The opposite of Democrat is not Republican. But opposing the Democrats often requires supporting the Republicans.
Yes, the Republicans suck but at least there’s a strong limited-government contingent. Even if it fails to live up to its own standards, the Republican party at least acknowledges that government should be limited in its scope. And need I [...]
Obama has offered a “compromise” on the recent HHS decision to require church-affiliated institutions to include contraception. The “compromise” is that the church-affiliated institutions won’t have to pay for the coverage. The insurers will have to provide the coverage for free to the subscribers.
Normally, I’d say this “compromise” is pure politics. Given the bipartisan attacks [...]
I had an exchange online with an old friend and a few people he knows. I am posting the text of it, anonymized with a couple minor edits, because the debate and what happened after is such a great snapshot of the left.
Old Friend:
Westerners are not taught that the hoarding of wealth is an act [...]
It seems the geniuses in Philly’s city council plus Mayor Nutter have decided a really good way to make Philly more competitive is to make it more expensive to hire people. They have decided to prohibit companies from asking about an applicant’s criminal history until after their first interview. The only exception is for law [...]
A government, like a family or a corporation, can support some number of economically unviable undertakings. But at some point, no matter how pleasurable or good intentioned they are, piling on too many economically unviable endeavors threatens those that are viable. The problem with Progressivism is that it cannot, even in theory, limit itself to [...]
If it passes, Obama’s so-called jobs plan has no chance of working. He seems to think businesses and consumers are going to make long term hiring and spending commitments based on short term incentives.
If you run a business and reach the very reasonable conclusion that the tax and regulatory climate is going to be ugly [...]
“There’s this kind of stereotype or myth that the deep blue states are more economically restrictive but more personally free. But the data doesn’t actually bear that out . . . Liberals tend to want to constrain your freedom in all areas.” [Emphasis added.]
William Ruger, co-author of Freedom in the 50 States study, as quoted [...]
It’s no secret that I find the left to be a pretty disreputable bunch. I don’t have a fancy for people who want to take my liberty away and administer my life for me. I find their condescending we’re-so-much-smarter-than-you attitude particularly loathsome. Perhaps that’s why I so thoroughly enjoy it when they put on display [...]
Speaking of lefties on the offensive, Prof. Bernstein lists a number of progressive “accomplishments” over the last century.
alcohol prohibition; coercive eugenics (upheld in an appallingly insensitive opinion by Progressive hero O.W. Holmes); residential segregation by race …bans on private schools…judicial recall elections; and restrictions on women’s participation in the labor market…immigration restrictions….segregation in federal workplaces.
But, [...]