In the aftermath of Obama’s recent proposal that Israel’s borders should be redrawn to something resembling its 1967 borders, I have seen several commentators argue that we have not been an honest broker between the Israelis and Palestinians. They mean, of course, that we have favored the Israelis over the Palestinians.
If you consider the conflict [...]
There has ben a lot of discussion by the academic left about whether the killing of Osama Bin Laden was justified. The people questioning the OBL killing don’t seem to question that a nation has a right to defend itself from a direct attack, but are raising the question of whether that is applicable here.
I’m [...]
Ask yourself this: is it better to be poor in a rich country or poor in a poor country. The answer, I think, should be clear. If you take the time to understand why it’s better to be poor in a rich country, you will recognize that it has profound implications.
Policies that depress economic growth [...]
A report was recently released detailing the truly appalling treatment of the elderly by NHS in the UK. You can scratch the word “elderly” from the real world conditions I suspect. People who will do the types of things documented in the report will not limit their cruelty to senior citizens.
In this joyous season of fights over cutting federal spending, I merely note the following.
U.S. Population: 307,000,000
Federal Spending: $3.55 trillion
Federal Spending per person: $11,564
Federal Spending for a family of four: $46,254
U.S. Median Household Income: $49,777
So, before factoring in state income taxes, local income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes, etc., the federal government is [...]
The media have long ignored the epic wrongness of Joe Biden, probably because they agree with him and he sounds authoritative. His latest blunder was saying that Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak wasn’t a dictator.
It was reported matter-of-factly here and there without fanfare. But ask yourself this: what if Sarah Palin said that? We’d be hearing [...]
The left has utterly lost its grounding in reality. They seem to be suffering from a kind of mass psychosis in accusing conservatives of being in any way responsible for the mass shooting in Arizona. The guy seems to be stone-cold crazy. Nothing more, nothing less. To the extent that he appears to have any [...]
The NY Times had an interesting piece a couple days ago focusing on the “lost generation” of workers in Europe. Essentially, there are no jobs for young people. The European economies are so bad that “young” includes people well into their 30s.
The Times, of course, doesn’t connect the dots so I’ll do it for them: [...]
The early census results are in and the winners of new seats in Congress are in the south and the west. The losers are in the northeast and midwest.
Funny enough, the areas of the country that are growing in population are the areas that have dynamic economies and relatively conservative values. Now who could have [...]
As of December 3, HHS has issued waivers exempting employers, unions, etc. representing over 1.5 million people from ObamaCare. ObamaCare is so great that many of the same unions who pushed for it have asked to be excused (static PDF in case the link changes) from it.
As a bonus, it seems that ObamaCare revoked a [...]
I just read Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address for the first time. Despite having studied history, I had never actually read it. I think I have a good idea why it was omitted from the curriculum: it’s totally inconvenient to the left’s world view. Lincoln lays out an ingenious case for why the Founders are not, [...]
The left likes to indulge in the idea that is follows a principled foreign policy, as opposed to those horrible, belligerent conservatives. Among the multitude of problems for the left is that in the real world, their stance is not perceived as principle but as weakness. Weakness in the face of an aggressive and hostile [...]
A gay Texas couple recently held an e-wedding using Washington, D.C. law. Now who ever would have seen that coming?
Other bloggers have handled the TSA’s new screening procedures well. There is only one thing to add from my perspective. Cartman.
Well wouldn’t you know it. The first civilian trial a Gitmo detainee ended disastrously for the Justice Department. Ahmed Ghailani was acquitted on 280 or so counts. The only conviction was on a conspiracy charge.
So despite all the promises from Obama, Holder and the left that there would be no problem with civilian trials, there [...]
Oklahoma voters approved an amendment to their constitution that bans the use of Sharia law (as well as international law) in its state courts. A federal judge promptly put issued a temporary restraining order. I find the left’s reaction to it informative.
Politico has a nice concentrated dose of leftwing thought by people who are supposed [...]
One of the complaints about Obama from the earliest days of his administration was his utter lack of class. I don’t think many people put it quite that way, but that’s how I’d describe it. There are plenty of examples. One was his comment to Republican congressmen along the lines of “elections have consequences and [...]
I just voted Hell No! and it feels great.
I just want to take a moment to poke my head up from the law books to make a prediction of sorts: if Jerry Brown beats Meg Whitman for governor of California, what’s left of California’s economy is toast. Jerry Brown represents everything that’s wrong with California’s economy: massive debt, overspending, crushing tax burden and [...]
So, it seems there’s an artist who as a very political piece that involves Jesus having sex. A lot of people are understandably offended. It’s worth noting, however, that they are expressing their annoyance without riots, deaths and violence throughout Christendom. The artist has not gone into hiding. He is not under 24 armed guard. [...]