Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
You remember when an LA Times opinion column told us that Obama was the “magic negro,” don’t you? I think Obama took that idea way to seriously, because he’s now engaged in some magical thinking. He assures us that, despite economic freefall, despite a trillion dollars in added debt, and
Continue readingYou know that I almost never print other posts in their entirety here, because I think the author of a good post deserves the linky-love of people clicking over to check things out. I’m breaking my rule here by reprinting in its entirety Matt Kibbe’s list of Top 10 Reasons
Continue readingI still remember back in the 1970s when the news was filled with stories about a $50,000 study to prove the breast milk was good for babies. For those of you too young to remember, back in those days, $50,000 was a lot of money. Also, back in those days,
Continue readingIn words so simple even a Democrat (or Thomas Friedman) could understand, Thomas Lifson, editor at American Thinker, explains how American workers are being divided into an economic class system, with private sector employees supporting their more lavishly funded public sector counterparts:
Continue readingFrom Minority Leader John Boehner, a little information about the House Democrats’ $825 billion “stimulus” bill. A Dozen Fun Facts About the House Democrats’ Massive Spending Bill 1. The House Democrats’ bill will cost each and every household $6,700 additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren. 2. The
Continue readingThis morning’s headline in the on-line New York Times was that the “Jobless rate soars to 6.7% in November.” I am really sorry about that. I know people who have lost jobs, I know people whose jobs are on the line, and I give thanks daily that both my husband
Continue readingThe liberal press and “economists” such as Paul Krugman are so excited: Obama is looking to FDR for guidance. Before Obama gets too carried away with that notion, conservatives should send him copies of Amity Shlaes’ The Forgotten Man : a New History of the Great Depression, in which she
Continue readingI’m still developing the same theme I’ve been hammering at for a week, because I think it’s important. The ideas in this post should be familiar to you, but I’m trying to express them with more factual data and lucidity: My mother, bless her heart, said something very important the
Continue readingKimberley Strassel does a completely masterful job of debunking the illusion supporting Obama’s supposed economic policy: And now, America, we introduce the Great Obama! The world’s most gifted political magician! A thing of wonder. A thing of awe. Just watch him defy politics, economics, even gravity! (And hold your applause
Continue readingThis will be a quick post because, this weekend, soccer is my life. Fortunately, I only want to make a quick point, and it’s one that I think needs to be made over and over and over again. As you may recall from Thursday’s debate, Biden kept saying that our
Continue readingJohn Hawkins is right: this is a blockbuster interview with Jim DeMint, and one that adds new dimensions to the Republicans’ refusal blithely to sign onto the plan Bush and the Democrats are floating. If true, it also does not reflect well on Bush, who has always shown himself to
Continue readingJack Kemp and Peter Ferrara on Obama’s tax proposals and how they’ll affect all of us: Obama has proposed increases in every major federal tax. He has proposed to increase individual income taxes, with the top rate to rise to almost 40 percent. He has proposed to increase the top
Continue readingI recall hearing a guest on talk radio (I forget which show) saying that a recession is defined by very specific economic indicators — and that, despite the loose use of the word “recession” by uninformed media types, those economic indicators were not present. Perhaps that’s not surprising, given that
Continue readingObama is going to revitalize our economy by having more government control over the economy and by ending the Bush tax cuts for upper earners. increasing taxes on the middle class. If by “revitalize,” he really means “Carterize,” I guess he’s right. Otherwise, I have grave doubts about the wisdom
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