High Ground Underground

An Alternative to a Bad Iran Deal – and War I’d note that while Netanyahu was in Washington pleading for sanity and hope for survival for his people, vice president Biden was in Switzerland negotiating with terrorists – Iran being the foremost state sponsor of terrorism in the world – sponsor of Hamas & Hezbollah, Houthis in Yemen, Assad in Syria, etc.  Who says we don’t negotiate w. terrorists?  And bargain away Israel’s security?  This president continues to bend over backwards to legitimize rogue regimes, and de-legitimize those like Israel that are the closest to having our values. I watched Netanyahu’s speech and found it powerful and persuasive.  The 50-odd loud, long applauses & standing ovations I think were symptomatic of the need or thirst for leadership in such a dangerous world – a leadership we haven’t found in our president.  It was, as some I think have rightly said, Churchillion and Reaganesque. In keeping with all his ...

“A pox on both their houses” – Perfection as a Standard for Political Action We have come through another contentious election.  But I think I have heard “A pox on both their houses” (speaking of partisan politics) one time too many to not respond.  People who find the rhetoric/methods/contention of politics distasteful disengage, justifying it by claiming to take the higher moral ground.  What does that solve?  Does that address the important issues, or leave it to the loud and distasteful, or those lacking in judgment or information?  Of course we can and should raise the quality of our political discourse – focusing more on issues than personal attacks -- which is difficult for the party whose character is incessantly maligned for political gain.  But when entire parties and positions are dismissed out of hand, or the entire political process, because of the words or actions of some who claim to represent various parties, or because contention...