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Crist Is No Conservative

I’ve got to disagree with Andrew Pavelyev : Charlie Crist’s election to the Senate would be a dramatic setback for the conservative movement. Quite simply, the Florida governor and Senate candidate doesn’t have a conservative bone in his body. Although popular, Crist has proven himself a lousy …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Tuesday June 2, 2009

What Obama Learned From The Chrysler Bankruptcy

When dealing with bondholders, bribes cause less fuss than threats ....

Written by David Frum on Monday June 1, 2009

For Virginia Gop Party Chair: Pat Mullins

This weekend, delegates to the Republican Party of Virginia convention have two important decisions to make: who will be the nominee for Attorney General, and who will serve the remainder of the term as Chairman of the RPV. We’ve had a very healthy AG debate, and I’d be …

Written by John S. Gardner on Friday May 29, 2009

A Jewish State Without Land For Jews?

A series of recent rulings handed down by the Israeli Supreme Court challenge the rights of Jews to exercise an exclusive claim over any land in the State of Israel. The Court’s rulings fundamentally threaten Israel ’s Jewish identity. A recent article in Azure Journal by …

Written by Martin Krossel on Friday May 29, 2009

As Hispanic Florida Goes, So Goes...

Nate Silver asks , "Can the Republicans win back the White House in 2012 or 2016 while losing further ground among Latinos?" I don't know about 2012 and 2016, but I can give my best estimates for 2008. I'll show you what we found, then give some brief discussion. Here's how Obama did among …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Friday May 29, 2009

Abbas On Palestinian Life Under Zionism

From a Jerusalem Post article on Abbas expecting Obama to eventually pressure Netanyahu out of office: Abbas intends to remain passive, he told the paper. "I will wait for Hamas to accept international commitments. I will wait for Israel to freeze settlements… Until then, in the …

Written by Jean Granville on Friday May 29, 2009

Sotomayor's Success Argues Against Affirmative Action

Whatever the merits of her judicial philosophy, the life story of Sonia Sotomayor is one that the left quite often assures us simply does not exist. She was an ethnic female born into inner-city poverty in the 1950's. Diagnosed with Type I diabetes at the age of eight, she was raised by her …

Written by Alex Knepper on Friday May 29, 2009

New White House Website Conceals More Than It Tells

On January 20, the Obama White House launched its blog with this proclamation : “ President Obama has committed to making his administration the most open and transparent in history, and WhiteHouse.gov will play a major role in delivering on that promise. ” So far, the …

Written by John J. Pitney on Friday May 29, 2009

Snake Eaters

“Snake Eaters” is a military slang term for Army Special Force (a.k.a. “Green Berets”), and YES we DO eat snakes. This is part of our survival training, although I have slayed and eaten snake in the field to supplement the rations, and because basically, snake tastes good. I have encountered …

Written by Sean Linnane on Thursday May 28, 2009

Obama: Buyers Remorse

Admittedly, I was one of the moderate conservatives who was wooed by Obama during his PR campaign to become the country's next president. Sadly, even though I was still unsure of my vote until the week before the election, I know better now. I truly had no idea he would turn out to be the radical …

Written by Crystal Wright on Thursday May 28, 2009

The Higher Ed Bubble

is the subject of my latest column in The Week : In their own ways, universities indulge in some of the worst faults of the corporate sector, overcharging their customers in order to allow managers and staff to engage in wasteful or destructive activities that could never be justified …

Written by David Frum on Thursday May 28, 2009

Sotomayor: Not So Diverse After All

I did a broadcast yesterday about Sotomayor for "Marketplace." Main point: Sonia Sotomayor reaffirms the Supreme Court's 8 to 1 bias against lawyers with a background in business law. Only John Paul Stevens has any extensive record as an adviser to firms. (Back in the 1950s and 1960s, he was an …

Written by David Frum on Thursday May 28, 2009

Liberal Groups Complain: Sotomayor "not A Major Thinker"

So reported Politico yesterday: The concern from some liberal groups, however, is that despite her 16 years as a circuit and federal court judge, Sotomayor has not shown her hand on abortion, the death penalty, national security and gay marriage. And she’s not viewed as a major thinker …

Written by David Frum on Thursday May 28, 2009

Rudy At 65: The Anti-lunatic

Last weekend, Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith were out enjoying Memorial Day weekend in the Hamptons. All of a sudden, this loudmouth idiot approached the strolling couple and began yelling in Rudy's face. He then threatened to "punch out" Rudy, and Rudy did what he always does. He stood his …

Written by Ken Kurson on Wednesday May 27, 2009

Healthcare: The Line In The Sand

The next great public policy debate in the United States will involve a health care reform idea championed by an academic who has no medical background and doesn’t serve in the Obama administration, and whose original proposal was published in a largely unread book. Jacob S. Hacker …

Written by David Gratzer on Wednesday May 27, 2009

Sotomayor Not In Fact A "bush Nominee"

As it turns out, Sonia Sotomayor was not in fact a “Bush nominee.” In an editorial published in the May 21st edition of the Herald Community Newspapers of Long Island , former New York Senator Alfonse D’Amato explained how he and former Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Wednesday May 27, 2009

Why Fight Sotomayor?

Why bother? The Democrats have their president, they have their nominee, and they have the numbers needed to rubber-stamp the decision. They aren't going to deny Sonia Sotomayor a Supreme Court appointment based upon Republican claims of judicial activism -- especially not when her life story …

Written by Alex Knepper on Wednesday May 27, 2009

"watch What You Say"

Remember when Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was slammed for supposedly urging Americans to watch what they say? ( He didn't of course - but that's taken a long time to be recognized. ) Now here's Robert Gibbs delivering the warning for real . “I think it is probably important for …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday May 27, 2009

Germany Prosecutes Demjanjuk To Conceal Its Own Guilt

In his recent book Unser Kampf: 1968 – “Our Struggle: 1968” – German historian Götz Aly discusses an emblematic and still widely-debated episode in the history of post-War Germany: the fatal shooting of student protestor Benno Ohnesorg by a police officer in West …

Written by John Rosenthal on Wednesday May 27, 2009

The Rights Questions For Sotomayor

Obama thinks big. To borrow from Stephen Skowrownek, a professor of political science, President Obama seems to understand himself as a reconstructive president – a once in a generation politician who succeeds the weak inheritor (President Bush) of an existing and fragmenting political …

Written by Henry Clay on Wednesday May 27, 2009