From the land of stupidity (also known as Washington, D.C.) comes this from pundit Kathleen Parker: If Bill Clinton was our first black president, as Toni Morrison once proclaimed, then Barack Obama may be our first woman president. Her argument? President Obama uses a lot of passive-voice constructions and likes to talk but not act, which is feminine; therefore, President… Read more →
I’m turning into a video-clip blogger. But I really can’t resist this one, because it not only comes from Wisconsin (where I grew up) but includes Veep Joe Biden honestly describing how Democrats seem to feel about taxes. http://www.youtube.com/v/NO13_tJ6x44&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 We’ll let the exchange speak for itself: After Biden gets his custard, he asks the store manager how much he owes… Read more →
I’m turning into a video-clip blogger. But I really can’t resist this one, because it not only comes from Wisconsin (where I grew up) but includes Veep Joe Biden honestly describing how Democrats seem to feel about taxes. We’ll let the exchange speak for itself: After Biden gets his custard, he asks the store manager how much he owes him…. Read more →
AEI’s vice president, Henry Olsen, has an excellent new article out in Foreign Affairs. It’s long, but the detail is necessary and worth reading. It puts the current Tea Party fervor in the context of American and international populism, explaining why American populism and democracy has so far been different, not leading to dictatorship or Communism, and attempting to draw… Read more →
AEI’s vice president, Henry Olsen, has an excellent new article out in Foreign Affairs. It’s long, but the detail is necessary and worth reading. It puts the current Tea Party fervor in the context of American and international populism, explaining why American populism and democracy has so far been different, not leading to dictatorship or Communism, and attempting to draw… Read more →
AEI had an excellent panel discussion here two days ago; I remained stuck to my desk at work that day, but just finished listening to the new video and highly recommend it. Panelists Jonah Goldberg, Kristen Soltis (pollster), David Weigel (Washington Post), and Ross Douthat (New York Times columnist) interacted with a highly engaged audience including writers for The Economist… Read more →
AEI had an excellent panel discussion here two days ago; I remained stuck to my desk at work that day, but just finished listening to the new video and highly recommend it. Panelists Jonah Goldberg, Kristen Soltis (pollster), David Weigel (Washington Post), and Ross Douthat (New York Times columnist) interacted with a highly engaged audience including writers for The Economist… Read more →
If you haven’t already seen this on RealClearPolitics, you must at least read this excerpt. {Laura Wellington’s] daughter came home from school with instructions to “accomplish chores around the house with the goal of being paid by me for those chores the sum of $20,” Wellington wrote on her blog. “She would then have to hand the full $20 over… Read more →
If you haven’t already seen this on RealClearPolitics, you must at least read this excerpt. {Laura Wellington’s] daughter came home from school with instructions to “accomplish chores around the house with the goal of being paid by me for those chores the sum of $20,” Wellington wrote on her blog. “She would then have to hand the full $20 over… Read more →
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is just plain awesome. Here’s some context, but really you just want to play this clip and get happy. Gov Christie calls S-L columnist thin-skinned for inquiring about his ‘confrontational tone’ “[Politicians] make you wonder so they’ve got an escape hatch. And I’m not interested in escape hatch. I came here to govern, not to… Read more →
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