Editor's Essays
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Why the President Looked Hopelessly Baffled When a Needy Country Barked, Then Pleaded ‘Lead Us.’By Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM June 15, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays During the last two months, since The Spill erupted, we have witnessed daily reminders of why Barack Obama was not qualified to even run for President. read |
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Israel Has Been a Naughty Child Deserving of a PenaltyBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM June 07, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays The headline over an essay in the opinion section of The New York Times on Sunday was enough to make a reader shudder, if not boil: read |
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Albert Vera and His CharacterBy Ari L. Noonan @ 2:00 PM June 04, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays Over the years, I spent more time with Albert Vera in his matchbox-sized office than at the end of the counter at Sorrento Italian Market, where he typically conducted business. The office was where the real business was done, and it could accommodate many more people than two as long as your lap, or somebody’s, was available. read |
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They Embarrassed Decent People: Ridley-Thomas, Zany Zev and Goofy GloriaBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM June 02, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays Like a diapered toddler who mindlessly wanders into blur-fast traffic, bandwagon politicians sometimes cannot help themselves. read |
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‘Gimme Some of That Anti-Arizona Publicity,’ Say Dumb and Dumber from the Board of SupesBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM May 28, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays California is about to go under water for the third time, financially, and look at what two of our most vapid political dingbats are doing to punish Arizona: read |
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Cough. Cough. Cough. Cough. The President and Al Capone.By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM May 27, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays Faulting President Obama as the Gulf oil spill worsens by the day closely parallels the feds sending Al Capone to prison in 1932 for income tax evasion. The charged blunders were not either man’s worst, by miles. read |
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Two Obsequious Journalists Fall in Love with a Jew HaterBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM May 24, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays Three weeks ago this afternoon, hours before the Times Square bomber was captured, Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison expressed the hope on her 89.3 FM radio program that the culprit would be a right-wing militia member. read |
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The Smiling Dwarf Spits in Israel’s Eye AgainBy Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 PM May 20, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays Attn. President Obama: The monsters of history have dropped hints the size of the Empire State Building on their way to committing obscene destructions. In the last century, everybody west of Culver City and south of Alaska knew long in advance that Hitler was going to try and decimate all Jews and that his evil twin, Uncle Joe Stalin would massacre indiscriminately. read |
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Rutten’s Rotten Argument Against Rootin’ for the Good GuysBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM May 19, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays While a worldwide manhunt continues for just one liberal over the age of 18 who is not quivering with anger, would someone please hand me a face cloth? I need to dry off the drenched brow of the latest furious liberal, the reliably enraged essayist Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times. read |
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Rest in Peace: Here Lies the Liar Who Lied About LyingBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM May 18, 2010Found in: Editor's Essays Does it matter that a statewide political candidate lies about his military record, even if he does join a lengthy parade of addicted hyperbolics? read |










