Ask Republican Hawks, How Are You Going to Pay for It?
An almost universal call to restore our supposedly neglected military strongly marked Thursday night's GOP Debate whether indirectly by promising a bigger war on terrorism or straight on by promising...
View ArticleThe Cowards of Congress: Refusing to Discuss President Obama's Budget Proposal
The Republican chairmen of the Congressional budget committees announced that they will not hold hearings on President Barack Obama’s final budget proposal. This is more than yet another eye-rolling...
View ArticleLet's Give Bernie Some Credit!
The way the media – especially, I would suggest, the television networks -- characterize the two major presidential races underway is interesting.On the right, we have Donald Trump, almost literally...
View ArticleWhat Kind of Relationship Can the GOP Have with the Founders if the Founders...
Peter Wehner, a conservative writer at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and occasional contributor to the New York Times, wrote a reasoned and thoughtful assessment of Donald Trump's place in the...
View ArticleDonald Trump: The Crooked King of the Grand Old Party
In an analysis of ancient myths and power, Daniel Ogden, professor of ancient history at University of Exter, suggests that the Greeks represented power in forms of flawed, or even evil, incarnations....
View ArticleIs Trump an "Indelible Stain" or Something Else?
Peter Wehner in Sunday's New York Times says Donald Trump is an " indelible stain" on the Republican Party. This suggests that Trump has left a permanent mark on the party's identity as if he has...
View ArticleLet Me Explain Why "All Lives Matter" Doesn't Work
(Nuts...I see that I published a draft, not a final post here. I’m not sure what the protocols are for something like this. I’ll just leave it. The gist of my idea is ok here.)I am going to explain...
View ArticleRoss Douthat Again Gives Us Something to Shrug About
In this Sunday's New York Times, Ross Douthat cautions that Hillary Clinton and the Democrats are taking a big risk by abandoning "the center". He informs us that Hillary Clinton is "running as a...
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