David Harsanyi and the Urge to Regulate
“For some people, the urge to regulate is as strong as the urge to copulate.” That is the commented I posted in response to a David Harsanyi article at the Denver Post: Who is David Harsanyi? I never...
View ArticleRise above partisanship? Yuck.
The following is what I wrote in response to the Battle Creek Enquirer article, “State to hear B.C.’s voice : Forum gives area residents a say in Michigan’s future.” I was especially responding to the...
View ArticleHow to be an agnostic
President Obama says he is agnostic about keeping his campaign promises. That’s OK. I’ve been atheistic about him for a long time. But here are some conditions before we even think about increasing...
View ArticleRemember to celebrate Newburgh Day on the Ides of March
I was pleased to see John Willson talking up George Washington’s reaction to the Newburgh Conspiracy over at Front Porch Republic. It’s a fitting topic to think about on President’s Day. My response is...
View ArticleLimit this corporation’s campaign spending, too
My comment on an article at the WSJ titled, “The ACLU Approves Limits on Speech.” If there are such limits [on corporate campaign contributions], then congressional earmarks need to count as corporate...
View ArticleWanted: Superman to operate Leviathan
The Weekly Standard had a little too much fun with Todd Purdum’s lame defense of President Obama in Vanity Fair. Not that there is anything wrong with Obama-bashing per se, but sometimes it causes the...
View ArticleThe love of learning
A couple of items in today’s news show that the love of learning has not completely disappeared in today’s society: 1. Vladimir Putin’s police conducted a raid on the offices of the New Times, an...
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Really?? No substitute for power?
The latest issue of The Weekly Standard just arrived. It reminds me of the article in today’s WSJ, Forced into Medicare : A federal judge tells seniors to take it or lose Social Security. That...
View ArticleBad guys
My comment in response to Don Boudreaux’s article at The Freeman, “Stop the Bad Guys.” “Excellent. I have for some time been saying the hubris of Obamacare’s invasion of our health care system is...
View ArticleIs China more democratic than Russia? | openDemocracy
Those of my fellow conservatives who think winning elections will fix things should read this article by Ivan Krastev, and ponder. The nature of any political regime for self-correction is its major...
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