Dissent isn’t unpatriotic….it’s racist!

Our nation’s leading political expert explains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms45EzMR0f8
Some comments:
1. Olbermann started off that show with yet another string of “tea-bagging” double entendres. The fact that virtually everyone in the left-wing blogosphere (and MSNBC) has been repeating that joke ad nauseum is so juvenile I’m almost embarrassed for them. It might have been sort of funny the first time [...]

The “F” Word (not Fahrvergnügen)

I’m generally not a big fan of using terms like “fascism” to describe modern politics (regardless of party) unless there’s really no other equally effective way to make your point.  The term fascism, especially, is so overused and has so many connotations, that it causes your listener/reader’s hyperbole flag to go up and everything you [...]

Some fun graphics to brighten your day

In the first independent analysis, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that President Obama’s budget would rack up massive deficits even after the economy recovers, forcing the nation to borrow nearly $9.3 trillion over the next decade.

Democrat Economic Illiteracy Example #4972

Here are three very smart economists and our most business-savvy politician explaining why bailing out Detroit is a terrible idea.  It should already be obvious if you understand how markets and competition are actually supposed to work, but read them anyway:
David Yermack
Mitt Romney
Jim Lindgren
Todd Zywicki
Now let’s look at the Democrats’ “solution”. 
Mickey Kaus summarizes it as:
The New Plan? Cripple Honda! [...]

Markets, Morality & Conflation

There’s an interesting discussion going on at the Corner on NRO about the meaning of “free market” and its defense on moral vs. empirical grounds.
You can follow some of it here:
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Over at CATO, Roderick Long, who considers himself a member of the Libertarian Left (a term that always annoys [...]

The Death of the American Idea

I agree with most of what Mark Steyn says in his column today. He manages to express a lot of what I’ve been thinking over the last few days.
I really hope he turns out to be wrong. I hope I’m wrong. Under different circumstances, I would be more optimistic, but the more [...]

Just a few related things to consider before voting today:

http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=6
http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/23856.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121659695380368965.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGU5ZDExYjJkYWUzZTUzNjI4ZjQ4NmZhYWEwNWZkMjU=

Aryans for O

Esquire interviews a few. You might think it’s just a cynical attempt to get people to vote against Obama, but judging by their comments and worldview, it actually makes sense that they would support him.

Sunday School for Socialists

Lately, I’ve heard a lot of lefties on TV and elsewhere trying to argue that the New Testament supports the idea of government-enforced wealth redistribution, a la Obama.  In fact the Voice of the Messiah himself has made that claim (in more general terms) in several of his speeches.  This is certainly not a new idea of course; it’s been [...]

Shame, Cubed

If any of our news organizations had any integrity, this would be headline news.  They don’t, so it won’t.  If you care at all about the Constitution, judicial activism or you understand basic economics, you might want to pop a couple dramamine before clicking that link.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
UPDATE: Ben Johnson nicely highlights the [...]