Author: Paul Gleiser

A canary gasping for air.

MSNBC was at the peak of its health in 2008 and Obama won. Its precipitous decline might thus portend trouble for the next Democratic nominee.

Obama & Bergdahl: A complete embarrassment.

Franklin Roosevelt would never have traded five dangerous enemies of the United States for one Army deserter. Not even the feckless Jimmy Carter would have made such a fool of himself.

Of the Reagans & the Obamas.

Sasha and Malia Obama have lived their lives with a mother and a father in the house who love them and who are active in raising them. For all of my disagreements with Barack Obama, this is a part of him that I like and respect.

For thee but not for me.

Hillary Clinton is the very embodiment of the nouveau ‘ruling class’ that is taking over government at every level.

Moynihan had it right.

Since 1965, the United States has spent approximately $17 trillion on anti-poverty programs – an amount almost identical to the balance on the national debt. Yet poverty rates remain essentially unchanged.