Suggested Four Planks: Sovereignty, Justice, Federalism and Liberty
Abusing Taxpayer Funds Abroad
Sep/03/10 14:06
Congress must act to restore transparency and fiscal responsibility to Congressional Delegation foreign trips.
Thank You, Dan McLaughlin
Sep/03/10 13:46
Over at Red State, Dan McLaughlin offers a generous and welcome defense of my book . I don't expect anybody to fight my battles for me, but it's nice every now and then when someone grabs a sword and jumps in. Jonah Goldberg
Kevin A. Hassett and Alan D. Viard: The 97% Fallacy
Sep/03/10 13:45
The president's plan to raise top marginal rates is holding back the very people who should be leading the economic recovery.
While Unemployment Rises, 15 Minutes to Tee Time
Sep/03/10 13:30
The latest jobs report showed the unemployment rate ticking up to 9.6 percent, putting the final nail in the coffin of recovery summer. The Obama Administration announced “Recovery Summer” last June to highlight the expected gains in jobs ..
This Week at War: The Iraq Gamble
Sep/03/10 13:25
Here is the latest edition of my column at Foreign Policy : Topics include: 1) Hoping for the best, planning for the worst in Iraq 2) How to fight an insurgency-cartel Hoping for the best, planning for the worst in Iraq On Aug. 31, U.S. Pr..
Mothers’ Intuition Trumps Feminist Ideology
Sep/03/10 13:00
Belying the image of the “liberated” working mother, a recent National Review Online commentary cites research by Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, showing that, for the vast ..
What’s That You Say, Mr. Robinson?
Sep/03/10 12:58
I’ve admitted that it’s become something of a hobby of mine to point out how the left is becoming increasingly unhinged and alienated from America and turning on the American people with a vengeance (see here and here ). We can add the Was..
Voting against Democrats
Sep/03/10 12:55
Gallup: The Republicans' lead in the congressional generic ballot over the past month may be due as much to voters' rejecting the Democrats as embracing the Republicans. Among voters backing Republican candidates, 44% say their preference ..
“The American People Are Acting Like A Bunch Of Spoiled Brats”?
Sep/03/10 12:41
Boorish Ed Schultz Decries Republican 'Orgasm' Over Tax Cuts
Sep/03/10 12:39
Doing his best in a desperate bid to become relevant, the ever-classy Ed Schultz said this on his radio show yesterday about Republicans and taxes ( link here to audio) -- They have nothing on the table for the middle class. They have no d..
You Start Wearing Blue And Brown
Sep/03/10 12:33
Mark Dayton demanded that GOP trackers start wearing uniforms. That’s not the kind of challenge you put in front of Derek “Chief” Brigham from Freedom Dogs. He’s got 12 potential designs. My favorite: Check ‘em..
New Mexico and Illinois Rally for Jobs
Sep/03/10 12:18
Rally for Jobs in New Mexico and Illinois on September 8!
Obama’s Hell of a Ride
Sep/03/10 12:15
Something weird happens when presidencies go wrong — presidents become incompetent at doing the things they were always able to do in their sleep, and their aides follow suit. I noted this when I wrote my first book, Hell of a Ride ,..
An Alternate History: In Which the Pundits Had Obama Pegged
Sep/03/10 11:31
David Brooks has an amusing column that speculates about what an alternative set of decisions by Obama (e.g.,an energy bill before ObamaCare, tax cuts instead of the spend-athon) would have looked like. I would quibble with some items: for..
Back to the Future
Sep/03/10 10:42
Robert Reich, President Clinton's secretary of Labor, has an op-ed in today's New York Times in which he tries to explain why the recovery from the “Great Recession” has been so sluggish. He fails to do that, but the article is..
Can an Academic Bill of Rights Fix Higher Education?
Sep/03/10 10:16
Or at least make it better? David Horowitz makes the case: ...
Events that Have Already Happened Are Not Insurable
Sep/03/10 10:10
Health insurance premiums are going to spike in the next year because of a particular provision of Obamacare, predicts John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Specifically he cites "the rule that health plans must offer cov..
Can a Sacred Text Be Secular as Well?
Sep/03/10 09:12
The debate over the Ten Commandments is firing up again. Writing for the New York Times ’s website earlier this week , veteran legal commentator Linda Greenhouse warns of “the continuing effort by state and local governments to post the Te..
Was Iraq Worth It?
Sep/03/10 09:07
Six months before the invasion of Iraq, Taki Theodoracopulos, Scott McConnell and this writer launched a new magazine, The American Conservative . Goal: Convince our countrymen that invading Iraq would be imperial folly. In the first colum..
When I Was a Seventeen Year-Old Socialist
Sep/03/10 07:22
A funny thing happened on the way to socialist paradise. "I pass the test that says a man who isn't a socialist at twenty has no heart, and a man who is a socialist at forty has no head." – William Casey, Director of the ..
Afghanistan: It's Not Over
Sep/03/10 05:30
Afghanistan: It's Not Over by Lieutenant General James M. Dubik Download the Full Article: Afghanistan: It’s Not Over In May, 2007 I deployed to Iraq to become the Commanding General responsible for accelerating the growth of the Iraqi Sec..
Meeting Mr. Palin
Sep/03/10 05:10
WASILLA, Alaska -- The young lady at the desk of the Dorothy Page Museum and Visitor Center has blue hair -- not the blue-silver of advanced age, but a punk-rock razor-cut style dyed cerulean blue....
The Long Road: France and the Roma Expulsions
Sep/03/10 05:09
On the morning of July 17, 2010, the residents of the French commune of Saint-Aignan awoke to the sound of rioting, though few in the picturesque Loire Valley village could have guessed the reason...
Why homosexualscan never 'marry'
Sep/03/10 03:00
Exclusive: Joseph Farah identifies 1 key reasonconservatives won't mention when debating issue
Economic Brainstorming
Sep/03/10 00:22
While the White House has ruled out any big, new stimulus proposal, it is clear that officials are trying to put together some kind of plans to unveil in coming weeks.
