Recork that Champagne
While Wall Street celebrates the 10% surge in existing home sales, let's not forget that just last week we were groaning over a 10% drop in new home starts. While Wall Street celebrates the 10% surge in existing home sales, let's not forget that just last week we were groaning over a 10% drop …Sarah Palin's Woman Problem
Sarah Palin’s constituency is a relatively small group of conservative men. I offended a lot of these people last week by suggesting that there was some sexual dynamic at work. Whatever impulse it is that so excites Palin supporters though, it is not shared by their wives. Opinions differ about …Herbal Remedies Need Real Scrutiny
Federal regulators restrict advertising about drugs to the most bland and basic statements. Yet snake oil flim-flam can be huckstered in the most truth-defying way, thanks to a 1994 law coaxed through Congress by the people who make these drugs. Did you know that there exists an all-natural remedy …Iran’s Campaign of Judicial Murder
The Iranian regime has responded to this summer's election protests with show trials and now an increasing number of political executions. With this move, the mullahs have made it even harder for President Obama to continue his diplomatic outreach. The mullahs are closing the doors both on …Fudging Poll Numbers 101
Rush Limbaugh recently accused the Gallup Poll of "upping the sample [of] black Americans to keep [Obama] up at 50%" in the polls. Now, if you were a pollster and really did want to cheat and over-represent Democrats, there is a much easier way to do it. Mark Blumenthal links to Rush Limbaugh …More Tests Doesn't Mean More Saved Lives
Recently, Sarah Palin criticized the new cancer screening guidelines and questioned if cutting costs had anything to do with the recommendations. If we are going to spend resources saving lives, shouldn't we examine costs to maximize the number of lives saved? On Friday, Sarah Palin intervened …Reagan Never Went Rogue
Many commentators have likened Sarah Palin to revered conservative icon Ronald Reagan. Both were governors of Western states, but the similarities end there. As Sarah Palin embarks on a publicity tour for her book, conservative commentators have again taken to likening the former Alaska …Tehran's Last Chance
With their rejection of the latest offer from the IAEA, the Iranians could not make their message clearer if they had sent a crayoned letter: “We’re building a bomb — and you don’t dare stop us. Boom boom, suckers.” If Iran were a normal country, the offer would have been handsome. Iran …The Juggernaut Rolls Forward
Looks like Blanche Lincoln is voting to allow the bill to proceed. We're heading to an all or nothing situation for Republicans. Because we dealt ourselves out of the game at the start, this thing either passes more or less as the Dem leadership wishes - or it collapses utterly. Looks like Blanche …GOP Missing in Action on Health Reform
Sen. Ron Wyden has sold to the Democratic leadership an amendment that would enable more employees to cash out their employer-provided benefits and buy their own insurance policy on a health exchange. This is an idea that conservative economists originally made the case for. Why then is the GOP …Hayek Prize
Congratulations to Amity Shlaes, winner of this year's Hayek Prize from the Thomas W. Smith Foundation in recognition of her book, The Forgotten Man . Congratulations to Amity Shlaes, winner of this year's Hayek Prize from the Thomas W. Smith Foundation in recognition of her book, The …Israel Doesn't Need Religious Police
Earlier this week, a woman praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was arrested for wearing a prayer shawl (a tallit). The authorities have set a dangerous precedent by denying her right to practice her faith. Earlier this week, a woman praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was arrested …Palin's Heartland Appeal
Palin is a phenomenon of our times – arguably the only Republican at the moment with star power. With her book tour bus, complete with her portrait on the side, Palin is taking aim at heartland America – her constituency and a group immune to the appeals of the elite. Sarah Palin is back, using …Fox News: Feminist Champion
On a recent broadcast, Sean Hannity blasted Newsweek 's Palin cover as sexist and argued that women's groups have a litmus test for determining which women they will defend. Question for Fox: Does Marisa Miller flunk the litmus test too? On the Fox News site today, I clicked a link to a Sean …