President Obama likes to draw comparisons between himself and Abraham Lincoln. Such a display of vanity contrasts starkly with his predecessor, who seemed to care little about what anyone thought of him. But what is Obama really made of? After six months as President, is he displaying the leadership of a Lincoln or the sensitivity of a Jimmy Carter?...

When is all this pussyfooting going to stop?  At some point the western media needs to be a little more discerning – critical even – of President Obama’s foreign policy. Having excoriated George W. Bush for most of his presidency, does the western media simply feel it has to be overly nice to his successor just [...]...

Conservatives who were hoping that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin could overcome her public relations problems once she was freed from John McCain's shackles have been dealt a blow by her ill-considered reaction to Late Show host David Letterman's lurid attacks. Letterman seized on her visit to New York and attendance of a Yankees baseball game to make a cheap joke, saying that "her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez"...