According to conventional wisdom, Tea Party Republicans like U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who’s running for president, are the true “Reagan conservatives” seeking to “take back” the Republican Party on matters of economics. However, there’s no evidence for this at all, … Continue reading
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican trying to gain traction in a crowded 2016 presidential field, on Tuesday proposed a major overhaul of the popular Social Security program for older Americans that would cut benefits for wealthy people. At … Continue reading
If you close your eyes and think of England when you have sex with someone, you do not enjoy it, but do it because you think you should. Just close your eyes and think of England. He’ll never notice. It’s … Continue reading
President Obama said Saturday that partisan wrangling over the nuclear agreement with Iran has gone beyond pale and said the harsh criticism of the deal “needs to stop.” Maybe he should tell this to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. … Continue reading
“It angers me to see mobs burning our flags and chanting ‘death to Americans’,” Rand Paul, who’s now running for president, is recently quoted as saying. “Until we name the enemy, we cannot win the war. The enemy is radical … Continue reading
In response to [Israeli prime minister] Netanyahu’s claim that [Obama’s nuclear arms] deal [with Iran] will develop into an arms race in the Middle East, [Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne] Feinstein said that threat already exists. She said it is not … Continue reading
Long-time conservative Pat Buchanan and Fox News’ Sean Hannity had a disagreement about Iran the other night. It went like this: “You believe we can make a deal with the Iranians? You believe peace with the Iranians in our time?” … Continue reading
Republicans are losers. By “losers” I mean: They often lose elections (especially at the presidential level); and even when they win, nothing changes, despite their intentions. Taxes, government programs, government spending and debt, government regulations — they all keep growing … Continue reading
When opposing something, you have to understand what you’re in favor of, and what you stand for; otherwise, your opposition is meaningless, or worse. Consider the American Revolution. Talk about an impossibly uphill battle: a bunch of inexperienced and underfunded … Continue reading
We are living in surreal times. The headline reads: “Obama floats making voting mandatory, calling it ‘potentially transformative’” It’s not that I think mandatory voting is a serious or imminent possibility. I’m commenting on it just to illustrate how illiberal … Continue reading
Is U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, who led the way in sending the letter (signed by 47 U.S. Senators) putting the government of Iran on notice that any “peace treaty” implemented by Obama might or might not be valid once Obama … Continue reading
Obama, like most politicians, is telling people what they want to hear: That everyone is entitled to a college education for no reason other than that one wants and needs one. He also implies that “greediness” is “pricing out” a … Continue reading