In politics, there are generally two dominant sides of the political equation: left vs. right. In order to better understand these opposing factions, it would be instructive to define some of the objectives for each side.  We can accomplish this by dividing the goals each group envisions for America into two separate lists: LEFT: A financially more equal America A politically more democratic A... [More]

“I think that there are a whole host of Republicans, and certainly independents, who have lost trust in their government, who don’t believe anybody is listening to them, who are staggering under rising costs of health care, college education, don’t believe what politicians say. And we can draw those independents and some Republicans into a working coalition, a working majority fo... [More]

“‘But how can you control matter?’ he burst out. ‘You don’t even control the climate or the law of gravity. And there are disease, pain, death -’ O’Brien silenced him by a movement of his hand. ‘We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull. You will learn by degrees, Winston. There is nothing that we could not do. In... [More]

One year later “In short, Washington spent nearly $3 billion to raise the price of mobility for drivers on a budget.” A year later: Cash for Clunkers is even dumber than our wildest imagination could have predicted. Basically, the program took money from a deeply indebted government in a tight credit market in the middle of a severe recession and funneled it to wealthy people who wer... [More]

Threatening words “If we don’t do this right, anger will explode in the Muslim world,” said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” “It could become something very dangerous indeed.” You know what? That’s a threat. When are we going to start calling these things out for what they are? Americans should have had just about enough of... [More]

This is an excellent column by Thomas Sowell. He hits two prevalent conventional wisdom myths. First: “No president of the United States can create either a budget deficit or a budget surplus. All spending bills originate in the House of Representatives and all taxes are voted into law by Congress. It seems as though almost everyone is guilty of this misconception at one point or another &... [More]

Awesome. “Teamsters Union 988 is holding the grand opening this weekend for its new union hall, which is expected to feature Teamsters President James P. Hoffa. But it has become a sour moment for other labor leaders because the Teamsters didn’t use union construction workers. They were told by the Teamsters that union contractors cost too much.” Lets us pause on this gorgeous la... [More]

Exactly “Mead, who says that he is a skeptic about climate policy rather than climate science…” This is the best articulation of the position that most of the reasonable skeptics have been trying to articulate since global warming became an issue. It’s not the science that most of us object to, it’s the policy derived from and driving the conclusions to that science.

Considering the previous post, there’s another point that should be made. The birther thing and the Muslim thing – as kooky as they are – are conceivable. They could happen in the real world. Sure it’s a stretch to imagine a sitting president successfully hiding this information from the entire world given the vast array of people who would like nothing better than to se... [More]

YAWN Yet it’s one thing not to encourage a rumor and quite another actively to defend Obama. So far, no Republican has offered a full-throated defense of Obama against the Muslim rumors. Republican leaders simply see no political advantage in an issue that may be helping them to undermine Obama and the Democrats ahead of a crucial election. That’s especially the case now, when a signif... [More]