Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I attended a family gathering not long ago, liberally populated with Liberal in-laws, in which the mood was decidedly sour. Discussions revolved around the poor job market, employment uncertainty and health insurance. In conversations, a lot of resentment was directed at corporations, CEOs and their “disgusting and greedy” profits, salaries,
Continue readingI was at my church this past weekend and was struck by the large number of college-graduate children that are now back living at home with their parents, out of work. The impression I have is that many of these kids still have no idea what they want to do
Continue readingDemocrats are the friends of big business, Conservatives are the friends of small business. Democrat government inevitably ratchets its way to corruptocracy. If you don’t agree with this, can we at least agree that Democrats favor highly regulated economies and societies and conservatives don’t? Let me explain with two examples.
Continue readingAs we settle into the Obama Depression era, one thing that I and others have noticed is that many of the very youth that voted enthusiastically for Obama are the ones already feeling the consequence of his policies: they are unemployed. As one of my college-age kids put it, “our
Continue readingIncredibly, from the U.K.’s left-wing Guardian, comes a photo essay of what happens when Democrats are given the opportunity to put their economic and political theories to work: welcome to the future…. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit?/%3Fpicture=370173060&index=15#/?picture=370173054&index=0 h/t smalldeadanimals.com
Continue readingMr. Bookworm had an interesting question. He noted that it looks as if several states are going to default on their bonds, along with the possibility that these same states will file for bankruptcy. He wondered if, armed with knowledge of these imminent economic collapses, it was possible to make
Continue readingThe U.S. is already bankrupt
Continue readingThe “Progressive” aversion to rich people (at least, rich people in the abstract, since so many prominent Progressives are filthy rich) is a hangover from a non-capitalist time, when wealth was class-based. In America, with a free, capitalistic system, wealth is, at least in theory, available to all people. Historic
Continue readingTwo interesting things rolled across my desk today, interesting because they address the same topic — dependence on Big Government — but reach diametrically opposite conclusions. The first is a Dennis Prager column that examines why American conservatives are happier than American liberals. This isn’t just Dennis’ opinion, by the
Continue readingThomas Friedman has a habit of making obvious statements in grandiose and portentous tones, only to ruin his credibility by following his astute grasp of the obvious with utterly fatuous and meaningless conclusions, bolstered by totalitarian-themed practical recommendations. His latest column is a perfect example. In the first paragraph, Friedman
Continue readingIn my life, if I’m running at a deficit, I cannot demand more money from my boss. The only thing I can do is cut my spending. In the world of government, which is running at a deficit, the fed demands more money from its boss (that would be, collectively,
Continue readingIf you subscribe to the WSJ, I urge you to read Liberalism and Public Works, which uses Chris Christie’s decision to shut down the tunnel project as a springboard to explain that liberal entitlement programs have destroyed public works programs: To govern is to choose, or ought to be. And
Continue readingOne of the great Marxist fallacies is that there is only so much pie to go around. We know that changing human efficiencies put the lie to this, but the liberals still live in a small pie world. That’s why you end up with Robert Reich, who ought to know
Continue readingIn Der Spiegel, of all places, one finds an article bemoaning, loudly and strongly, the profound mistake inherent in the Democrats’ Europeanization of America: The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve want to fix the United States economy by spending more money. But while that approach might work for Europe,
Continue readingI know that not all (or even many) of her former students agree with me, but I hated Elizabeth Warren’s professorship because I often found her incoherent. She had problems finishing sentences and wrapping up thoughts, and much of what she said came with built-in internal inconsistencies. Dissecting her lectures
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