Showing posts with label National Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Review. Show all posts

Friday, July 11, 2014

Good Point by Rich Lowry on "Katrina moment" meme

From his National Review article:

The Katrina analogy is both over the top and too generous. It is over the top because the border influx isn’t a deadly catastrophe swallowing an American city. It is too generous because Bush didn’t do anything to bring on Hurricane Katrina, whereas Obama’s policies are responsible for the influx of immigrants from the border. It is, in the argot of his administration, a “man-caused disaster.”

I didn't like the analogy to begin with. Analogies can be dangerous. Yes, Bush may have not optics correct during an acute disaster, but Obama has done everything wrong on this crisis which he brought about himself.

Monday, January 27, 2014

What's up with Mark Steyn and National Review?

His last post there was Christmas Eve, and his prior post just two days earlier is salted with enough allusions to editorial disagreement to bring John Derbyshire's fate to mind.

Is Steyn just preoccupied playing hockey stick with Michael Mann, or is something else going on?