by Bruce S. Thornton
Advancing a Free Society
As usual, the mainstream media are getting wrong the significance of President Obama’s release of his actual birth certificate. Continue reading “The Unexamined President and His Media Enablers”
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Failure Is Very Much and Option
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Lost in the furor over the budget is any discussion of the fact that, after a certain baseline point, redistributive payouts might be making things worse for those on the receiving end. Continue reading “Failure Is Very Much and Option”
Homer Economics
by Bruce S. Thornton
Advancing a Free Society
The showdown between public employee unions and cash-strapped state governments on display in Madison should be bad news for President Obama and the Democrats. Continue reading “Homer Economics”
Goodbye to All That: 2004-2007
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Days of Rage
In times to come, the period between the failed campaign of John Kerry and the Democratic control of the Congress, coupled with the beginning of the successful surge, should be known as “The Insane Years.” Continue reading “Goodbye to All That: 2004-2007”
Proteus-in-Chief
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Barack Obama 1.0 had a solid record of hard-left governance as an Illinois state representative and US senator. He voted for partial-birth abortion, wanted all troops out of Iraq by March 2008, and proved himself the most partisan of the 100 members of the Senate, even to the left of the only Socialist senator, Bernie Sanders. Continue reading “Proteus-in-Chief”
On Reminding the Politicians Who’s the Boss
by Bruce S. Thornton
RightNetwork.com
The Democrats and their tribunes in the mainstream media weren’t too happy about the House of Representatives reading aloud the Constitution. Continue reading “On Reminding the Politicians Who’s the Boss”
The War Against Palin Goes On and On and . . .
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
We Are Civil Now
In emulation of Jonathan Chait’s now infamous 2004 New Republic essay, “The Case for Bush Hatred” (“I hate George Bush — there, I said it”), Slate just published an op-ed, “Why I Loathe My Connecticut Senator” by one Emily Bazelon, with a detailed description of why she “despises” and “hates” Sen. Joe Lieberman (again, the same reason as Chait’s Bush hatred: too conservative and too in power). Continue reading “The War Against Palin Goes On and On and . . .”
Rhetoric and Perceives Status
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
The Left in the last 48 hours has tried to make the argument that the Tucson shootings were the result of Tea Party angst, healthcare furor, talk radio, opposition to illegal immigration — almost any contemporary hot-button hoi polloi issue or any populist forum. Continue reading “Rhetoric and Perceives Status”