Politics
State Dept. country Background Notes discontinued; replaced with Obama-centric narratives
For years, the State Department has produced Background Notes on the countries of the world. I enjoy this service. I once wrote an entire blog post praising it. Quoting myself: Its Background Notes section gives all of the hard facts you could ever want on any country: flag, map, major cities, terrain, climate, languages, religions, … Read more
Let’s rush to define Paul Ryan
It is a wonderful thing for Barack Obama that Mitt Romney has selected Paul Ryan as his running mate! So goes the chorus of lockstep liberal sycophants. So I figure Romney must be onto something. The other refrain is the ubiquitously bleated Democrat talking point that Ryan’s proposals would “increase Medicare costs for seniors by … Read more