Michael Goldfarb
Right vs. Write
In Defense Of Washington
Professing hatred for Washington is part of the culture of living in Washington, so it's not surprising that Conor Friedersdorf's denunciation of Washington has won plaudits among some D.C.-based bloggers. Friedersdorf begins with by recounting an uncomfortable night at the movies: READ MORE >>
Republican Feminism
Republican spokesman Michael Goldfarb: READ MORE >>
Goldfarb Vs. J Street
P.R. flack Michael Goldfarb, writing in the Weekly Standard, has an item entitled "Israel to J Street: We Know You're Not Pro-Israel." The basis for this turns out to be a comment from Danny Ayalon, to wit: "The thing that troubles me is that they don't present themselves as to what they really are. They should not call themselves pro-Israeli." READ MORE >>
Something Much Darker
I. “Trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity to readers of The New Republic is not easy.” On June 2, 1944, W.H. Auden penned that sentence in a letter to Ursula Niebuhr. On January 26, 2010, Andrew Sullivan posted it as the “quote for the day” on his blog. Displaced and unglossed quotations are always in some way mordant, and bristle smugly with implications. Let us see what this one implies. READ MORE >>
Goldfarb Is Called Home
To the world of paid public relations, reports Ben Smith. It's a good fit: The Weekly Standard blogger and former McCain aide Michael Goldfarb is leaving the magazine to join the firm of John McCain's former foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann. Goldfarb confirmed that he'd be senior vice president for communications at Orion Strategies, whose clients include the Republic of Georgia. READ MORE >>
In the End, There Can Only Be One
Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann are set to meet for the first time tonight* and, with apologies to the latter, I think we all know who's The Kurgan in this scenario and who's the nameless immortal extra about to have her head cut off. READ MORE >>
Americans Express Support For Torture
From Pew: Most notably, 19% of the public says the use of torture is often justified to gain important information from terrorist suspects, while 35% say the use of torture in these circumstances is at least sometimes justified. Allahpundit responds, sarcastically: READ MORE >>
Ronald Reagan as Backbench Heckler
The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb leaps to Joe Wilson's defense: Joe Wilson offered the most succinct and effective Republican response to Obamacare since Sarah Palin attacked Obama's "death panels" -- and, like Sarah, he did it in just two words: "You lie." READ MORE >>
