Those Who Support Jokerkare Do So Because They Do Not Pay Taxes


So Ben Stein told Wolf Blitzer on the Situation Room today.  And so it was with public education, Medikare, Medikaid, Social Security, and every other federal entitlement program once upon a time.

He’s right.  Socialized medicine seems to be supported almost exclusively by those who believe that those who are more successful than they are owe [...]

Max Blumenthal: Only Stupid, Racist People Oppose Obama


As left-wing character assassin Max Blumenthal sees it, anyone who dares to oppose President Obama’s radical socialist agenda is a racist idiot.
This thread runs through much of the make-believe journalist’s work.
Take a look at a video, “The Unauthorized 9.12 Teabagger Tour,” (screen grab from the video is above) that he made of the 9/12 tea [...]

Paul Ryan’s Express – The Weekly Standard


Representative Paul Ryan’s 40th birthday coincided with the House GOP retreat in Baltimore on January 29. Ryan’s wife and three children joined him for the event. President Obama was also there, at the invitation of the House Republican leadership, to deliver remarks and answer questions from selected members. And he had a surprise in store [...]

Paul D. Ryan: A GOP Road Map for America’s Future – WSJ.com


In tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama will declare a new found commitment to “fiscal responsibility” to cover the huge spending and debt he and congressional Democrats have run up in his first year in office. But next Monday, when he submits his actual budget, I fear it will rely on gimmickry, commissions, [...]

Remembering South Vietnam with an Ecumenical Christmas Card – by Mark D. Tooley


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Is the religious Left trying to atone for its sin of supporting communist tyranny?

The Welfare State and Military Power – WSJ.com


For our money, one of the better parts of President Obama’s speech at West Point this week was his connection between a healthy economy and U.S. national security. To quote: “Our prosperity provides a foundation for our power. It pays for our military. It underwrites our diplomacy.” We only wish Mr. Obama understood the link [...]

From the Pen of David Horowitz: October 30, 2009


In the Sixties, Cloward and Piven had practically invented the strategy of exploiting black rage to advance the cause of “social justice.” Their formula even bore their names: the Cloward-Piven strategy.On August 11, 1965, the black district of Watts in Los Angeles exploded in violence when police used batons to subdue a man suspected of [...]