VA Scandal Further Discredits Obama’s Big Government Policies
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 7th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
VA Scandal Further Discredits Obama’s Big Government Policies
Michael Barone, RealClearPolitics
President Obama evidently was caught by surprise by the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. So, apparently, was VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, who evidently took at face value the corrupt VA statistics — and who, after a distinguished military career, resigned last week. One who was probably not taken by surprise is longtime Yale Law Professor Peter Schuck, who identified the problems at the VA before the scandal broke in his recently published book, “Why Government Fails So Often and How It Can Do Better.” Schuck is no libertarian who wants to do away with government altogether. He…
Pop Culture Isn’t to Blame for “Slenderman” Stabbing
Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
I rarely find myself in disagreement with John Kass, whom I consider one of America’s preeminent columnists, and a friend. But this week John missed the mark in his column seeking an explanation for the inexplicable: the horrific stabbing of a 12-year-old Wisconsin girl by two of her classmates. To recap briefly: Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, two sixth-grade girls from suburban Milwaukee, apparently became infatuated with “Slenderman,” a mythical, menacing, faceless evil specter that exists on the Internet and is most closely associated with stories involving the stalking…
