re: The Globe, Scott Brown, and abortion

Spilot, can you elaborate?

By Adam Reilly on 11-21-2009

re: The Globe, Scott Brown, and abortion

Oh, puh-leese Adam, give it a rest.

By spilot113 on 11-21-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

First of all, the only thing that will "save" this country are free thinking individuals, not blind and ignorant belief in a centuries old superstition.

Secondly, Hasan was not motivated politically, he was religiously motivated so I'm not sure this should be classified as an act of terrorism. Hasan followed a violent and minor sect of Islam. Until the evidence is in let's not label this terrorism. This was a religiously motivated act.

Thirdly, unless this was a speech directed to the nation, which, judging by the Indian looking flags in the background, it was not, I didn't see anything wrong with the President's speech.

By Thomas on 11-21-2009

re: The imperial "I": not nearly as rare as Jeff Jacoby thinks

Jacoby can do better?  I thought his last DECADE of not-worthy-to-wrap-my-fish-in columns rather expertly proved that he can't.

By Brad Deltan on 11-17-2009

re: The problem(s) with Jeff Jacoby's latest

Jacoby was trained as a lawyer.  He will use only those facts that further his argument, regardless of context.  Disingenuous.

By mike on 11-17-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

I'm sorry but it's difficult to not look at this man through the prism of the incongruity of his being in that office. In a sane world, he would still be a junior Senator from Chicago, if that.

Surely his election was not the result of an informed electorate making an informed decision and the implications of that should trouble all of us.

By Cleombrotus on 11-16-2009

re: The imperial "I": not nearly as rare as Jeff Jacoby thinks

No, Adam! No, Jeff Jacoby absolutely cannot "do better." If reading through his turgid, whiny, and selectively (un)supported columns has shown you anything, it's that he is incapable of doing anything better as a columnist.

C'mon, Adam.

By David on 11-16-2009

re: Grabauskas's new gig

The system of how government pays for services is broke, not the people who work within the guidelines set by a legislative and organized labor. The MBTA has had very bright people running it in the past...Kiley, O"leary,Prince to name a few...but the Authority still managed to stumble and trip...HOW ABOUT CHARGING PEOPLE WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN THE SYSTEM...I am tired of subsidizing people who can't afford to get from place to place...It's bad enough that our area college pay no taxes..why do i have to pay for students bus fares....

By Ballena Franca Austral on 11-15-2009

re: The imperial "I": not nearly as rare as Jeff Jacoby thinks

Ari: It's not weird at all! That's exactly the point.

By Adam Reilly on 11-15-2009

re: The imperial "I": not nearly as rare as Jeff Jacoby thinks

Um, why is it weird to hear in a speech "I believe..." or "I think..."

Also, you could probably do the same thing with "me," but then you would hear Obama say things like "This is not about my opponent, and it's not about me. This campaign is about you."

By ari on 11-15-2009

re: The imperial "I": not nearly as rare as Jeff Jacoby thinks

I don't know what we should make of this.

Fabulous.

By Michael Pahre on 11-14-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

This is such a non-issue. You need to pull your head out of your ass and look at the bigger picture.

By Randy on 11-10-2009

re: Pagliuca and the B-word

pagliuca is a sad pathetic individual==trying to ride his pathetic Celtic connection to the senate is sad. as a sad rich guy he shoulf try to do some goog, but he trys to buy a senate seat...

he is pathetic like all liberals

By jeri on 11-08-2009

re: Pagliuca and the B-word

rich guy--Pagliuca

hippocrite as usual with the politcally correct liberals---to be liberal is to be a hippocrite--pagliuca is particully sickening-- a pahetic limousine liberal that talks the talk  but like all phoneys dones not walk the walk--go back to you pathetic and insulated walled community in Weston and leave us real people alone-- you are a pathetic rich guy trying to tell regular folks how to live. do us a favor you ahole get another pastime, like playing more golf at your country club in Weston. you are a pathetic human being.

By jeri on 11-08-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

Spot on, Adam. America wanted a different kind of President. I doubt that they planned on one THIS different.

By aging cynic on 11-08-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

Mark: on very rare occasions, my own assessment of an event might happen to agree with the right's, at least in part. This is one of them. While I don't for a minute think Obama hates the military, hates the US, etc., I do think he handled this poorly, and created a problem where none needed to exist.

By Adam on 11-07-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

I DO NOT AGREE W/ MUCH OF THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES. I CANNOT SEE THAT HE INTENTIONALLY WANTED TO DISHONOR ANYONE AT THE NATIVE AMERICAN CONFERENCE WHERE HE MADE THE COMMENTS NOR TO THE MILITARY IN THIS CASE BUT WITH THESE EVENTS AND THE MOTIVES OF OUR PRESIDENT UNCERTAIN. I PRAY WE LOOK UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR NATION' FUTURE. GOD SAVE THESE UNITED STATED OF AMERICA.

By DAVID on 11-07-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

Sheesh, it's 4 hours after the shootings, he's speaking to a conference and not making a national address, he took 2 minutes to acknowledge the people he's speaking to before diving into the news cycle.   More stupidity from the talking-head agitators.  Look at the people who are commenting on your own blog. Same old, same old.  Adam, I'm surprised you brought it up.

By Mark on 11-07-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

With all sympathy to the victims and families of the Fort Hood tragedy

The president may have made a minor gaff in the order of his speech. I'm willing to grant that.

I'm a little confused--are people really comparing this to Hurricane Katrina, when 1000's of lives were lost and the president took days to return from vacation? Or is that The world trade center when national icons were destroyed along with those thousands of lives? A little proportion might be in order.

By Karen on 11-07-2009

re: Obama's Fort Hood screw-up

Yet again Obama is showing his true colors. Wake up America! There has just been a Terrorist Attack & he is taking his sweet time like nothing happened.

Its sad to say this is not shocking what happened  (ft hood) with Obama in office

By jane on 11-07-2009