Year of Living Adulterously
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 20th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Year of Living Adulterously
Gail Collins, New York Times
Nobody wants to run for the presidential nomination. Mike Huckabee said God told him to stay on Fox News. NBC told Donald Trump to stay on "Celebrity Apprentice."Whatever happened to putting your country first? Our forefathers would never have passed up the presidency for anything less than the Charlie Sheen role on "Two and a Half Men."
What Explains the Deficit Mania?
Ruy Teixeira, The New Republic
From the Ryan plan, to the Obama plan, to the Gang of Six (now five), deficit mania has officially taken over Washington. Both Republicans and Democrats, while they have different preferred approaches, are single-mindedly focused on cutting budget deficits and relieving the long-term debt situation of the country. Yet unemployment remains at 9 percent and the modest economic recovery that’s underway has shown signs of sputtering. What explains this dramatic disjuncture?The simplest explanation for Washington’s monomaniacal focus on the deficit would be that politicians are…
We Can’t Give Up on Mideast Peace Process
McConnell Leaves House GOP Budget Twisting in the Wind
The Left’s War on the Koch Foundation
Jim Piereson, Minding the Campus
There is an old saying in politics that “They don't scream unless you hurt them.” When your adversaries scream, it is a good sign that your measures have been effective. Judged by this standard, the Koch Brothers (David and Charles) have been very effective in recent years in advancing their causes of limited government and classical liberalism, much to the discomfort of liberal foes promoting business regulation, higher taxes, and ObamaCare.The Koch brothers have been on the receiving end of non-stop attacks from liberal journalists and academics ever…
