Peggy Noonan , Right for a Change
“Now I’d go a step beyond that. I think more and more people are worried about the American character—who we are and what kind of adults we are raising. Every story that has broken through the past...
View ArticleEarned Success and Learned Helplessness
From Arthur Brooks at the WSJ we get a lesson in what sets America apart from Europe and the cradle to grave government run life of security and dependency . Face it , regardless of what the...
View ArticleKing of Bullies
When can you recall a president stooping to this level of character assassination of PRIVATE citizens ? ” Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, “Keeping GOP Honest,” took the extraordinary step...
View Article” How the Recovery Went Wrong “
From the WSJ “President Obama, in speech after speech, proudly makes the following point: Although we inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression, we have generated net new jobs every...
View ArticleIt Really Is A No-Brainer
“The best stimulus is a smaller government.” I’m no economist , but is it really that difficult to grasp the fact that there is a finite supply of money and that the more that is spent , saved ,...
View ArticleRead it and Weep …. Or You Could Vote
“Everyone is suddenly waking up to the horrors of the “fiscal cliff” that arrives on January 1, 2013, but the real clear and present danger keeps getting misdiagnosed. It’s the taxes, not the...
View ArticleIRS … Part of the Legislative Branch ? … Only in an Obamaworld
From the Tax Prof we are informed of more shenanigans from our friends at the IRS . In the age of Obama no federal agency maintains a shred of integrity . Disrespect for authority is the one...
View ArticleShoddy Workmanship .. as easy as ABC
James Taranto on ABC’s shoddy performance on the Aurora shooting . “This strikes us as insufficient. Simply as a matter of journalistic craft, the report was appallingly shoddy. Ross pointed the...
View ArticleRon Paul is Right … End the Fed
As this NY Sun editorial makes abundantly clear , the Fed doesn’t work for us , the people , it works for the government and the banks . ” We’ve often thought of that harbinger in the context of the...
View Article“Dark Knight” Raises All Boats
Andrew Klavan reviews the latest Batman flick and finds a libertarian statement , intentional or otherwise . ” There are, after all, no socialist filmmakers in Hollywood. There are only capitalist...
View ArticleFour Little Words
“Why the Obama campaign is suddenly so worried .“ ” His campaign appearances are now about backpedaling and proclaiming his love for small business. And the Democratic National Committee produced its...
View ArticleSilence Will Bury Us
” Strassel: The Silent Second-Term Agenda” ” President Obama has a reputation for talking, but not necessarily for saying much. He has achieved new levels of vagueness this election season. Beyond...
View ArticleWho Could it Be ?
“” Who Is The RNC Mystery Speaker? ” Republican convention planners appear to have a surprise planned forthose tuning in Thursday night. Buried deep in the convention schedule released Monday is a...
View Article“Healthy Ridicule”
” The Republicans have some fun at the president’s expense. “ “Here was our favorite line from Mitt Romney’s convention speech : “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and...
View Article“The Pinocchio Press”
The bizarre rise of “fact checking” propagandists. ” Outside the world of journalism, fact checkers were pretty much unknown until recently. Like proofreaders, they work behind the scenes. Their job...
View ArticleMiscues Before Libya Assault
“Limited Security in Benghazi, Secrecy Over Safe House, Contributed to Tragedy” ” U.S. officials issued alerts and ordered security precautions in neighboring Egypt ahead of protests and violence on...
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