Media Attacks on Bachmann Migraines a Sign of Growning Desperation
Two developments have intersected in recent weeks to put Minnesota Congresswoman and 2012 presidential candidate Michele Bachmann squarely in the media’s crosshairs. The first is the fact that Sarah...
View ArticleWall Street Journal Urges More Republicans into the Presidential Race
After months in which the shape of the Republican presidential campaign has been amorphous, the events of the past weekend have, at long last, given the GOP contest some definition. Rick Perry is in,...
View ArticleNew York Times Flatters Palin
New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas did today what precious few liberal commentators would: give Sarah Palin a fair hearing. “Confessing” a knee-jerk reaction to Palin that writes-off the...
View ArticleKotkin, Palin, and the Coming Middle Class Revolt
An interesting critique is starting to surface: Big Government and Big Business are conspiring to enrich themselves at the expense of job and wealth creation for the middle and lower classes....
View ArticleLike It or Not, This is Your Presidential Field
I’m in agreement with Quin’s sentiment, expressed below, that the Republican presidential field could have benefited from a few more entrants, especially if it was accompanied by getting rid of some of...
View ArticleGOP Voters Smarter than Kathleen Parker
Washington Post columnist and failed CNN host Kathleen Parker caused a stir this weekend with a piece claiming that the alleged ‘know-nothingness’ of Sarah Palin is infecting Republican primary voters....
View ArticleCan Romney Defend Democratic Capitalism?
I’m glad to see the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page echoing Troy’s advice to Mitt Romney to get out in front of the Bain-bashing and make a full-throated defense of free market capitalism. But as...
View ArticleGood Riddance, Arlen Specter
It’s been a rough re-launch into the public consciousness for former Senator Arlen Specter (R/D-PA) since switching parties and losing the Democratic primary in 2010. While hocking his memoirs during...
View ArticleGOP Establishment About to Take Another Hit in Nebraska?
As the 2012 election cycle has progressed, one of the growing memes on the left has been that the Tea Party has lost a lot of the anti-establishment momentum it had in 2010, when it was responsible for...
View ArticleGovernment Chasing Doctors Out of Practice
Over the weekend a New York Times profile of my (and Ashton’s) hometown of Riverside, California sounded the alarm over the crisis-level shortfalls of doctors practicing in America. For a publication...
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