The Reaction in Review (Jan. 23, 2009)

A week's Reactions that deserve a second look:

"Termination, turning points, triumphs and taking off" are some of the takeaways from this Very Big Week.

Friday

By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Craziest Conservative of the Day: J. Harvie Wilkinson III" -- Michael's well reasoned view that Bush's judicial appointments were, indeed, partisan.

By J. Thomas Duffy: "Doc Block Death Knock? ... MSNBC climbs into the Big Yellow Taxi" -- Duffy's done it again, with his edgy look at the MSNBC dilemma of what to do with its prime time programming (includes neat Bonus Links).

By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Carolyn Kennedy, Kirsten Gillibrand, and the inane silliness of the Senate seat drama in New York" -- Michael's title and post capture the essence of this strange New York episode.


Thursday

By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Headline of the Day (Obama contra Bush edition)" -- Michael's very good summary of how President Obama begins to turn around our off-course ship of state.

By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Chris Matthews, verbal diarrhea, and the Obama Inauguration" -- This post focuses on "Tweety" and says it all for many of us who love to hate him.

By Capt. Fogg: "I hope he fails" -- Fogg's fiercely fought argument with Rush Limbaugh over the future of the Obama presidency.


Wednesday

By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Israel, white phosphorus, and the war in Gaza" -- Michael wades into this very murky mess with some very well-nuanced commentary.

By Carl: "A quiet moment" -- A wonderful narrative and personal reflection on the true meaning of Inauguration Day. See also, "Service"and Truth.

By Carol Gee: "Inauguration Wednesday" -- Checking out the previous day's predictions about how the Inauguration would play out.


Tuesday

By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Obama's First Inaugural Speech" -- Perhaps assuming there will be a second, a very insightful look at what President Obama had to say to the nation and to the world.

By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Canada denies entry to Bill Ayers" -- Our editor is Canadian, offering a good perspective for this post and the lively comment thread that followed.

By Edward Copeland: "Joy mixed with bittersweet" -- Edward's very moving personal narrative about how he and a friend became Democrats and could have celebrated the Obama Inauguration.


Monday

By Dan Tobin: "Seniors rule!!" -- Perhaps the last (?), and maybe the best, Tobin piece of e-mail hilarity from the former prexy as he leaves for Texas.

By Mustang Bobby: "Kristol: faithful to the end" -- Bobby passionately calls out William Kristol, and the administration he was defending, regarding the misguided war in Iraq.

By Creature: "The truth about banks and bailouts" -- "We can bail banks out all we want, but until the underlying rot of bad assets is addressed with honesty, and not ideology, nothing will change," says it all.