texan: Renowned American classical pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday morning at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer, publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2013 8 Comments

We've delved the depths of the despicable Boycott Divest Sanction movement against Israel. We are dealing with real bottom-feeders who have worked their ways onto campuses almost everywhere, supported by vicious people like George Galloway. Given the sordid history of Leftist-Islamist anti-Israel campus agitation, particularly in Britain,...

Posted by Joel Engel on February 27, 2013 17 Comments

Hollywood is apparently unhappy with Seth MacFarlane’s hosting of the Oscars on Sunday night.  So says the New York Times: Post-Oscar Monday found the movie capital coming to grips with a 3-hour-35- minute ceremony that climbed in the ratings but at its best seemed to hide...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 27, 2013 5 Comments

A former colleague of mine from Regnery Publishing wrote today to say that our old sister company, Human Events, had shuttered its print edition today. While the digital version will continue, much of the staff will have to seek employment elsewhere, and it may be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2013 19 Comments

This is mightly rich. Donna Brazile was a big defender of Obamacare, despite warnings that it would drive up insurance rates: Guess who's now complaining about private insurance rates rising? You broke it, you own it.  As for the rest of us, we're the victim, not you. What's on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2013 21 Comments

How low will this administration go on the sequester political jockeying? This low, As sequester nears, immigration detainees are released: The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it had released hundreds of illegal immigrants held in detention facilities, saying it could no longer afford to house them because...

Posted by David Gerstman on February 27, 2013 12 Comments

Jon Stewart mocks the sequester hysteria. Yes, he targets Republicans towards the end. But it's still pretty funny.(h/t my wife) I'm not a Jon Stewart fan, but he wouldn't be popular if he wasn't tuned in. Does his cavalier approach to the sequester reflect a popular skepticism...

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