Year: 2013

A Wall Street friend told me he thinks that the October Bureau of Labor Statistics report’s deceptions are so great that Disneyland must have written it. For the umpteenth straight month, the mainstream media cherry-picked the handful of positive statistics but buried profoundly troubling data. According to the BLS employers’ survey, the one you read […]

The world spins, the seasons change, someone breaks a sweat in November — and the next thing we know, liberals find another excuse to grow the government. This time it’s about climate change; you know… that thing that’s been happening four times per year since the dawn of creation, with rainy springs, hot summers, dry […]

We learned a few interesting things from President Barack Obama’s rambling, analogy-filled news conference Thursday. We learned that there was a fumble. We learned that technology is hard. In fact, the president went on for an extended period of time explaining government’s historical struggles with IT issues. Considering that the entire backbone of the law […]

The silence is deafening. A depraved photographer accused of abusing and exploiting young models enjoys access to the entertainment industry’s hottest female stars, from Rihanna to Lady Gaga to Beyonce to Miley Cyrus. He counts “progressive” feminist celebs among his most intimate friends. He’s even photographed President Obama. But when confronted with his sordid history […]

Watching President Obama’s press conference Thursday, I almost started humming the old ditty the “Farmer in the Dell” because all I could think was: “The cheese stands alone.” The president did his level best to explain that he was as in the dark as anybody about the problems with his signature legislation. He explained that […]

President Obama’s program of misleading the American people continued today when he proposed allowing insurance companies to rescind cancellations of insurance policies for a year. His proposal is a way to have his cake and eat it, too. By leaving it up to the insurance companies to decide on whether or not to cancel, he […]

I don’t know how President Obama could get more surreal. At this point, it’s hard to tell whether he’s more dishonest or delusional. At Obama’s news conference Thursday, CBS’ Major Garrett pressed him, essentially, to admit he’d flagrantly lied when he promised Americans that with the advent of Obamacare, they could keep their health care […]

The World Economic Forum has issued its annual report on the gender gap worldwide, and it has received respectful notice from the usual places (PBS, CNN, The Washington Post). But any report that places the United States below Cuba, the Philippines and South Africa deserves a little skepticism. In fact, the WEF places the U.S. […]

Americans are pragmatic, not ideological. That simple fact explains the growth of federal power following World War II. It also explains why President Obama’s health care law will spur a reversal of that trend. The growth in federal power got started in the New Deal era, but the decisive event took place on the morning […]