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Nowhere to run from a global gov’t.

Got an issue you oppose strongly enough, at least now you can pick up your phone or write an e-mail to your state and federal representatives. But who do you call once the “global bureaucrats” are in charge?
Janet Daley of the UK Telegraph explains:
… the word “global”, as in “global economic crisis”, meant: “It’s not [...]

The never ending apology tour.

This is a great commentary from Jonah Goldberg in their subscription version of National Review. The question he asks is, “Whatever happened to liberal idealism?” He notes a long history of liberal idealists, such as Harry Truman. And even more modern Democrat leaders who have had their own “American apology tours,” a la Bill Clinton [...]

Clunkers: Hurts the poor.

John Stossel adds to the evidence that President Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program damages the economic environment in unseen ways — indeed, it doesn’t help the poor, it actually hurts the poor:
If you can only afford $500 – $1,000 for a car, you’ll find many of these vehicles are now unavailable.  They have been sent [...]

Clunkers: That which is unseen.

Gwen Ottinger of the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s Center for Contemporary History and Policy in Philadelphia — and boy is that a mouthful — appears to be one of those rare environmentally conscience persons who also happen to have common sense. “Keep your clunker,” says Gwen, it’s better for the economy and the environment:
First, even when [...]

Who can compete with Uncle Sam?

In 40 years working in television news, and now living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I’m surrounded by people who sneer at “profit.”  At Princeton, I was taught that pursuit of profit was largely destructive, and I took that attitude to my consumer reporting. I hated the profits made by the scam artists [...]

Re: Sanford, Ensign and hypocrisy.

The liberal media pile-on over the Sanford and Ensign extra-marital affairs aren’t just a collaboration of double standards, they’re off base too.
Consider the New York Times’ Gail Collins:
I’m thinking it’s time for the Republicans to apologize for putting us through the Clinton impeachment. We seem to have pretty well established that sexual stone-throwing is a [...]

“You should stop this. You should help us.”

Here’s Michael Goldfarb:
The left wanted Obama to keep his mouth shut for fear of undermining the protesters by allowing the regime to portray them as U.S. pawns. Well, at what point does Obama risk alienating a future generation of Iranians by sitting on the sidelines as they get butchered in the streets?

But then, do liberals [...]

The Stand. Or lack thereof.

Being president is about making decisions — it’s why we call it the “Executive” branch of government. You know, all during the Bush presidency the political left promoted the argument that one of the primary faults of conservatives, particularly the “Neo-cons,” is that they only saw things in black and white. This argument is, of [...]

Learning from the Euro-right.

Here’s Anne Applebaum. In short, the American capilalist leadership is lacking:
In France, Germany, Italy, and Poland—four of Europe’s six largest countries— center-righ governments got unexpectedly enthusiastic endorsements. In the two other large countries Britain and Spain, left-wing ruling parties got hammered, as did socialists in Hungary Austria, Bulgaria, and elsewhere. In some places the results [...]

If not socialism, what is?

Here’s another Jonah Goldberg. Read the whole thing.
The government effectively owns General Motors and controls Chrysler, and the president is deciding what kind of cars they can make. Uncle Sam owns majority stakes in American International Group, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and controls large chunks of the banking industry. Also, President Obama wants government to [...]