“The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, “does right” and just pursues everybody’s best interests is a fantasy. Each individual nation will be pursuing their best interests. That’s the normal behavior of nation-states. It shouldn’t surprise us, but neither should we go to them for permission to do what’s in our national interests.” ShouldDoeStatesBodyPoliticsIndividualNationsInterestFantasyBehaviorNormalSurpriseNotionPursuePermissionNational InterestsDispassionate Author:Mona Charen
“More people have been killed by totalitarian regimes, during times of peace, than in all the wars in the world combined.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarPoliticsRegimesTotalitarian Regimes Book:There Will be Dragons, Second Edition Source: There Will be Dragons, Second Edition
“We in politics are accustomed to seeing reality firsthand and then watching its distant cousin, events as portrayed by the media, unfold on our televisions. We know that what happened in Congress and what is reported to have taken place are two very different things. But that disjuncture, so familiar to politicians, is new to the viewing public. By seeing war and war coverage juxtaposed nightly on their screens, Americans have learned the crucial lesson: not to trust the news anchors.” KnowsTwoDifferentWarRealityPoliticsTakenSeeingHappenedMediaEventsTelevisionPoliticianLessonsNewsCongressScreensFamiliarDifferent ThingsCrucialAccustomedCousinAnchorsCoverageNews Anchors Author:Dick Morris
“The dismissive notion that conservatives leak to outlets on the right for ideological reasons ignores the fact that liberals often do the same thing with news organizations that are either left-of-center or likely to be sympathetic to the message being peddled.” ReasonFactsPoliticsLeftMessagesNewsOrganizationNotionOutletsSympatheticIdeologicalLeaks Author:Howard Kurtz
“...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel.” KnowsPoliticsPresidentReportersPresident BushBarrelsQuotingScrapingSids Author:Andrew Sullivan
“[Senator] Kerry [democrat MA] is emerging as the worst of all the viable Democratic candidates. He has the backbone of Clinton and the charm of Gore.” PoliticsWorstDemocraticClintonDemocratCandidatesCharmSenatorsEmergingGoreBackbone Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Well, if I use Hispanic culture I get corruption and really good salsa music. If I use Chinese culture I get rigid thinking and decent Szechwan. If I use Islamic culture I get...not damned much of anything. And ditto for Africa although at least the rhythm is good and you can dance to it. But if I use Western European Culture I get industry, higher standards of living, longer lifespans and a generally happier society. Damn, I think I'll just have to go with WesternCiv even if I do have to put up with the Lutherans.” IfsThinkingWellsUseCulturePoliticsIndustryHigherStandardsWesternCorruptionRhythmChineseDamnDecentIslamicStandards Of LivingHispanicSalsaHigher StandardsLutheransChinese CultureIslamic Culture Author:John Ringo
“[T]he myth that there was somehow a magic wand in the early 1980s to cure AIDS - a wand that Reagan deliberately refused to wave - is now almost conventional wisdom.” PoliticsMagicWaveMythAidsCuresConventionalWandsConventional WisdomMagic Wands Author:Andrew Sullivan
“The problem is, we have yet to convince the Taliban they are fellow passengers on spaceship Earth.” ProblemEarthPoliticsFellowsConvincePassengersTalibanSpaceships Author:Will Durst