Olympic gold for narcissism WASHINGTON In the Niagara of words spoken and written about the Obamas trip to Copenhagen, too few have been devoted to the words they spoke there. Their separate speeches to the International Olympic Committee were so dreadful, and in such a characteristic way, that they might be symptomatic of something that has serious implications for American governance.Star Parker: Outrage over ACORN, but not abortion The ACORN scandal shows that if Congress wants to act, it can.Schram: Another airport tarmac meeting Once again, an American wartime president discovers he has been painted into a corner of his own Oval Office.Cyr: China’s complicated Communist anniversary This past week marks the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the Peoples Republic of China by Communist leader Mao Zedong. Nationalist China leader Chiang Kai-shek and the routed remnants of his army had fled to the island of Taiwan (in those days more commonly referred to as Formosa in the West).KRAUTHAMMER: A radical agenda of social transformation WASHINGTON Forget the pork. Forget the 8,570 earmarks in a bill supported by a president who poses as the scourge of earmarks. Forget the $2 trillion dollars in savings, $1.6 trillion of which President Obamas budget director admits is the savings of not continuing the surge in Iraq until 2019 11 years after George Bush ended it.
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