The Left's Billion Dollar Tea Party Lie
The Koch Foundations are regularly accused in liberal circles of being the financial backers of the Tea Party movement. But digging deeper, one finds a group trying to distance themselves from Tea Partiers and working to modernize conservatism. The Koch brand is regularly assailed for funding …Human-Animal Hybrid Ban Goes Too Far
On April 29, the Arizona legislature approved A new law banning the creation of "chimeras"--human-animal hybrids. While it sounds like Science Fiction, the issue is real. "An anything, a nothing, a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in prayer" -- John Donne On April 29, the Arizona …Kagan's Anti-Military Stance Didn't Speak for Harvard
Elena Kagan is currently under fire for her opposition to allowing military recruitment on Harvard's campus. Yet Kagan’s criticisms of the military were not representative of everyone at the university. Elena Kagan is currently coming under fire for her critical remarks regarding allowing …Greece Could Happen Here
Unless Americans become serious about controlling their growing debt, their future will look very Greek. Eli Lehrer in a recent post argued that a crisis similar to the one that Greece faces now is unlikely in America because the U.S. has strong fundamentals, much lower debt than Greece, …Raiding the Labour Vote
David Cameron and the Conservatives did very well in the British election, so why couldn't they win Gillian Duffy's vote? Okay, after reading everything I can get my hands on about the British elections, I'm coming to some conclusions. 1) By a bunch of the more esoteric measures ("net new votes …The Kagan Question
How much do the president's supporters really know about the kind of justice Elena Kagan would be? Glenn Greenwald argued in our recent Bloggingheads dialogue: not very much. How much do the president's supporters really know about the kind of justice Elena Kagan would be? Glenn Greenwald …Are Corporations Getting Bigger?
We talked about this on Bill Maher last night. I said no, but I didn't have the numbers at my fingertips. I just looked them up in my 1970s history, How We Got Here . We talked about this on Bill Maher last night. I said no, but I didn't have the numbers at my fingertips. I just looked them up …Defending Cameron's Tory Rebrand
Many have argued that David Cameron’s Tory rebrand cost the party voters and resulted in a hung Parliament. Conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic though need to understand the measure of the difficulties the Conservatives faced and (partially) surmounted in the election. British conservative …The Vanished World of a Wartime Generation
In civilian life, Canadian officer Brigadier James Roberts was a businessman. But when war came, like so many others, he discovered that he was a superb soldier, inventive and brave. A rare funny moment from the last days of the Second World War: It fell to the Canadians to accept the …Big Oil's Reality Check
The giant Gulf of Mexico spill has made it clear that oil companies need to acquire a touch of humility and re-orient their safety and environmental protection practices accordingly. Humility is regarded as a conservative virtue. Typically, you won't find much humility at oil companies. Finding …Frum on Real Time with Bill Maher
Friday night, David Frum joined Sarah Silverman, Salman Rushdie, Alexis Glick and Alan Brinkley on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher . Friday night, David Frum joined Sarah Silverman, Salman Rushdie, Alexis Glick and Alan Brinkley on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher . Below, the panel discusses …The Fat Diaries: Throwing Away That Last Bite
“Eat everything on your plate. People are starving in China.” We’ve all heard this, but while the phrase seems harmless enough it has contributed greatly to the American psychology of overeating. “Eat everything on your plate. People are starving in China.” We’ve all heard and …
The Pacific: Taking Aim at Hanks’ Yanks
In The Pacific , Tom Hanks is wrong to portray the war against Japan as a war of "terror and racism". In fact, the Marines who fought through the Pacific, island by island, quickly learned respect for Japanese soldiers. How many, one wonders, are following the 10-part dramatization of the …More on Mark Levin's Free Ride
Can anybody imagine the major conservative intellectual magazines publishing anything critical today about our conservative entertainers? Here is a 2002 essay in Dissent , a flagship magazine of the American Left, on Michael Moore. It's balanced, but with the balance tilting to the negative. …How Will Clegg End Britain's Election Deadlock?
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg now gets to choose the next prime minister of Great Britain. While Labour may grant Clegg's biggest wish, electoral reform, teaming with Gordon Brown would mean tying his fortunes to one of the most untrustworthy men in parliamentary history. So Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg …A Sneak Peek at California's GOP Senate Debate
During Thursday's taped, but still unaired California GOP Senate race debate, Chuck Devore took aim at Carly Fiorina's conservative credentials and accused her of ignoring sanctions against Iran when Hewlett-Packard CEO. Sneak-Peak at California’s GOP Senate Debate Thursday night, the …