Guess you heard that 68% of the youth vote went to Obama. My granddaughter called this morning to tell me she was one of them. I replied with this e-mail: What is the economic effect of Obama’s election on you … Continue reading
The last time the government tried spending its way out of a Depression, we had two Presidents attempting to do so. One was called Herbert Hoover and the other Franklin D. Roosevelt. Myth has it that Hoover was an evil … Continue reading
President-elect Barack Obama called the latest U.S. job losses on Friday “a stark reminder of how urgently action is needed” to revive the nation’s staggering economy. He said he was open to fresh ideas from Congress. “Just show me. If … Continue reading
People sometimes ask me: “How can you be against anti-discrimination laws? Are you in favor of discrimination?” In a word: Yes. Let me explain. I’m in favor of the idea that discrimination can be rational, or not. I’m also in … Continue reading
I recently read that while “no smoking in public places” laws are widespread throughout Europe, the “culture of smoking” remains. What does this mean? It’s simple. People will be who they want to be, regardless of what the government says … Continue reading
Britain’s Culture Secretary Andy Burnham says he is pushing for new standards of decency to be applied to the Web and says giving film-style ratings to individual Web sites is a possibility, London’s Daily Telegraph reports. Describing the Internet as … Continue reading
President-elect Barack Obama is likely to create a new senior administrative post to work on bettering relations with Iran. The post will supposedly reduce the risk of nuclear war with Iran and pave the way for Obama and the Iranian … Continue reading
The reason that socialism and fascism (i.e., government nationalization of private companies) are both on the rise in the U.S. is because capitalism is presumed to have seriously faltered — if not failed. The faulty premise here is the assumption … Continue reading
“When people are pulling down hundred million dollar bonuses on Wall Street, and taking enormous risks with other people’s money, that indicates a sense that you don’t have any perspective on what’s happening to ordinary Americans.” — President-elect Obama, referring … Continue reading
It’s Thanksgiving. What am I thankful for? I’d like to say that I’m thankful for freedom of speech — perhaps the last real freedom we have left, in America (and a few other spots on earth). Freedom of speech makes … Continue reading
Peggy Noonan writes in “The Wall Street Journal”: “It is a question what exact impact the conservative infrastructure, and the great number of conservative thinkers and intellectuals, will have on a GOP comeback. The party has never attempted to reform … Continue reading
Barack Obama in a September 5, 2001, radio interview, regarding the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren: “[Chief Justice Warren] never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic … Continue reading