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- Opinion · Aug 19, 2011The Adventures of Captain America
partisan games aside and say we’re going to do what’s right for the country, not what we think is going to score some political points for the next … call it stupid. Bernanke is no traitor. His quantitative easing policy may have been wrong, but it’s ugly and foolish to suggest he pursued it for less than honorable
- Opinion · Aug 19, 2011Bus Tour a Bust for Obama
that are red hot with tea party fever? It seems like everything is going wrong for President Obama. Polling shows that white voters and independents who bolstered his effort … they must find an electable candidate, but GOP presidential hopefuls beating up one another right now, or driving away the tea party -- which has put some fire back into
- Opinion · Aug 18, 2011Hillary in ’12! -- The Stupid Left-Wing Case for Dumping Obama
percent of Americans believing America is on the “wrong track,” doubts do tend to sort of creep in. But Hillary?! If you’re a lefty, sure there’s stuff … over 9 percent unemployment and tortoise-like growth? Hillary would have governed differently, all right, but not in a way that pleases the left. After realizing that not one Republican
- Opinion · Aug 17, 2011Perry’s Red-Hot Bernanke Slam
that his analysis of Fed policy is right on target. In other words, wrong words, right analysis. The Texas governor, who by some polls is the new Republican presidential front … party circles on the campaign trail, Bernanke is a much-disliked figure. Rightly or wrongly, he is blamed for bailing out Wall Street. Also, many view Bernanke’s massive money
- Opinion · Aug 16, 2011Still the Only Solution to the World’s Problems
godless and religion-free society depends on people’s hearts to determine right from wrong, and that is a very weak foundation. Plenty of people have died in history
- Opinion · Aug 14, 2011JFK’s Berlin Blunder
because I think they have a right to close it.” He was wrong regarding the four powers’ rights and five days later he apologized for giving “an unfortunate and erroneous
- Opinion · Aug 12, 2011The Debt Panel’s Patty Murray Problem
double-exclamation point on the debt deal’s rotten joke. Everything that’s wrong with the so-called debt “super-committee” can be summed up in the person, partisan hackery … Beltway swamp insider in sensible heels. Murray has earned the scorn not just of right-wing taxpayer groups, but also of left-wing watchdogs who flagged her 17 revolving-door
- Opinion · Aug 11, 2011Not Just Whistlin’ Dixie!
issue. That’s not surprising. Wherever the people speak, they vote for their civil right of marriage. Ohio’s vote was critical. Political analysts can show how the marriage amendment … Free State to recognize same-sex couples as just-marrieds. The South was surely wrong on slavery and Jim Crow. For far too long, black Southerners had to endure oppression
- Opinion · Aug 11, 2011Sons of Anarchy
parent households who care enough to do so is not encouraging. If civility, right and wrong, personal responsibility and accountability and the right to life, liberty and personal property … cold. Their natural tendency is to do wrong. The goal of discipline is to teach them to do right. The London riots are the extreme outcome when “right
- Opinion · Aug 11, 2011Mitt, Apologize for RomneyCare -- or Forget the Nomination
size-fits-all plan across the nation.” More incredibly, Romney says, “(RomneyCare) was right for the people of my state”!? He blew it. Here’s what Romney should have said … health care in my home state -- ‘RomneyCare’ would practically bankrupt Massachusetts. “I was wrong. I’ve learned my lesson. I can speak to the dangers of ObamaCare unlike any other
- Opinion · Aug 10, 2011Aborting the Monroe Doctrine?
defending the rights of unborn children in that world body. Where is the Obama administration in all of this? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously called abortion “wrong.” But that … forced abortion in her visits with Chinese officials in Beijing. She never raised human rights with the Communists there. She went to Ottawa, Canada, and tongue-lashed our closest allies
- Opinion · Aug 10, 2011Translating Newsweek: Why the Left Fears Bachmann
problems America faces are essentially simple rather than complex, they are right and Newsweek is wrong. America’s key problem is plain: We have a federal government that has reached
- Opinion · Aug 10, 2011A Government That Kills
throats.” Right. We’re not stupid. Bob Deans of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of America’s biggest environmental groups, said that Kazman and I are wrong. “Cars like
- Opinion · Aug 10, 2011Broken System or Broken Policies?
about someone actually being a communist. Standard and Poor’s may have been right for the wrong reasons. The real reason for doubt about our future capacity
- Opinion · Aug 9, 2011HHS Contraception Mandate Tramples Conscience
vast majority of American women use contraceptives during their reproductive years. So what’s wrong with the new HHS regulations that require insurers to cover the costs of contraceptives, emergency … pocket cost to women? Three things, for starters: the regulations deny consumers the right to choose the kinds of coverage and preventive care for which they are willing
- Opinion · Aug 9, 2011America Downgraded!
entitlement,” “spreading the wealth around” and “fairness.” Instead of promoting people who have made right decisions that have allowed them to be self-sustaining and contribute to the nation … rating would be downgraded. Like so many other forecasts by this administration, he was wrong. Ric Edelman, chairman & CEO of Edelman Financial Services, rated by Barron’s as America
- Opinion · Aug 3, 2011Balancing the Budget
constituency for its own perpetuation. ... Weaning people off, that is very difficult.” He’s right. When politicians make little cuts in the rate of spending growth, every interest group mobilizes … recovered. The alarmists screamed that the fight over the debt ceiling would discourage lenders. Wrong. Ten-year Treasury bonds sold for a measly 3 percent interest (versus 15 percent
- Opinion · Aug 2, 2011The Reluctant Presidential Candidate
make a political difference, mentioning the revival of the 10th Amendment, which guarantees states’ rights, as the way to reduce encroaching federal power: “America is not going to move forward … jobs.” Supreme Court justices are Perry’s preferred way for re-routing the wrong direction he sees the country taking under President Obama. As president, he promises to name “strict
- Opinion · Jul 29, 2011The Debt Ceiling and 2012
anything that wasn’t famous?) declared that he would always support the most right-leaning candidate who could win . Similarly, we should support those policies and tactics (not a dirty … compliant press will use every opportunity to attribute anything that goes wrong in American life from now until November 2012 to Republican intransigence on the debt ceiling
- Opinion · Jul 28, 2011Ideals Versus Realities
disruption and spare the Republicans from losing the 2012 elections by being blamed -- rightly or wrongly -- for the disruptions. Is the Boehner legislation the best legislation possible? Of course … British military force bent on annihilating Washington’s troops. Later, when the conditions were right for attack, General Washington attacked. But he would have had nothing to attack with