What are we to make of Major Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage? (Also read Phyllis Chesler: The Jihadist Is Always the Victim.)
What are we to make of the George Soroses and Warren Buffetts and the club of the mega-wealthy preferring the populist rhetoric of Barack Obama?
The more the talk of togetherness, hope and change, and healing, the more the daggers come out.
This nation will soon pay a heavy price for out-of-control debt, refusal to drill, and a foreign policy built on weakness.
Little hope, less change, lots of uncertainty, and Democrats who went from revolutionary fervor to the boring Ministry of Truth in less than nine months.
Have you stopped reading, listening, watching, and paying attention to most of what now passes for establishment public or popular culture?
What is racism? What is sodomy? Who are the "rich"? These days, the answers are never simple.
Why did Obama think he should risk presidential and national capital in such ambiguous circumstances? Ego? Sloppy prep work? Payback to pals? Hubris? (Also read Richard Fernandez: The Ego Has Landed.)