The political retirement of Evan Bayh, at age 54, is being portrayed by various sages as a result of too much partisanship, or the Senate's dysfunction, or even the systemic breakdown of American governance. Most of this is rationalization. The real story, of which Mr. Bayh's frustration is merely the latest sign, is the failure [...]
Evan Bayh Retires – Last Word “Geronimo!”
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Evan Bayh, two-term Democratic Senator from Indiana, has announced he will not seek re-election, citing among other things:
too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving [in Congress]
In a related story, Vince McMahon will soon announce his resignation as chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment citing mounting evidence that “some of the action is rehearsed.”
It is [...]
The Buffalo Interfaith Bluff
February 8, 2010 By 20 Comments
How the Jews taking part in Buffalo “interfaith efforts” were so easily bamboozled.
Great Scott!
January 27, 2010 By 3 Comments
Scott Brown’s stunning Senate victory proves that the people are not powerless against bad policies.
The Message of Massachusetts – WSJ.com
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Whether or not Republican Scott Brown wins today in Massachusetts, the special Senate election has already shaken up American politics. The close race to replace Ted Kennedy, liberalism’s patron saint, shows that voters are rebelling even in the bluest of states against the last year’s unbridled pursuit of partisan liberal governance. Tomorrow marks the anniversary [...]
The man behind RedState.com shakes up the Republican Party – St. Petersburg Times
January 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
MACON, Ga. — Between pecks at his laptop, Macon City Council member Erick Erickson ticked off some of his goals for the new year: • Beating Gov. Charlie Crist and electing Marco Rubio as Florida’s junior senator. • “Taking out” Republican Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah because he’s a centrist. • Ensuring the Republican establishment [...]
From the Pen of David Horowitz: December 7, 2009
December 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In the aftermath of the Communist collapse, the totalitarian danger is so remote that the normal tendency would be to discount it. But to do so would be to ignore the immediate threat inherent in the assault. It is very possible to destroy the foundations of social trust without establishing a social alternative, and it [...]
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