By Alan Caruba ~ Am I the only one who thinks that speculations and predictions about whether Hillary Clinton will run for the presidency in 2016 are premature? A nation that had eight years of the Bill Clinton administration, her years (2001-2009) being a Senator from New York, and four years of her serving as […]
By Tom Blumer ~ Just before Thanksgiving, the leftist think tank Demos issued a report by its own Catherine Ruetschlin advocating a $12 an hour minimum wage (stated as $25,000 per year by her) for those who work full-time in retail. What’s interesting about Ruetschlin’s suggestion is that there is a retailer out there which […]
By Star Parker ~ Does anybody really think we can change big government without talking about the human attitudes and values that produced it? Here’s an excerpt from a letter I received the other day from a college professor: “Throughout this election I discussed with students the differences between ideologies. The majority of them are […]
By Alan Caruba ~ It has long been a tradition in American politics to speak of voting blocs, but in an era of 24/7 news and instant communications, that may be less likely as an indicator of who votes for who. For example, The Jewish Press, the largest orthodox Jewish weekly, came out with a […]
By Frank Salvato ~ The uproar over the “chains” comment made by Vice President Joe Biden continues, and rightly so. The comment Mr. Biden made while addressing a predominantly Black audience at a campaign rally in Danville, VA – a town on the border of swing states Virginia and North Carolina – was not only […]
By Alan Caruba ~ Does the Democratic Party have a death wish? It continues to display a suicidal desire to offend the delegates to its forthcoming convention and the rest of the voters. In recent days we learned that it is contemplating a platform plank that would endorse same-sex marriage, something that its core African-American […]
By Alan Caruba ~ The political pundits all agree that the November elections will be all about the economy. I suspect that most Americans draw their conclusions about the economy from empirical observations such as whether they or someone they know is out of work, whether shops in their communities are closing, and the price […]
By Michelle Malkin ~ The authenticity of conservative women has always been under attack by radical orthodox feminists, but perhaps not as brazenly as by someone with such direct and frequent access to the corridors of the White House message machine as Hilary B. Rosen. The D.C. career lobbyist and Democratic media strategist took to […]
By Alan Caruba Many people make resolutions to start the year, but I think a list of things that must be done to protect and preserve the Republic should be tallied. 1. President Obama must be defeated in 2012 and the obstructionist Democratic Party must lose power in the Senate to ensure both houses of Congress […]
By Mackenzie Eaglen Hoping to reverse the trend of “enormous [defense] cuts” ahead, House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee chairman J. Randy Forbes (R–VA) held a hearing on the state of the military. Testifying before Congress were the vice chiefs of the four services: Army General Peter Chiarelli, Navy Admiral Jonathon Greenert, Marine Corps General Joseph […]
By Salena Zito ST. MICHAEL, Pa. Remarkably, the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club still stands on what once was the shore of Cambria County’s Lake Conemaugh. Built in 1881, the Victorian-style white building trimmed in cheerful red was a social center for many “robber barons” of this nation’s greatest industrial era. Club members stayed […]
By Alan Caruba The term, “magical thinking”, has been around a while to describe what individuals do to cope with the vicissitudes of life. I, for example, regularly buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket in the hope of winning when, logically, rationally, I know the odds are millions to one of that ever happening. Magical […]
By Alan Caruba It’s déjà vu for me as I think back to the last two years of Jimmy Carter as his “progressive” program of “sacrifice” and his impotence in the face of the Iranian hostage taking of U.S. diplomats left him looking weak and overwhelmed by events. George W. Bush did not appear to […]
May 17, 2013 by papundits
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