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Obama’s Olympic Apology Speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2009 8 Comments

I thought we weren’t allowed to talk this way when dealing with foreigners: “It’s a battle — we’re going to win — take no prisoners,” the first lady said with a smile at a roundtable discussion with reporters in the White House State Dining Room....

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What About The Right Not To Wear Head Covering

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2009 8 Comments

In his “historic” speech to the Muslim world, Barack Obama spoke up for the rights of women. The first example Obama used was the right of Muslim women in the West to wear hair covering (italics mine): The sixth issue that I want to address...

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When Will The Europeans Apologize To Us?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 06, 2009 11 Comments

Barack Obama is on his apology tour of Europe. There is hardly anyone to whom he hasn’t apologized for American arrogance and mistakes. One thing Obama hasn’t managed to do is ask the Europeans to apologize to us for: Two World Wars which resulted in...

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