Category Archives: current events
The Real Reason for Obama’s Unpopularity
Barack Obama has managed to demoralize liberals while inspiring a wave of gloating among conservatives. A new CNN/Opinion Research poll finds that already, most Americans want to vote him out in 2012. But both Democrats and Republicans are jumping the gun. Continue reading
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Thomas Sowell: The fallacy of ‘fairness’: Part 3
There is no question that the accident of birth is a huge factor in the fate of people. What is a very serious question is how much anyone can do about that without creating other, and often worse, problems. Continue reading
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California Dreamin’ (on someone else’s dime)
This past Friday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for the federal government to bail out the taxpayers of his state to the tune of some $6.9 billion. We hear daily news stories of governors all over the United States struggling to close similar gaping holes in their states’ budgets. By what rationale is California more deserving than others? Continue reading
Sarah Palin: Wrong prescription for America?
“Sarah Palin, do you guys really like her?” My dad’s doctor asked me this a couple of weeks ago. His smile seemed to shout, “Are you guys crazy?” I had taken my 94-year-old Republican father to see him several times, … Continue reading
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Jihadists In Military Playing U.S. for Suckers
How much longer will we tolerate fighting this war as if it were a minor crime wave? Our enemies are fighting to win and they are fighting everywhere, including within our borders. Continue reading
