Archive → February, 2009
Conservatism Speaks at CPAC
I wondered what Conservatism (incarnated as a principle or an ideal) would want to say to the members of CPAC.
The Difference Between Change and Reform
Did you notice that when Gov. Sarah Palin was campaigning for vice-president she talked about “reform?” Candidate Obama campaigned on a different theme, “Change We Can Believe In.”
What I Learned at Duke University’s ‘Gaza Teach-In’
I attended a "teach-in" about Israeli-Palestinian relations at Duke University the other night. Part of my job is to attend college lectures and report on them, in order to provide the public with some idea of who is being invited…
Superficially Wise (But Actually Foolish) Sayings of Smart People (A Contest)
Apparent expressions of great wisdom can prove lacking.
The Obama Steamroller: Is Resistance Futile?
The political reality at the moment is that whatever will be proposed by the Obama administration or Congress in the next two years, it will pass.
Carbon Regulation: One Scientist’s Unscientific Dream?
A look into the process by which supposedly scientific conclusions were drawn about carbon dioxide as a pollutant. It’s not pretty.
Obama’s Busted Budget
When do deficits go below 3% of GDP in President Obama’s projections? Basically, never.
Mubarak is the Only One Who Got it Right
It’s been four weeks since I’ve been home from Israel and the fighting in Gaza. Three weeks since I turned in my helmet, body amour and M-16
How He Did It: A Diagrammatic Analysis of the Obama Campaign
Like the spear-carrying soldiers of Ethiopia, overwhelmed by Mussolini’s tanks and poison gas in 1936, the Republicans simply don’t know what hit them in last year’s election.
Where Have You Gone, Bill Casey?
What if America played the war on terror to win?