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June 2009

June 19, 2009

Welfare breakthrough

The L.A. Times tells of a revolutionary idea that will save millions in welfare costs:...

June 16, 2009

From “government option” to “public option”

More language games to make a policy sound more palatable. From Hugh Hewitt: The Obama

June 12, 2009

Our postmodernist government

Victor Davis Hanson explicates the postmodernist philosophy that animates our government today: One of the...

June 12, 2009

The socialism question

Jonah Goldberg asks why liberals laugh indignantly when conservatives say that President Obama's economic policies...

June 11, 2009

Lisa’s reforms

In case you missed it, Lisa R., in the post about lawmakers passing bills without...

June 10, 2009

Pay-as-you-go

From Obama proposes making 'pay-as-you-go' the law - CNN.com: President Obama on Tuesday proposed making...

June 10, 2009

Voting on bills without reading them

Heritage Foundation scholar Stuart Butler identifies a major problem for a representative democracy: Never mind...

June 09, 2009

Expensing the offering

The abuse of government expense accounts by the ruling Labour Party lawmakers and ministers in...

June 05, 2009

Our new Special Master for Compensation

The Wall Street Journal reports White House Set to Appoint a Pay Czar: The Obama...

June 05, 2009

Romans 13, resistance, and vocation

The Bonhoeffer post the other day provoked some fine, fine discussion on whether or not...

June 04, 2009

A tale of two murders

Michelle Malkin contrasts the media and governmental treatment of the anti-abortion murder and that jihadist...

June 03, 2009

The USA, one of the largest Muslim countries in the world

President Obama is courting Muslims during his middle eastern trip, including a major speech today...

May 2009

May 29, 2009

Obama continues Bush policies

Charles Krauthammer, in his column entitled Obama in Bush Clothing, discusses "the usual Obama three-step:...

May 26, 2009

The new Supreme Court nominee

President Obama will nominate U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. She would...

May 21, 2009

Californians veto state spending

California voters shot down a referendum that would give the state government more money: Schwarzenegger...

May 19, 2009

Military funding for telepathy

Wired.com reports that the Pentagon is investing in the possibilities of telepathy on the battlefield:...

May 13, 2009

Pragmatism to do WHAT?

I have long said that claiming to be "pragmatic," as opposed to ideological, is a...

May 12, 2009

State capitalism

George F. Will reports on what sounds like a significant article by Ian Bremmer in...

May 11, 2009

Of zombies, fear, and state power

S. T. Karnick makes an interesting point in the context of an essay on the...

May 07, 2009

D.C. vote on gay marriage entangles Congress

The city council of the District of Columbia has passed a bill legalizing gay marriage....

May 06, 2009

“Marriage equality” instead of “gay” or “same-sex marriage”

More language games: Gay rights activists are seeking to change the words with which we...

May 01, 2009

The wars of the peace candidate

Barack Obama ran as the peace candidate. But now that he is president, we are...

April 2009

April 30, 2009

Air Force One’s joyride

New York City was terrorized when they saw the big aircraft followed by F-16s buzzing...

April 29, 2009

The Democrats’ absolute rule

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has announced that he is switching from the Republican to...

April 27, 2009

Publicizing torture

Yes, "enhanced interrogation methods" is an Orwellian euphemism for torture. The Bush administration allowed it,...

April 24, 2009

Over-the-counter abortion for minors

FDA to allow Plan B birth control for 17-year-olds - washingtonpost.com: Women's groups cheered the...

April 23, 2009

Credit card reform

After great effort, we paid down one of our credit cards by half. Whereupon we...

April 21, 2009

Christ replacing sex as the taboo subject

I wasn't going to make a big deal out of this: The White House asked...

April 20, 2009

New embryonic stem-cell guidelines

The National Institute of Health has issued newguidelines for embryonic stem cell research, in light...

April 17, 2009

The New Foundation

More in our ongoing series on the language of the new administration. . . .FDR...