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After Ny-20, No Excuses For The Gop

The dust in NY-20 has finally, officially settled and state Assemblyman Jim Tedisco has lost the first election of his 26-year career. By virtually all accounts, this special Congressional race had all the ingredients for a decisive GOP victory. The district had more Republicans than …

Written by Tom Qualtere on Monday April 27, 2009

Will Hillary's Friends Get The Embassies?

Bit of a strange piece in Al Kamen’s column in the Washington Post this morning (emphasis added at the end): EMBASSY GATEKEEPERS It's getting to be that time of year when ambassadorial wannabes are waiting for the final handshake. For fat-cat contributors looking for vanity …

Written by FF Washington Insider on Monday April 27, 2009

The Tax Thats Good For You

Educational campaigns. Bans on trans-fats. Modest taxes on junk foods. Fast food free zones. Calorie listings at restaurants. Here in the United States , local and state governments are experimenting with these measures. They aren’t alone: with rising obesity rates – and the heavy …

Written by David Gratzer on Monday April 27, 2009

Why Drill, Baby, Drill Wont Work

U.S. domestic oil production peaked in 1970 and even with the new Alaskan North Slope oil, technological improvements, and a host of other finds, it has marched downwards ever since . This decline did not reverse itself during the huge price run-up in recent years that had everyone with a …

Written by Jeremy Carl on Sunday April 26, 2009

How To Undress For Your College Roommate 101

Here’s the conversation I wish I’d had with my daughter: “Honey, remember how you hated it when your father was a student and you had to share a room with your brother? How you worried that he was watching you dress? Hang on to that feeling – it’s called common …

Written by Karin Morin on Sunday April 26, 2009

The Earth, The Moon And The Stars

My National Post column this weekend assesses President Obama's first 100 days.

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 25, 2009

Anzac

Today is ANZAC Day - hoist a beer in memory .

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 25, 2009

Tax Tea Party Fantasy

I have spent most of my life trying to cut taxes. Back in 1977, while a staffer for Congressman Jack Kemp, I helped draft the Kemp-Roth tax bill, which was endorsed by Ronald Reagan and enacted into law in 1981. According to the Treasury Department, this is the largest tax cut in American …

Written by Bruce Bartlett on Friday April 24, 2009

The Health-care Nuclear Option

The President’s approval ratings remain sky high. His opponents are disorganized and divided, while important Democratic leaders are working well together. Industry groups, once fiercely opposed to Democratic reforms, are keen to cut a deal. From a distance, everything seems to be going …

Written by David Gratzer on Friday April 24, 2009

A President Who Won't Speak Up For America

This month has provided the GOP with the best material yet to make a case that they are still the ones the American people can trust to act in our nation’s best interests, provide for the common defense and safeguard our national security. Consider what we have witnessed in just three months …

Written by Brad Schaeffer on Friday April 24, 2009

Harvard's Liberals Go Quiet

Diana West notes the continuing silence of Harvard's legendarily liberal faculty - and the nation's media - about the Harvard university chaplain who endorsed the death penalty for Muslim apostates. This at the school that fired Larry Summers for so much as asking a question about women in the …

Written by David Frum on Friday April 24, 2009

Obama's Sitmap

Here's an interesting link to the TeaPartyDay website. The page is a national map with pins showing locations of all the parties registered for July 4. There are 442 sites already: Whatever this phenomenon is, whether it's a flash-in-the-pan or it's the true beginning of a …

Written by Sean Linnane on Friday April 24, 2009

Downsizing Flint

Several weeks ago I wrote that conservatives hoping to compete in the Northeast and Great Lakes states need to come up with serious plans to address their declining populations and the homes left behind. In short, I argued that conservatives should work to accelerate the process of tearing …

Written by Henry Clay on Thursday April 23, 2009

The Real Jane Harman Scandal

My column in The Week argues that the Jane Harman scandal is upside down ... [F]or acting public-spiritedly and responsibly, Jane Harman is now being treated like some kind of corrupt dealmaker. In fact, this whole bundle of stories is one in which the designated …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 23, 2009

"the Real Anti-racism Conference"

Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, delivered the following remarks at the "Counter Durban " conference against racism, discrimination, and persecution in Geneva on April 22. Dear distinguished guests, It is an honour to be …

Written by Pierre Poilievre on Thursday April 23, 2009

Voter Id Laws Duh!

A bill passed the Texas Senate two weeks ago that would require voters to show some form of ID - not necessarily photo - before voting. The bill is now before the House -- but a significant firestorm has arisen over it. Democrats feel that stricter voter ID deters minorities from voting, making …

Written by Marshall Bowen on Thursday April 23, 2009

Who's Welcome At The House Of Lords?

Geert Wilders, No. Hamas? Yes .

Written by David Frum on Tuesday April 21, 2009

In Dodd We Trust

The New York Post is reporting that President Obama will extend a helping hand to Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd. "I will be helping Chris Dodd because he deserves the help," Obama told the Boston Globe in a phone call from Air Force One on Thursday. "Chris is going through a rough …

Written by David Frum on Monday April 20, 2009

What Did Your Smile Get You, Mr President?

Here is the President of the United States having a seemingly jocular moment with a two-bit dictator and avowed enemy of the U.S. like Hugo Chavez, a man President Obama himself in the past has labeled as a demagogue. I understand his mindset. “What can it hurt to talk?R…

Written by Brad Schaeffer on Monday April 20, 2009

Importing An Underclass

That's what current immigration policies are doing - see Jason DeParle's amazing report in the New York Times . About 18 million youths 17 or younger are immigrants or the children of immigrants. In an interview, Mr. Portes estimated that as many as 20 percent face elevated chances of …

Written by David Frum on Monday April 20, 2009