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Social Issues Wont Win Minorities For Gop

As a transplanted Californian living in Virginia, I have kept one eye open the past few weeks on the goings on in my old home state. While most of the media focused on the tax increases shepherded through the state legislature with the help of State Senator Abel Maldonado (who essentially traded …

Written by Zac Morgan on Sunday March 1, 2009

What Did I See At Cpac?

The hatred of professionalism. Tucker Carlson mildly suggests that conservatives need more than their feelings. That, whatever you think of the bias of the New York Times , they at least care that they spell your name correctly, and they actually do something: gather news. He was booed and …

Written by FF Washington Insider on Friday February 27, 2009

Apologies Now Being Accepted

John McCain took a lot of criticism last year from conservatives who thought he wasn’t sufficiently conservative on questions of the judiciary and the Constitution – this despite a great speech on judges and the rule of law (which annoyed a lot of the right people to annoy ) and …

Written by John S. Gardner on Thursday February 26, 2009

Conrad Black In Prison: "I Find Helping Others Rewarding"

As the first anniversary of his 6 1/2- year sentence approaches (on Mar. 4), Conrad Black admits he "had no idea of what to expect" when he entered the federal prison near Coleman, Florida. By the same token, I had no idea of what to expect when I visited him last week at the Federal Correctional …

Written by Peter Worthington on Tuesday February 24, 2009

Obama's March To Socialism (1)

This is part one of a three part series. Read part two here , and part three here . A few days ago, a senior Republican shared with me a private email he’d received from another senior Republican. The email angrily denounced President Obama’s “march toward socialism.̶…

Written by David Frum on Tuesday February 24, 2009

Funders And Fundies

With the next Texas gubernatorial election about twenty months away, potential candidates are scrambling across the State to organize and fund-raise in preparation for the Spring 2010 primaries. The Republican side promises to present a Texas-sized donnybrook, with several plausible challengers set …

Written by Marshall Bowen on Monday February 23, 2009

Obama Giving In To Hill Democrats On Social Security Reform?

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Written by Andrew Biggs on Monday February 23, 2009

Obama's Inheritance

The British press leans Democratic and pro-Obama, which is their prerogative, but even by prevailing standards this morning's headline in the print FT is remarkable: "Obama to unveil plan for having budget shortfall he inherited." Inherited? Sorry - when you spend $800 billion in your first month …

Written by David Frum on Monday February 23, 2009

Arnold Kling Against The Stimulus

In The American F or a Stimulus, Against Pelosi’s Bill If you follow the news media, you may think that the economics profession is divided into two camps: the majority, who favor the stimulus bill; and a minority, who are against any stimulus. In fact, there are many …

Written by David Frum on Monday February 23, 2009

Misremebered Reforms

Former White House Social Security guru and current Hudson Institute senior fellow Chuck Blahous has a new paper on the lessons that should be learned from the 1983 Social Security reforms, and some lessons that were learned that probably shouldn't have been. Here's the abstract: The 1983 …

Written by Andrew Biggs on Sunday February 22, 2009

Anti Social Promotion

“No, it’s on us – we need to get these seniors up and outta here and graduated in June, ” said one of my school’s administrators when I asked her if I should automatically fail any student missing over ten days per quarter. I thought this was district policy; …

Written by Thomas Gibbon on Sunday February 22, 2009

Brave New Blog

Capitalism and the internet have largely defeated Big Brother’s forces of information control. As our eyes bulge at the all you can eat data buffet, though, can society muster the discipline to eat the veggies that make government of , by , and for the people possible, or will we …

Written by John Murdock on Sunday February 22, 2009

False Advertising

Obama's budget plan calls for reducing the huge federal deficit - now almost 10% of GDP - to 3% by the end of his first term. How? By reducing defense expenditure and raising income taxes on the rich. These advertised numbers do not add up. Reality check: 1) The 3% deficit target for 2013 …

Written by David Frum on Sunday February 22, 2009

A Eugenic Question For Benedict

If it ever were possible to shape babies in the womb to make them healthier, stronger, more intelligent, less vulnerable to depression or neuroses, or more beautiful - why would that be a bad thing? If it's not an offense against human dignity to repair a cleft palate after birth, font …

Written by David Frum on Saturday February 21, 2009

Decapitating Stereotypes

When Aasiya Hassan suggested to her husband in 2001 that he should start a TV channel dedicated to correcting stereotype views of Americans towards Muslims, she had no idea she would someday be its most newsworthy item. Her hubby, Muzzammil Hassan, agreed, and founded Bridges TV - a small channel …

Written by Peter Worthington on Friday February 20, 2009

The Nyu Clown Show

If history repeats itself first as tragedy and then as farce, NYU is looking like a clown college right now. A group that calls itself Students for Radical Change has barricaded itself in the third cafeteria of the campus student center in a lame attempt to update the far-left's "glory days" of …

Written by John Avlon on Friday February 20, 2009

On The Afghan Front Line

Benjamin Collins served three tours in Afghanistan rising to the rank of Captain with US Special Forces. He has since left the army to launch a new business. Ben will be writing a regular series about his memories of his Afghan service. The Obama administration is dramatically increasing …

Written by Benjamin Collins on Friday February 20, 2009

Why I'm Not Scared of Bank Nationalization...

... because I don't think the Democrats want the government to keep the banks. On the other hand, I think they do want the government to keep the healthcare system. So that's the one to watch.

Written by David Frum on Friday February 20, 2009

A Better Souvenir From Canada For Obama

President Obama visited Canada yesterday. During his first official foreign trip, he discussed the environment, trade, and other issues with Prime Minister Harper. Health care wasn’t on the agenda. That hasn’t prevent commentators on both sides of the 49 th parallel from …

Written by David Gratzer on Friday February 20, 2009

Are Republicans Hypocrites...

... if they help their constituents take advantage of stimulus funds they voted against? So argues Josh Marshall . It might equally be asked: Are Democrats hypocrites if they enjoy the safety and security of the United States after voting against the military appropriations that defend it? Or if …

Written by David Frum on Friday February 20, 2009