One of the liberal criticisms of some realpolitik during the Cold War was the United States’ support of some pretty nasty strongmen and their regimes under the logic that we needed them on our side against the Soviets and they may be bastards, but they were “our bastards.” Similar logic seems to be becoming the […]
Here’s the new tone from the left at last weekend’s rally against the “evil” Koch brothers sponsored by those champions of responsible speech: Code Pink, Common Cause, Greenpeace, etc. The left is always blaming Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and anyone else who’s conservative and has a talk radio show of “inciting hatred” and […]
Watch this video and explain to me how Planned Parenthood is pro-woman exactly. Planned Parenthood Aids Pimp’s Underage Sex Ring Now read this article and explain to me how exactly the media isn’t taking sides when it comes to covering abortion. My comment posted on the article: Bias much? If the Brady campaign had similar […]
President Obama’s ambassador to China, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, a Republican, has sent in his letter of resignation and now reportedly plans to run for the GOP presidential nomination against Obama in 2012. He shouldn’t have bothered. Politico has already come up with some of the “opposition research” his GOP foes are certain to […]
Al Gore on the massive snowstorm blanketing most of the country: Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?” and then said he had a call into me. I appreciate the question. As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for […]
Reading this, I’m unsure exactly how Harper’s Magazine is supposed to make money. Publisher John MacArthur: “Our readers know that our financial independence results in uncompromised, quality journalism and writing. I don’t want to take money from people of modest incomes, and I certainly don’t want to accept corporate or foundation money that, too often, […]
Just got back from the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center and saw the traveling version of the Tony Award-winning musical “Spring Awakening.” The musical is based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind—which was understandably banned in Germany at the time. Based upon the musical, I’d be a little surprised if the play was performed […]
The Congressional Budget Office released its 10-year budget outlook last week. For 2011, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that if current laws remain unchanged, the federal budget will show a deficit of close to $1.5 trillion, or 9.8 percent of GDP. The deficits in CBO's baseline projections drop markedly over the next few years […]
This is almost an action-movie style butt-whippin’: A retired Indian Gorkha soldier recently revisited those glory days when he thwarted 40 robbers, killing three of them and injuring eight others, with his khukuri during a train journey. … The band of about 40 robbers, some of whom were travelling as passengers, stopped the train in […]
Rep. Tom McClintock got Chief Medicare Actuary Rick Foster to answer a couple true-false questions: And the transcript: McCLINTOCK: “True or false: The two principle promises that were made in support of Obamacare were one, that it would hold costs down. True or false?” FOSTER: “I would say false, more so than true.” McCLINTOCK: “The […]