The Game Is Over
Posted on June 7, 2012 in Political Cartoons
And yet, almost everyone loses.
The Left Picks A Fight Only To Lose
Posted on June 7, 2012 in Articles
The Article: In Wisconsin, the Left Picked a Fight—and Lost by Molly Ball in The Atlantic.
The Text: It’s important to remember, as Democrats cope with their failure to topple Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday’s recall, that this was a fight they chose.
Unlike the vast majority of elections, which occur on a regular schedule, the recall was a fight the left picked on purpose. They picked it because they thought they could win. And they were wrong.
It wasn’t even close. In the final tally, Walker led his Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, by 53 percent to 46 percent.
The idea behind the recall effort was to send a message: a warning to conservatives across the country that there was a line not to be crossed when it came to messing with the hard-earned gains of public worker unions. By losing, however, the consortium of unions, progressives and Democrats that worked so ardently to send Walker packing may have sent the opposite message. If Walker can survive, what’s to stop any other right-leaning governor from pushing the envelope?
The Best Of PBH Network In 2012
Posted on June 6, 2012 in Articles
5. How Daniel Radcliffe Deals With Paparazzi
Even for former child stars who don’t wind up in rehab, dealing with the paparazzi can be quite rough. And while Harry of yesteryear doesn’t use dark magic against these Nikon-toting Death Eaters, his own defense methods are just as effective.
4. The Astounding Design Of Eixample, Barcelona
A Moral War On Wall Street
Posted on June 6, 2012 in Political Cartoons
Except wars can’t really happen when the “enemy” is everything on which this country stands.
‘Mea Culpa’ In The Middle East
Posted on June 6, 2012 in Articles
The Article: Mideast analysts, mea culpa time by Hussein Ibish in Lebanon Now.
The Text: A year and a half into the emergence of a new Middle East in the context of the Arab uprisings, it behooves commentators who have been tracking these events to step back and assess our own evaluations. There’s no point in dwelling on what we think we’ve gotten right. What’s more important is where we can see we have gone wrong, and why. Taking note of these missteps provides valuable lessons for reading ongoing events with greater accuracy.
I’m going to look at several of my own most notable mistakes or rushes to judgment over the past 18 months, and what can be learned from them.
The most obvious of these is the most recent: like most other observers, I was surprised by the first-round results of the Egyptian presidential elections. Towards the end of 2011, I became convinced that former Arab League chief Amr Moussa would be very difficult to beat because of his name recognition, status as a professional politician in a field of relative amateurs, and what I thought would be his ability to garner support from a wide range of constituencies.
