On August 2, the day the nation’s debt ceiling deal was finally enacted, we were given yet another example of how true moderation has ceased to exist in America. The deal inexplicably ignores reality by withdrawing $1 trillion from the economy despite pallid growth rates and cutting federal benefits for the unemployed despite soaring unemployment rates. It insists that we [...]
Tim Pawlenty mailed out a glossy mailer in Iowa this week. The mailer gushes (in beautiful color) about his time as governor of Minnesota. “Leadership is about results, not rhetoric,” it says. Mr. Pawlenty must hope that slogan is true when it comes to nominating campaigns. After being essentially four years into a presidential campaign, he is polling at 5%. [...]
The magazine National Journal does a survey each week called the Political Insiders Poll. In the June 4th issue, the editors asked insiders from both parties to answer different questions. Democrats were asked, “Who would be the Republicans’ strongest presidential nominee in 2012?” That list was short, with clear front-runners. The first choice was, as with the Republicans, Mitt Romney [...]
President Obama’s steadfast support for the “Ground Zero” mosque, which only a day later turned lukewarm, nationalized an issue that many New Yorkers, including myself, have become familiar with for months on end. What’s fascinating now is how all the big time players from opposite ends of the spectrum- headlined by Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin on the right, and NYC [...]
Here I am again, writing about political philosophy when I should be writing about early Freudian thought…or possibly about Hindu mythology or family stories…This one is brief, though, and I only include it because I want to pass along something that deserves a really wide readership. Noah Millman of The American Scene has written some basic “notes toward a new [...]
They say that if you want to find out who a person really is, you need to take a look at the company they keep. If only the GOP would heed this advice. Realistically, the Republican Party has positioned itself quite well for November- the House of Representatives looks prime for a majority takeover, and many liberal Senators are facing [...]
Somewhere in a home or apartment in the Capital, a leading conservative ponders changes to established policy. He faces great pressure to offer something new and dynamic. The status quo has run dry and as he squeezes his alabaster hands he longs for an answer. He knows that he must adapt, and his party must to if it is to [...]
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