We live in the age of “there awwta be a law.” Too many people earning too little money? “There awwta be a law to raise the minimum wage.” Businesses hire fewer people because they can’t afford to pay the higher … Continue reading
Now that he has won the election, it has occurred to Barack Obama that most of what he has said over the past year or so was uttered for one reason and one reason only: To get elected. As a … Continue reading
Bigger news than the election results is what’s coming next: Specifically, the so-called Fairness Doctrine. On Election Day, a Fox News host interviewed Senator Chuck Schumer of New York. Schumer made it plainly clear that the strengthened Democratic congressional majority … Continue reading
This election was a lot like 1976. In 1976, an obscure, little known candidate with no substantive experience became President. He was elected in the context of an unthinking desire for change. People were sick of Watergate and wanted to totally get … Continue reading
“We got high on the grandeur of our vision. Getting aggressive in the political world was a high all its own. Our noble goals expanded our egos. We were no longer insignificant; we were the new liberal elites creating the … Continue reading
On raising taxes: “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, … Continue reading
A victory for Obama will mean one of two things: Either the end of America, or the end of liberalism as we know it. Obama’s socialism cannot work. Socialism fails every time it’s tried. People who oppose socialism often say … Continue reading
Obama says it’s “selfish” of McCain-Palin supporters to cut taxes rather than increase them. Obama believes that people who want to keep their own money are selfish, and bad, while people who want to redistribute other people’s money are virtuous. … Continue reading
We started out as a government of, by and for the people. We turned into a government OF some people and FOR the sake of some people financed BY other people. We started out as a nation based on, “Give … Continue reading
“If you don’t believe me, just watch how Congress and Barney Frank run the banks. If you thought they did a bad job running the post office, Amtrak, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the military, just wait till you see … Continue reading
John McCain insists, like his opponents, that the federal government must bail out all home mortgages. He knows that this essentially means a government takeover — a literal nationalization — of the lending industry. If this isn’t socialism, I don’t … Continue reading
‘I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.’ From “Dreams From My Father,” by Barack Obama, published in 2004.