PrintJune 29, 2009
Bush's Domino Effect
Today's liberal press has made digging for a hot story quite simple. The secret is to take any domestic or international event or crisis, wait a few days, and then note the singular and glaring omission -- the unremarked elephant in the room in other words. Since the mainstream press in America has bargained critical thinking for idol worship, the truth often sits quite open and exposed for the rest of us -- a case of easy pickings.Last week's dramatic demonstration for freedom in Iran provides the latest example of leftist, self-imposed tunnel vision. The professors and pundits have assured us that a combination of forces -- cyberspace, feminism, the youth factor, Barack Obama -- have created the perfect storm for Iran's contemporary rising tide of freedom. For example, in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, Professor Saad Ibrahim of Harvard University credits "the Obama effect" (specifically Obama's Cairo speech) with energizing "the...(Read Full Article)
