Conclusion of yesterday’s column. The bottom line is this: In an anti-ideological age, you get nothing but double talk from politicians. Back in 2000 and 2004, George W. Bush won the Presidency (narrowly) by preaching ‘compassionate conservatism.’ We learned that … Continue reading
Barack Obama is not especially popular, and certainly not as popular as when he first became President in 2008. However, surveys consistently show him ahead in the polls and substantially ahead in the Electoral College vote, the only vote that … Continue reading
All this ruckus about the GSA scandal makes no sense to me. Federal employees spent thousands of dollars on trips to Hawaii and Las Vegas. Why is anyone surprised? Government practices legalized plunder every day. Money is forcibly taken from … Continue reading
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 54 percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, while only 44 percent approve. At the same time, 49 percent of respondents said Obama better understands people’s economic … Continue reading
President Barack Obama is a ‘bully’ for trying to shove his healthcare reform law down Americans’ throats and for trying to intimidate the Supreme Court into upholding the law, says staunch conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. Obama, with his inexperience, … Continue reading
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, on the Obama health care law: “We are giving you a boatload of money. There’s no matching funds requirement; there are no extraneous conditions attached to it. It’s just a boatload of federal money for … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. ‘Give us cheap capital.’ — Chris Zane, bicycle shop owner in Branford, CT We’re told that it’s the small businesses who will save us. First of all, it’s not any particular business — small or large … Continue reading
A recent CNN Money online article entitled, ‘Dear Mr. President’ asked a sampling of successful businesspeople to advise President Obama what to do in order to help the economy. Their answers illustrate what is both wrong and right about the … Continue reading
It’s no secret that conservatism continues to fail, and that conservative candidates for President are uninspiring and disappointing. Further proof lies in the words of one of its strongest proponents, conservative David Frum, special advisor to President George W. Bush … Continue reading
1) They articulate no principles. Mitt Romney has proposed some tax cuts, but he offers no principles to justify them. Ronald Reagan used to talk about “getting government off the backs of the people.” He paired this principle and theme … Continue reading
Some Republican Senators are concerned that the IRS will single out Tea Party supporters for tax audits and other restrictions. Excuse me—but isn’t this what government does? Play favorites? If this weren’t the case, there would be no massively Big … Continue reading
Feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda are demanding that the FCC ban Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves. In an op-ed for CCN, Steinem and Fonda wrote the following: ‘Limbaugh doesn’t just call people names,’ they write. ‘He promotes language … Continue reading