https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2012/07/20/james-taranto-hits-it-out-of-the-park/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:50:14 -0400<![CDATA[Even if you do nothing else today, read James Taranto’s “Explaining Obama’s Ressentiment” in The Wall Street Journal today. On one level, it is just another comment on Obama’s suicidal anti-entrepreneurial statement that “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”  The airwaves, cyberspace, and the print media have been full of astonished responses to that specimen piece of socialist rhetoric. The Romney campaign aired “These Hands,” a terrific video, and Romney himself has weighed in with one of his most effective speeches to date on the subject.  But Taranto adds something new. First, in response to an Obama ad claims that Obama’s takeover of GM “saved” the bankrupt motor company, he notes that the claim is “fraudulent.”]]>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:50:16 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2012/07/20/james-taranto-hits-it-out-of-the-park-n116947