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- Opinion · Jan 22, 2010VH1 on Virginity: Cynicism and Censorship
best left to the rest of the entertainment universe. And somehow, there’s something ... wrong ... with that? VH1’s designated experts on virginity included Jessica Valenti, the feminist author … Graham. “It was clear that they were looking for a caricature of an ultra-right-wing evangelical, not a three-dimensional woman who had discovered a happier lifestyle choice.” Eden
- Opinion · Jan 22, 2010Feeling the Heat, Obama Pours Kool-Aid
State Gotterdammerung and his first year in office. In short: I did nothing wrong. Well, with one caveat: “... one thing I regret this year is that we were so busy … Obama says he’s gotten all of the policies exactly right. Whenever Stephanopoulos asked him whether he did anything wrong, Obama responded that he had no choice but to tackle
- Opinion · Jan 21, 2010The Lost Liberals
help for Democratic candidates in the recent elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Right now, Obama’s presidency is a failed presidency. Nowhere in the mainstream media is that reported … foreign soil, and he has done so repeatedly. Most probably the president sees nothing wrong with this sort of diminishment of his country. Most probably the Democratic leadership sees nothing
- Opinion · Jan 20, 2010Tax Questions: Tough Call
expensive mistake. They’re right to worry. Even if they can get through to the IRS for help, taxpayers are often steered wrong. For example, a 2004 Treasury report found
- Opinion · Jan 20, 2010Who Needs Energy Independence?
here at home? We have such fuels,” Gore says. “In fact, we can start right now using solar power, wind power and geothermal power to make electricity for our homes … Maybe Fox will let me break a window to make the point. Pickens is wrong. We don’t need government to choose which fuels to subsidize. The free market
- Opinion · Jan 20, 2010Are Republicans ‘Due’?: Part II
raise those awkward questions, and don’t take the trouble to explain what is wrong with government playing Santa Claus, then the Democrats can soar on a cloud of euphoria … many Republicans act as if they have to apologize for their party’s civil rights record-- which is in fact better than that of the Democrats. A higher percentage
- Opinion · Jan 19, 2010A Cadillac Exemption From a Cadillac Tax From an Edsel Administration
only liberals are allowed to do in this country. Don’t get me wrong; I’m no scold when it comes to the church-state separation mania, which I think … will be a victory not for Democrats,” he said. (He’s got that one right.) “This’ll be a victory for the United States of America.” (Yes, once
- Opinion · Jan 19, 2010How about Finding the Haystack?
collared in Detroit. Immediately, this non-U.S. citizen, this jihadist was given Miranda rights and treated as a common criminal. Back to the future, back to September 10th … leaders of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Okay, this one Bush policy was wrong. We know that now. So is Brennan reassuring us that the Obama administration has learned
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2010One Year Out: The Fall
WASHINGTON -- What went wrong? A year ago, he was king of the world. Now President Obama’s approval rating, according to CBS, has dropped to 46 percent -- and his disapproval … dictated by government regulators. The public option was a sideshow. As many on the right have long been arguing, and as the more astute on the left (such
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2010Dems Feeling Heat Over Kennedy Seat
climate, you see, the horrible, horrible climate! Democrats didn’t do anything wrong! Except they did. The Democrats’ “bad climate” is a direct result of how they’ve governed … people. But Coakley attacks his fundraising as the tainted lucre of right-wing ogres lurking under America’s bridges (bridges no doubt paid for with stimulus dollars), while she shakes
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2010Best Medicine To Prevent Another Recession
right direction, those numbers have declined significantly from the spring. A recent poll by the National Journal shows 55 percent of Americans believe that things are going the wrong … force down the American public’s throat is the wrong medicine at the wrong time. Instead of meeting in secret and securing necessary votes by bribing members of Congress
- Opinion · Jan 14, 2010Harry Reid Apologizes to Blacks for ... What?
wanted to have one.” Egad! Faster than you could say “Tawana Brawley,” “civil rights leader” Al Sharpton popped up on Fox News Channel to pronounce himself “offended” but willing … continued. OK. But what exactly, asked the reporters, was he apologizing for? Is it wrong to say blacks run fast? “I don’t think there is anything wrong with that
- Opinion · Jan 14, 2010Harry Reid’s Racial Imbroglio
think you’ve heard these same excuses before, you’re right,” Reid said. “When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels
- Opinion · Jan 13, 2010Reject Politically Correct ‘Educated Class’
British Independent columnist Johann Hari; “Why Fears of a Muslim Takeover Are All Wrong” in Newsweek by William Underhill; “Eurabian Follies” in Foreign Policy magazine by former French Foreign Ministry … American newspapers and most European newspapers from exercising their free speech and press right to publish the Danish cartoon. In fact, just a few weeks ago, the cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard
- Opinion · Jan 13, 2010God to Palin: ‘You Go, Girl’
those benighted morons of the religious right who truly threaten the media elites. The right’s suggestion that God stands behind the vast flow of history scares the living daylights … brilliant men and women of the alphabet networks. If the media elites are wrong -- if God is indeed a driving factor in history -- then things
- Opinion · Jan 13, 2010Roeder’s Rescue
killing abortionists wrong? Scott Roeder, whose trial begins this week in Wichita, Kan., wanted to argue that killing the abortion doctor George Tiller was necessary to prevent a greater evil … surprising that so many people who proclaim that fetuses have a right to life reject Roeder’s argument out of hand. Killing abortionists may or may not be a good
- Opinion · Jan 12, 2010Your Negro, My Macaca
feigned shock and outrage lead to fawning apologies and bumbling explanations to all the wrong people. Taking offense has been reduced to low comedy in America -- as hypocrites play … Reid gets a pass because he “has earned it with long support of civil rights and … issues that matter most to African-Americans.” President Obama applied the same standard, accepting
- Opinion · Jan 12, 2010The British (Elections) are Coming
problem here -- as in the United States -- is that politicians begin with the wrong premise. They believe government is better able to take care of us than … nothing to teach us moderns. The result is that politicians on the Left and Right argue not over the principle of self-reliance, but rather about the growth rate
- Opinion · Jan 12, 2010How Harry Got His Groove Back
snip Obama’s privates. Two worse examples: California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante used the wrong n-word at a Black History Month event in 2001. Nonetheless, the Democrat … word to refer to whites without becoming the focus of a civil rights campaign to defeat him. I won’t whine that it’s not fair that Democrats
- Opinion · Jan 10, 2010Obama at War with al-Qaida
radicalization. On Thursday, however, Obama hit the right note. In releasing a swift review of what went wrong and suggesting corrective actions, Obama did something President George W. Bush usually … next, er, victim might or might not survive attacks from the left and right. In the meantime, Obama has shown himself willing to swing with the pendulum on the issue