The Washington Post has changed the headline on their North Korea story today from “North Korean Nuclear Test A Growing Possibility” to “North Korean Missile Test a Growing Possibility.” At least they didn’t adopt the official North Korea government line and call it a civilian satellite test. But the rest of the WaPo story remains [...]
Archive for March, 2009
27 Mar
American Mob Rule
In the last three months, we’ve been reduced to something like the ancient Athenian mob — with opportunistic politicians sometimes inciting, sometimes catering to an already angry public. The Greek comic playwright Aristophanes once described how screaming politicians — posing as men of the people — would sway Athenian citizens by offering them all sort [...]
27 Mar
The Very Real North Korea Nuclear Missile Threat
The Washington Post has changed the headline on their North Korea story today from “North Korean Nuclear Test A Growing Possibility” to “North Korean Missile Test a Growing Possibility.” At least they didn’t adopt the official North Korea government line and call it a civilian satellite test. But the rest of the WaPo story remains [...]
27 Mar
Imagine if ‘President McCain’ Joked About the Special Olympics
President Barack Obama, in an appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, made a self-deprecating but ill-advised joke, in which he referred to the Special Olympics. He quickly apologized. Crisis averted. Fair enough. But the real story is the media double standard: Imagine the uproar if a President John McCain made the Special Olympics [...]
27 Mar
An Energy Plan with More Energy, Lower Prices
Republican leaders released their budget alternative yesterday, and it came under much criticism since it failed to include any hard numbers. On the bright side, though, the Republicans’ energy budget proposal doesn’t require much funding. The difference between the budgets is quite simple. Although both parties want to keep energy prices low, they have a [...]
27 Mar
Obama Chooses Winning Strategy for Afghanistan
The long-awaited new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan that President Barack Obama unveiled this morning is the clearest signal yet that the Obama Administration intends to dedicate the time, resources, and U.S. leadership necessary to stabilize the region and contain the terrorist threat in South Asia. Obama laid out a strong case for the American [...]
27 Mar
Obama’s Doubling of National Debt in Pictures
President Barack Obama <a href=”http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/25/the-ap-fact-checks-obama/ continues to claim that <a href=”http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19124.html his budget would cut the deficit by half by the end of his term. But as Heritage analyst Brian Riedl has pointed out, <a href=”http://conservativemeanderings.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/quick-observations-on-president-obama%E2%80%99s-budget/ given that Obama has already helped quadruple the deficit with his stimulus package, pledging to halve it by 2013 [...]
27 Mar
Serve America, Not the Government
Yesterday the Senate passed the Serve America Act which broadly expanded government “service” programs like AmeriCorps, by over 300%. As we explained last week when the House voted, the legislation dramatically increases federal involvement in the realm of volunteerism, continuing the trend toward an America in which “public service” only means working for the government. [...]
27 Mar
Carpe Crisis
WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, Rahm Emanuel, now the White House chief of staff, famously described the future Obama administration’s philosophy for governing: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do [...]
27 Mar
The New Vigilantes and Their Unaccountable Enablers
If you think there are no consequences to hysterical, anti-corporate grandstanding in Washington, pay attention to what’s happening across the pond: “This is just the beginning.” So warned a public letter signed this week by a vigilante group called “Bank Bosses are Criminals.” The thugs claimed responsibility for vandalizing a former financial executive’s home and [...]
