Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
In 1832, Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill granting a new charter to the Second National Bank. In a statement justifying that veto, he wrote a stirring statement defending equality of opportunity, and acknowledging how ridiculous it is to pretend that government can force equality of outcome: It is to be
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 readingRumor has it that the President is going to use the State of the Union address to call for more government spending. Much more government spending: President Barack Obama will call for new government spending on infrastructure, education and research in his State of the Union address Tuesday, sharpening his
Continue readingThe U.S. is already bankrupt
Continue readingRemember that Rockwell song from the 1980s? “I always feel like somebody’s watching me….” It turns out that, if you’re having any dealings with the FCC, that feeling is right on the money. I just received the following email from a friend: I just called the FCC and asked for
Continue readingMitch McConnell proved himself, really proved himself, when it came to the omnibus spending bill. Kimberly Strassel explains: This week Democrats unveiled a $1.2 trillion omnibus, legislation as pure an insult to the electorate as it gets. It was a 1,924-page monstrosity that nobody had time to read. It took
Continue readingI have friends who have taught in inner city schools. Without exception, they have told me that, if a child’s parents are drug-addled, the school lunch may be the only meal the child gets. There is a tremendous virtue to feeding starving children. Having said that, I found revealing a
Continue readingDo you think this story is real or a hoax? If real, it’s terribly disturbing. If it’s a hoax, well, it’s also terribly disturbing that someone would do something like that. Right now, Noisy Room is assuming it’s real but, because NR is committed to honest reporting, any useful information
Continue reading[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJSnozJ4LVg[/youtube] I think Nancy’s new motto should be “La, la, la! I caaan’t hear you!”
Continue readingI wasn’t paying attention to this, but it turns out that San Francisco, which already has a fairly comprehensive public transportation system, wants another 1.7 miles underground — at a cost of $1.6 billion. Think about it. That cost is almost one million one hundred million for every tenth of
Continue readingI was talking with my lib friend yesterday (the same one who said Tuesday’s vote would inaugurate fascism in America), when he opined that Boehner had said something incredibly stupid. “What?” I asked. “He said something along the lines of ‘the American people want us to lower spending and create
Continue readingCivil rights are much discussed lately, primarily because Progressives with bully-pulpits are furious that Glenn Beck held a rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous civil rights rally at that same location. To hear them tell it, in the wake of the “Civil
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 readingWe have enjoyed spirited discussions on these pages with Book’s question about universities and the values thereof. A recurring theme that I hear among Liberals is one of educational snobbery. I heard this with regard to G.W. Bush (despite his Harvard MBA) and now we hear it about Sarah Palin
Continue readingNew Jersey missed out on $300 million in federal “Race to the Top” education funds. It turns out that the state DOE filled out the application wrong. But before you start ripping Chris Christie for government mismanagement, check out his masterful, and simultaneous, acceptance of responsibility and attack against the
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