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April 2011

April 08, 2011

A perspective on the shutdown

Former Bush official Peter Wehner offers reasons why Republicans should not let the government shut...

April 07, 2011

Shall we shut down the government? Again?

As of this moment, Republicans and Democrats in Congress are at an impasse over the...

April 06, 2011

Obama starts his reelection campaign

President Obama formally threw his hat back into the ring, announcing that he will run...

April 05, 2011

The erosion of limited government & individual sovereignty

George Wills reports on a free speech case in St. Louis: [Jim] Roos responded [to...

March 2011

March 23, 2011

Bungling the War in Libya?

Why are so many conservatives against the new war in Libya, liberals are asking, their...

March 16, 2011

Michigan considering suspension of democracy

Thanks to Kirk Anderson for putting me on to what is happening in Michigan, which...

March 11, 2011

The new leaders of the free world

Americans are the new French. And the French (and British) are the new Americans. At...

March 10, 2011

Newt explains his affair to Christians

Newt Gingrich is gearing up for a presidential run, so he is courting social conservatives....

March 10, 2011

Procedural ploy lets Wisconsin finesse union

We have been following Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's effort to stop the state employee union...

March 07, 2011

Veto by lack of quorum

As you know, 15 Democratic state legislators in Wisconsin are hiding out in Illinois--beyond the...

March 01, 2011

Brit complains about U.S. weakness

And I thought Republicans were harsh on the president. Here is British journalist Nile Gardiner,...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

Depressing the army

The Secretary of Defense gave a speech at West Point that surely bummed out the...

February 24, 2011

Conning the government

Thanks to tODD for pointing me to this story: A onetime biomedical technician with a...

February 24, 2011

When the government is unionized

So the largest trade union in the country these days is that of government workers. ...

February 21, 2011

The Republican Obama?

Have the Republicans found "the one"? Read the Washington Post's profile of the new Wisconsin...

February 18, 2011

Egypt in Wisconsin

25,000 protesters are in the streets in Madison and 40% of Wisconsin teachers have called...

February 17, 2011

Updates

The rest of the story on recent posts. . . . The computer named Watson...

February 10, 2011

Tea partiers kill Patriot Act

Tea party Republicans in the House of Representatives joined with liberal Democrats to vote down...

February 10, 2011

Limited government in foreign policy

George Will defends President Obama against those who criticize him for not being able to...

February 08, 2011

Betraying Great Britain

A bombshell comes out of Wikileaks. The Obama administration turned over secrets about England's nuclear...

February 07, 2011

Ronald Reagan as actor

Yesterday would have been the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. In the articles commemorating the...

February 04, 2011

The views on Egypt

So neoconservatives are supporting the uprising in Egypt as evidence of the universal yearning for...

February 04, 2011

CyberTyranny

Egypt's strongman Hosni Mubarak has cut off his country from the internet in an effort...

January 2011

January 26, 2011

State of the Union

I usually consider it my patriotic duty to watch the President's State of the Union...

January 24, 2011

Cooking the books on health care reform

Democrats are saying that the Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare would add to the deficit....

January 20, 2011

House votes to repeal Obamacare

The House of Representatives has repealed Obamacare. But don't get too excited either way. The...

January 14, 2011

Why democracy is in trouble

Herbert London, a conservative academic drawing on Plato and others, gives six reasons why he...

January 11, 2011

Tucson shootings & political rhetoric

Conservative polemics are being blamed for the shooting in Tucson that critically wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle...

January 10, 2011

Parent one & parent two

U. S. passport applications will no longer ask for "mother" and "father." Instead, they will...

January 05, 2011

Regulation vs. Legislation

Charles Krauthammer shows how the Executive Branch can get its way even when the Legislative...