Why McCain Should Lose
The moment John McCain signed off on the Wall Street bailout bill, I knew exactly what I was going to be hearing about from that day forward: William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and Barack Obama—not because their ...
The moment John McCain signed off on the Wall Street bailout bill, I knew exactly what I was going to be hearing about from that day forward: William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and Barack Obama—not because their ...
I like the title of the new anti-Giuliani website put up by the International Union of Fire-fighters: Rudy Giuliani, Urban Legend. Here is Rudy going around the country, posturing as “America’s Mayor” and ...
The majority of the American people oppose bailing out the Bit Three automakers at a clip of 61 to 36, and it was thus perfectly sensible for Senate Republicans to reject the $14 billion "rescue" bill that was ...
When traditional conservatives, liberals and others argue that America's hyper-interventionist foreign policy is the cause of many of our problems, that we would like to see the U.S. do less around the world is called ...
“British jobs for British workers!” thundered Gordon Brown, as he emerged from the shadow of Tony Blair to become prime minister. His populist sloganeering has now come back to bite him. Across Britain, ...
Just a note of cautionary darkness, there, listeners. I didn't mean to spoil your ...
He might not want to say it out loud, but Barack Obama senses, no doubt, that this past weekend's financial meltdown will do much to boost his slumping electoral prospects. According to Democratic lore, financial woes make ...
I had to laugh out loud when I read this on LRC: “Boston Herald: Ron Paul Is ‘Genuine and Optimistic’ “Posted by Lew Rockwell at July 9, 2007 12:40 PM “Unlike Thompson the thespian and Romney ...
Well, not exactly, but I am very happy to report that Daniel McCarthy has become the chief writer on the "The Daily Dose," the Ron Paul campaign's new official blog. McCarthy has contributed multiple times to this ...
The recent decision by the Catholic bishops of Connecticut to allow Catholic hospitals in the state to administer the “morning after pill” to rape victims has, quite rightly, been criticized by pro-lifers. ...
There is nearly universal agreement that the opening salvo of the Obama Administration’s campaign to restore health to the financial system, delivered this week by new Treasury Secretary Geithner, fell with a loud and ...
On the eve of the New Year, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, charged with conspiring to sell the Senate seat of Barack Obama, put the ball back squarely in the court of a Democratic Party that had disowned him. Blago named Roland ...
Neoconservatives afraid that a President Obama might even partially live up his promise to remove troops from Iraq have been warming up to the new administration and hedging their bets where they can. Not since Operation ...
When Republican delegate Cyndi Mosteller was asked why Joe Lieberman was speaking at the Republican Convention, she answered, "Because he understands the importance of 9/11. This is a big-tent party." But apparently ...
The Real Rudy In his New York Times column (November 23, 2007), "conservative" commentator David Brooks complains that his favorite political figure has gone over to the dark forces of the "anti-immigrant ...
Yes, there is dissent over at National Review, a few burning embers of the original faith are still smoldering, notably the sparks given off by John Derbyshire, and, also, another Brit, Andrew Stuttaford—here‘s ...
Talk show host and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh recently ignited a firestorm of criticism for expressing his desire that Barack Obama should fail. Democrats, and even some Republicans, suggested that he had put aside his ...
For all those career criminals out there, oppressed by a legal system stacked against them, who hope against hope that the justice of their cause will some day be recognized, the President’s commutation of Scooter ...
Was race a factor in the decision of Colin Powell to repudiate his party’s nominee and friend of 25 years, Sen. John McCain, two weeks before Election Day, and to endorse Barack Obama? Gen. Powell does not ...
Having forced myself to watch the most recent display of Republican presidential intelligence in Columbia, South Carolina on May 15, I came away with impressions that clearly jar with those of the authorized FOX ...
Although I am second to none in my admiration for Marcus Epstein as a critic of the Left and of the continuing neocon nuisance, I feel constrained as a Europeanist to point out a few of his misleading statements about the ...
With his public approval where Harry Truman’s stood when he left office, George W. Bush gave his last press conference yesterday. And like that predecessor he often identifies with, Bush showed a Trumanesque ...
On Sept. 30, 1938, 70 years ago, Neville Chamberlain visited Adolf Hitler’s apartment in Munich, got his signature on a three-sentence declaration and flew home to Heston Aerodrome. “I’ve got it,” ...
On the Commentary blog, our good friend James Kirchick warns of race baiting at the upcoming UN-sponsored "Durban II" conference. He also presents us with a broader critique of the tendency of gatherings dedicated ...
