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- Alexander's Column · Nov 15, 2012Constitutional Confederation — The Right Road Forward
maps clearly revealed the geographical delineation between the Left-leaning urban centers and the Right-leaning rest of the nation. Naturally, I observed that this delineation formed reasonable lines … spirit. She’s one of those “quiet girls,” but if you’re on the wrong side of Liberty, you’d best get out of her field of fire. Image After
- Opinion · Nov 15, 2012Enduring Ignorance, Part 2
wasn’t conservatives who popularized moral relativity, which posits there is no right and wrong, only shades of gray. They didn’t champion multiculturalism, which posits that all cultures
- Opinion · Nov 14, 2012The Right Isn’t Waving a White Flag
their lost causes. When former Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers famously migrated from left to right, he said, “I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side … losing side than to live under communism.” But Chambers was wrong. He joined the winning side, the side with the better arguments. The other naysayers were wrong too. Some
- Opinion · Nov 12, 2012Resistance With Respect
believe your administration daily fails to recognize the God-given right to life. We assert that what was wrong in slavery, what was wrong in segregation, is what is wrong
- Opinion · Nov 12, 2012Rx for the Mass. GOP: Clarity and Conviction
point of being a Republican if you live here?” That’s exactly the right question. What is the point of being a Republican in Massachusetts? Is the goal is just … that defends their “freedom to decide, to build, to earn.” Perhaps what’s wrong with Bay State Republicans is that too many of them just want
- Article · Nov 11, 2012Encouraging Words from Mark Alexander
living outside those areas. Most of them are deprived of the most basic constitutional right to even bear arms amid the social entropy of these urban poverty plantations. Speaking … over the top. (Underestimating that turnout is why almost all major polling estimates were wrong.) Women voters cast 53% of all votes, and this election set a gender-gap record
- Opinion · Nov 9, 2012Answer the Questions
questions are going to go away just because he won re-election, they’re wrong. On election eve, the president claimed, “Four years after I took office, America’s respect … week, “Everything that could go wrong in Benghazi did.” That may be just one officer’s opinion, but if it’s even half-right, the facts need to be known
- Opinion · Nov 9, 2012One Big Failure
reported that Romney would be better than Obama for the economy. Some on the right are succumbing to the temptation to explain the Obama win as the “tipping point … percent, happily collecting benefits rather than working for a living. I think this is wrong. Government dependency is a problem, yes, and Obama has made it much worse
- Alexander's Column · Nov 8, 20122012 Election FAIL Bullet Points
which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations … over the top. (Underestimating that turnout is why almost all major polling estimates were wrong.) Women voters cast 53% of all votes, and this election set a gender-gap record
- Opinion · Nov 8, 2012Don’t Blame Romney
against an incumbent president. But I was wrong. Romney was the perfect candidate, and he was the president this country needed right now. It’s less disheartening that a president
- Opinion · Nov 8, 2012Obama Re-elected -- 9-Year-Old Black Kid Can Breathe Easy
findings: A majority (51 percent) of Americans possess “negative views” of blacks. Case closed, right? Wrong. What happens when these questions are asked of blacks about blacks? How do blacks
- Opinion · Nov 8, 2012Four More Years of Decline
nation we are rapidly becoming. Pollsters Michael Barone and Dick Morris got it horribly wrong. Both predicted a 300 electoral-vote win for Romney. It was President Obama who reached … cultural corrective because we have abandoned the concept of objective truth. Nothing is right or wrong, because that suggests a standard by which right and wrong might be defined. Personal
- Opinion · Nov 7, 2012What Happened?
believe that arc will change any time soon. Did the GOP nominate the wrong guy? I don’t think so. But the primary process did provide ample ammunition for Democrats … movement has morphed into demanding fealty to its fiscal and social policy positions. The “right wing of the Republican party” has become a redundancy. It now IS the Republican party
- Opinion · Nov 7, 2012Nate Silver’s Numbers Racket
predicted Romney would win, as did many other models. They couldn’t all be right. What interests me is the way people talk about math as if it’s divinely … opinion over poll-weighting foretells the end of science? Don’t get me wrong; I do understand that math can be ironclad. We know the decay rates of isotopes
- Opinion · Nov 6, 2012The Polls That Ate the Presidential Contest
have to overlook a lot. If you’re right, then a whole lotta state polls have to be wrong.” Very true. But I’ll climb all the way out onto … have to overlook a lot. If you’re right, then a whole lotta state polls have to be wrong.” Very true. But I’ll climb all the way out onto
- Opinion · Nov 6, 2012The Crazy Idea That the President Is ‘Leader’ of the Country
What would you do if your butler tried that? That’s right: You’d lock him in a small room in the wine cellar for a couple days to teach … reality his job is more akin to head janitor. Now, don’t get me wrong; I’m not trying to say that politicians work as hard or are as essential
- Opinion · Oct 31, 2012The News Squashers
social service with greed? Tolerance with hate? Justice with oppression? There is right, and there is wrong, and there ought not to be a middle ground in enlightened journalism. There … fact, they’re called to do so. It is, after all, the public’s Right to Know. Look across the Sunday shows that aired on the networks with nine days
- Opinion · Oct 29, 2012Voting Is a Right, Not a Duty
have the right to worship freely, the right to express your views, the right to run for public office -- but no obligation to do any of them. Just as freedom … strong.” Great advice -- for those who feel that way. But there’s nothing wrong with staying home for those who don’t. (Jeff Jacoby is a columnist for The Boston
- Opinion · Oct 25, 2012Will President Obama Fire Hillary?
promising to “get to the bottom of all this.” The candidates were probably right in Monday night’s foreign policy debate not to get into this Benghazi tragedy too deeply … committed to “soft power,” diplomatic back-and-forth, that he considered it wrong for Americans to use force to defend American lives. This is the same mindset we see operating
- Opinion · Oct 24, 2012Football as It Was Meant to Be
toward the maples and elms to resume their suspended tailgate parties. They made the wrong call. Princeton’s deep man, freshman Anthony Gaffney from the Taft School, returned the kickoff … High in Manchester, Conn. Princeton needed a two-point conversion to tie. Michelsen rolled right and threw to Wilkinson, who was wide open at the back of the end zone