by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage
The death of Margaret Thatcher will no doubt generate much deserved recognition and discussion of her historical significance. Continue reading “Margaret Thatcher and the Death of Feminism”
Tag: Abortion
The Dangers of Politically Inspired Moral Outrage–From Sandy Hook to What Next?
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
It is a bad idea to demonize your opponents with epithets such “shameful” and “lying,” given that the case was not made that proposed gun-control legislation would have prevented a Sandy Hook. Continue reading “The Dangers of Politically Inspired Moral Outrage–From Sandy Hook to What Next?”
The Abortion Question: Vice Presidential Responses Fall Short
by Craig Bernthal
Private Papers
Martha Raddatz: “This debate is, indeed, historic. We have two Catholic candidates, first time, on a stage such as this. And I would like to ask you both to tell me what role religion has played in your own personal views on abortion.” Continue reading “The Abortion Question: Vice Presidential Responses Fall Short”
The First Amendment vs. Multiculturalism
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The American Left used to champion free expression. We were lectured — correctly — that the price of being repulsed by occasional crude talk and art was worth paying. Only that way could Americans ensure our daily right to criticize those with greater power and influence whom we found wrong and objectionable. Continue reading “The First Amendment vs. Multiculturalism”
Why Is Obama Still Likable?
by Bruce Thornton
Frontpage Magazine
The Democrats’ convention was the public coming-out bash for the party whose political clock stopped in 1972. Every speaker and speech celebrated the musty left-wing ideology and smug arrogance of those who idolize big government because it gives them the power to tell everybody else what to do and how to live — exactly what most Americans say they don’t like and don’t want. Then why are Obama’s poll numbers still so high? Continue reading “Why Is Obama Still Likable?”
Supreme Court Hypocrisies
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Until last week, Chief Justice John Roberts was vilified as the leader of a conservative judicial cabal poised to destroy the Obama presidency by overturning the federal takeover of healthcare. But with his unexpected affirmation, Roberts suddenly was lauded as the new Earl Warren — an “evolving” conservative who at last saw the logic of liberal big government. Continue reading “Supreme Court Hypocrisies”
Greece Alone and Broke–Again
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The recent indecisive Greek elections could be summed up by two general themes: Greeks want to stay in, and expect help from, the Eurozone. But they still do not want to take the necessary medicine to stop borrowing billions of euros from northern Europeans, who want a radical Greek reform of the tax code, deregulation of labor laws, fiscal discipline, massive cuts in bureaucracy, and greater transparency — all unlikely given Greek history and contemporary culture. Continue reading “Greece Alone and Broke–Again”
Obama’s Gay Marriage ‘Evolution’ Deception
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
In yet another act of election-year cynicism, Barack Obama has announced, “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” This statement follows similar pronouncements by Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. To hear Obama tell it, this change reflects his “evolution” away from his previously stated position, which he made clear in 2008 a few days before the election: “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. Continue reading “Obama’s Gay Marriage ‘Evolution’ Deception”
The Real Point of the Left’s Uproar over Limbaugh
by Bruce S. Thornton
Frontpage Magazine
Rush Limbaugh has got the progressives pitching a fit over some remarks on his radio show about a Georgetown University law student named Sandra Fluke. Fluke had made the preposterous claim, while addressing House Democrats over President Obama’s rule forcing Catholic institutions to pay for contraception, that the cost of birth control was prohibitive for Georgetown law students. Continue reading “The Real Point of the Left’s Uproar over Limbaugh”
High-Tech Nothing
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Faster or Smarter, Neither, Both?
I am not a Luddite who wants to destroy looms. The modern age has made life comfortable in ways unimaginable just twenty years ago. Continue reading “High-Tech Nothing”