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- Opinion · Aug 19, 2014Intolerance on the Left
long before you run into the same attitude coming from some on the right. It’s just particularly rich to hear it from those on the left, who rarely stop … matter who this attitude comes from, it’s a serious problem. There’s nothing wrong with a spirited debate, of course. Our country was founded in the wake
- Opinion · Aug 19, 2014Every Honorable Citizen Must Condemn Partisan Indictment of Perry
veto. It says Perry’s wrongful misconduct was his threatening to use his veto power to pressure Lehmberg to resign. You’re darn right he did, and properly
- Opinion · Aug 18, 2014Barack Obama’s Zero Sum World
victor/no vanquished.” There you have it. No suggestion that there is right and wrong, or better answers that make everyone better off and worse answers that … victor, no vanquished and work together.” This “inclusive” world view, devoid of right and wrong, true and false, better and worse, stands starkly in contrast to what Abraham Lincoln
- Opinion · Aug 18, 2014Obama’s Goldilocks Mideast Policy
Goldilocks policy, it’s just right. Actually, his Mideast isn’t just right. It’s mostly wrong. Mr. Obama’s thinking about the Mideast is fully on display in this … airline hijacking for terror purposes. The PLO promised to eschew terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and start trading land-for-peace. That was in 1988. In the quarter
- Opinion · Aug 18, 2014The Fat Lady Is Practicing Her Scales
Bush’s war in Iraq was a disaster. He happens to be right, but for the wrong reason. The war was a blunder not so much because we waged … believe my readers represent a cross-section of Republicans, whether they lean right to the Tea Party side of the GOP or to the Libertarian left. By and large, even
- Opinion · Aug 16, 2014Secular Stagnation Is a Cover-Up
belittling Dwight Eisenhower’s three recessions and declaring, “We can do bettah.” He was right. In the 1960s, after the Kennedy tax cuts were implemented, prosperity returned, the economy grew … worse off than this generation. So long, American Dream. But secular stagnation is all wrong. It’s a cover up for mistaken economic policies that began in the Bush years
- Opinion · Aug 15, 2014America’s Selective Libertarianism
people are more libertarian today, and libertarian ideas are having a renaissance on the right. Also, self-described “libertarian-ish” Sen. Rand Paul’s star is on the rise, thanks … these things are largely true, but Draper is still wrong, or at least not quite as right as he (or for that matter, I) would like. As liberal writer Jonathan
- Opinion · Aug 15, 2014Fidelity to Principle Can Make Needed Flexibility Impossible
contrast with Obama’s condemnation of violence on both sides), that Iran has no “right to enrichment” (which Obama is conceding in negotiations) and that Obama’s refusal … will take during his tenure in office. But this president has been proven dreadfully wrong. Between rounds of golf and political fundraisers -- first things first -- he has been forced
- Article · Aug 13, 2014Who Is Responsible for the Death of the Young Black Man in Ferguson?
ordered a blue-ribbon study and three years later the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a hearing in Los Angeles. Sound familiar? It’s easy to sympathize with … just visiting Ferguson that day, and he might have been the victim of a wrongful police shooting -- details are still in question so we’ll reserve judgment. Whatever the case
- Article · Aug 13, 2014The Media Coverage of ISIL Is Bedlam
from “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” what was wrong must be righted. The justice ISIL dishes out sets itself as the sword of a harsh
- Opinion · Aug 13, 2014Prepare for a Long War Against the Islamic State
hawks (including me) were wrong about a lot, but some got one thing right. It’s going to be a long war. In the early days after 9/11 there … struggle of the 21st century.” The hawks (including me) were wrong about a lot, but some got one thing right. It’s going to be a long
- Opinion · Aug 12, 2014A Tale of Two Tax Problems
they were strangling the economy. So he ignored the naysayers and did the right thing. We have a similar tax-related problem on our hands today -- and it requires … time to ante up their fair share of financial support of our system.” Wrong. It’s not a lack of patriotism, and it’s not because these companies are trying
- Opinion · Aug 12, 2014Attacking Achievement
even adequate results in all too many of the other public schools. What is wrong with charter schools and with elite high schools like Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech … decades, and so have various other ethnic community “leaders.” These include spokesmen for “civil rights” organizations, who think their civil rights include getting into these elite schools, whether they qualify
- Article · Aug 11, 2014White House Gets Second Amendment Definition Wrong
According to the White House website, “The Second Amendment gives citizens the
- Opinion · Aug 11, 2014How About a Year-Round Tax Holiday?
state Treasury will remain in the pockets of private citizens. It’s all good, right? Wrong. Tax-free weekends are little more than a stunt, a dose of fiscal snake
- Opinion · Aug 9, 2014Lower Benefits, Higher Jobs -- Paul Ryan Has It Right
slowed to nearly a 1 percent pace. Rep. Paul Ryan has the right idea to solve the wrong-way incentives generated by big government. He would block-grant
- Article · Aug 8, 2014Cop: Obama Doesn’t Follow the Constitution, So I Don’t Have To
decimated the friggin’ Constitution, so I don’t give a da-- [about your rights]. Because if he doesn’t have to follow the Constitution, we don’t have to.” Unfortunately … correct in that “Obama has decimated the friggin’ Constitution,” but he is absolutely wrong in asserting that Obama’s malfeasance gives him an excuse to also defy Rule
- Opinion · Aug 8, 2014Obama Remains Consistent in His Indifference to Slaughter
accepted the premise that leaving would ignite mass slaughter, it would still be right to bug out of Iraq. Of course, as is his wont, Obama covered … time whether his analysis was correct. It’s now pretty clear he was wrong on all counts. When Obama pulled American troops out of Iraq, they were not serving
- Article · Aug 7, 2014Poll Reveals Major Discouragement Among Voters
poll also found that “71% of adults think the country is on the wrong track, a leap of 8 points from a June survey, and 60% believe … great opportunity to change this nation’s course -- if they play their cards right and formulate a coherent message. More... 01EX5BYSW01AGBAG50TZ94HTHQ.png
- Opinion · Aug 6, 2014More ObamaCare Chaos
said. “They’re basically going to send them what they know to be the wrong subsidy.” Enter the IRS. They will eventually calculate one’s correct subsidy. Those lucky enough … difficult-to-treat cancer, they’re likely to face a lower quality of care right off the bat.” Connecticut State Medical Society president-elect Bob Russo stated the obvious correlation