The state of the Union is not strong
Economic growth has been anemic. Household income is down. Labour force participation is the lowest in decades. Barack Obama's legacy is dismal, and the state of the Union is not at all strong
- 22 January 2015
Bro Summit? There wouldn't be one for Ed Milband
If Labour win the election, the world’s media will be itching to snap a bacon sandwich moment of Ed Miliband next to the President of the United States, doing considerable damage to our reputation. Ed just isn't prime ministerial material, and we all know it
- 18 January 2015
John Kerry's blundering "diplomacy"
The Obama administration showed its true colours in forgetting to turn up for the mass demonstration in Paris. And then they sent John Kerry to kiss and make up. In fact, Kerry was long on the kissing and then fluffed the making up. Marvellous
- 17 January 2015
Why 2015 should be a great year for enemies of the West
The essence of Barack Obama's weakness is that he does not have the mental capacity to deal with the world's complexities. The West's opponents know this and are likely to strike out further before he leaves office and is replaced by someone more competent
- 30 December 2014
Why Obama’s foreign policy is dangerous
From Iran to Syria to Ukraine and beyond, Obama’s minimalist foreign policy has done great harm to America and the world. The Obama doctrine is what Bret Stephens calls The Retreat Doctrine, and the West's enemies love it
- 12 December 2014
The democratic world has moved beyond Obama
The general feeling at major international conferences these days is that Obama had his shot, messed it up, and will be lucky to get out of office without a major catastrophe occurring. What a legacy
- 3 December 2014
Islamist plans right on track, and the West is helping
If any eyes were opened after the 9/11 attacks, they weren’t Western eyes -- certainly not the eyes of Western leadership, mainstream media, and academia. Islamists believe they're right on track. They could be right
- 7 November 2014
Tragedy and farce in the White House
Groucho Marx, Karl Marx, Gladstone, Disraeli, and even Duke Ellington can tell you something about Barack Obama. But at the end of the day, his international leadership is just a farce
- 19 October 2014
Why Obama must save Kobani
Instead of preemptively stopping ISIS from spreading into Iraq, Obama effectively waited until some high-profile beheadings forced him to focus on the danger. Kobani is now key. But is Obama up to the task?
- 16 October 2014
What Finland knows that EU, US don't about economics
Keynsian economics is a failed relic of the Leftist past. Barack Obama, the EU (and most of its member states) don't get that. So hats off to Finland for pointing out the emperor has no clothes
- 4 October 2014
Western survival requires the end of Islamist jihadism
The world is now full of jihadist groups, whether al-Qaeda, the Nusra Front, or the Islamic State, some of whose supporters are trained to carry out terrorist attacks in their Western countries of origin. Yet, our leaders fiddle while the West burns
- 21 September 2014
A coalition of the unwilling to defeat the Islamic State
About eight million Iraqis and Syrians live in areas ISIS controls. It is the richest terrorist organization in the world, and has about 10,000 fighters. Building a coalition to destroy it is essential, but it’s going to involve some very strange bedfellows. Can Obama build a coalition of the unwilling?
- 11 September 2014
Under hopeless leadership, the world falls apart
Robin Mitchinson's Texan alter ego laments a world that is falling apart, as simplistic and contradictory assumptions form the best that our hopeless leadership can manage
- 20 August 2014
Obama’s self-absorbed humanitarianism over Iraq
Obama the supreme egotist looks grudging and shifty over his self-absorbed decision to move on Iraq. It's the story of his presidency
- 13 August 2014
The No-Comparison Comparison of Reagan v Obama
There are good reasons why Americans rate Ronald Reagan as the best post-War president and Barack Obama the worst. One is that Obama's big government polices have entrenched poverty; Reagan's market approach brought prosperity. Lessons?
- 12 August 2014
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