1) From Barack Obama.com, “A Magical Cure for All Insomniacs” by Barack Obama Greetings, fellow citizens of the world! If you’re like me and suffer from insomnia, you’ll want to keep the link to Obama’s speech in Germany today handy. Free yourself from Ambien! The speech was so dull, even Obama seemed like he was going to nod off half way through it. My opinion? Believe me, this comes from the heart – I thought the speech was a giant failure. Obama loaded the speech with banal clichés in the hope that it would be a giant nothing-burger, and yet he still failed. To him, referring to oneself as a “citizen of the word” may sound like the kind of meaningless lofty language that he specializes in. But “citizen of the world” is actually a pretty freighted term given the context that this particular citizen of the world wants to be President of the United States. Perhaps Obama’s ego has grown so large that he figures one country, even the world’s lone superpower, is no longer worthy of his leadership. A quick prediction – “the citizen of the world” mess-up will be one of the issues that frames the rest of the election. 2) From OpinionJournal.com, “Genocide Flip-Flop” by James Taranto While enduring an interminable wait for a flight at Washington DC’s Dulles Airport, I was struck by the following passage in Ron Chernow’s magnificent biography of Alexander Hamilton: