Mitt Shouldn't Run from Romneycare
Politico reports that some conservatives want Mitt Romney to apologize for the Massachusetts healthcare plan he implemented as governor. An article in Politico reports that some conservatives are suggesting that Mitt Romney apologize for the Massachusetts healthcare plan he implemented as …Oil Spill Panel Slams Obama’s Gulf Clean-Up
Staff reports released by President Obama’s oil spill commission have provided a clear picture of the administration's bumbling response to the spill. No one should be surprised at the disclosure of stumbling and bumbling that took place in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, as …15 Questions with Peter Worthington
F F 's Peter Worthington answers County and Quinte Living magazine's Gravitas Quotient: fifteen questions measuring one’s reserves of inner wisdom. Frum Forum 's Peter Worthington answers County and Quinte Living magazine's Gravitas Quotient: fifteen questions measuring one’s reserves of …
Voters to Obama: Be More Like Bush
The latest CNN/Opinion Research poll shows President Obama running just about even with George W. Bush in a hypothetical match-up. Much has been made over the latest CNN/Opinion Research poll, which suggests that in a hypothetical match-up, President Barack Obama would run just about even with …Gordon Gekko: Role Model?
In "Wall Street" Oliver Stone tried to present Gordon Gekko as a symbol of all that was wrong with capitalism. But that's not how his audience viewed him. In his promotion of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps , director Oliver Stone has been re-characterizing the original Wall Street as less a …What Race is Klingon?
Recently, I was accused of racism after a comment at my own blog compared Michelle Obama to a Klingon from Star Trek. For quite some time now, the trolls that infest the comments columns at Frum Forum have been making sport span style="font-weight: bold;"> accusing me of racism somebody else
The Ayn Rand Candidate
Stephen Bailey, the GOP nominee for Colorado's 2nd district, isn't just a small-government conservative: he's a proud Randian Objectivist. There are a lot of Republicans candidates running for office in this election cycle who talk about their affinity for the constitution and for limited …When Tax Cuts Expire: The Next Financial Crisis
Allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to expire in January 2010 would deal a painful shock to a weakly recovering American economy. Republicans are heading for a tremendous victory in November. They will then proceed to an equally tremendous crisis in January. Everybody sees the victory coming; …Donilon's the Wrong Man for the Job
The selection of Tom Donilon to replace Gen. Jones as National Security Adviser is a clear sign Obama's foreign policy is about to shift further left. The premature resignation of National Security Adviser General James Jones and the concomitant appointment of Tom Donilon to replace him shows one …Controversy Doesn't Stop D'Souza's Gravy Train
Many on the right are trumpeting Dinesh D'Souza's new book not because its right or well argued, but because well... the White House doesn't like it. Today I received the following in an email from Human Events advertising the new book by embattled conservative writer and “intellectual” Dinesh …
Finding the Silver Lining in the Grim Jobs Report
Amidst all of the doom and gloom over the recent dismal jobs report, there are two bright spots that are being overlooked. A lot of news reports in the next few days will focus, correctly, on the generally dismal jobs picture the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just announced. There’s no …No One Ends Up on Top in Duke Hookup Scene
Karen Owen's PowerPoint on her hookups with Duke athletes is another troubling sign of how young women are treating meaningless sex as a game. There is a trend among young, single women these days – primarily on college campuses – to think of each meaningless hookup as some sort of conquest. …The Ultimate Death Panel
The new dystopian film "Never Let Me Go" features a government healthcare system more terrifying than a tea partier's worst nightmare. "These days, I spend most of my life not looking forward, but back." These words are not spoken by a wheelchair-bound old bubbie or biddie in a nursing home …The Fat Diaries: Surviving the Hospital Food Diet
When I'm sick, I usually have no interest in eating, thanks to bad memories of nauseating hospital food. But I do get a taste for gin. This week I’m sick, so I’m writing about that. I’ve managed to get both bronchitis and a sinus infection simultaneously. I try to stave off these yearly …