Year: 2013

Not every bad thing that happens to us is bad, long term. I’ve learned it well; some of life’s biggest blessings arrive unexpectedly, wrapped in the most unsightly dressings. It’s as if the alchemy happens in the waiting. And so it may be for the GOP, as they now get to witness certain Democrats, who […]

Where are Americans moving, and why? Timothy Noah, writing in the Washington Monthly, professes to be puzzled. He points out that people have been moving out of states with high per capita incomes — Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland — to states with lower income levels. “Why are Americans by and large moving away from […]

It seems every major scandal, abuse of power, and spectacular failure in President Barack Obama’s administration happens, we’re told, without the president’s knowledge. When Lois Lerner first confessed to improperly targeting tea party groups via a planted question at a conference, she blamed it on “rogue agents” in Cincinnati. We later found out that Lerner […]

You can’t keep your insurance if you like it under Obamacare, because you’re too ignorant to understand what’s good for you. That’s the argument we’ve been hearing from a lot of folks on the left — an argument that pivots from “common good” to soft authoritarianism. President Barack Obama is all in, as well, claiming […]

While her husband’s signature health care law goes up in flames, first lady Michelle Obama is reveling in the success of her East Wing pet project, the “Let’s Move” initiative. But ignore the do-gooder dressing. Mrs. Obama doesn’t care about your children. What we have here is a textbook case of Washington influence peddling, which […]

Often in error but never in doubt, Barack Obama could walk into the Rose Garden and step on a half-dozen rakes like Foghorn Leghorn in an old Looney Tunes cartoon, and the official line would be, “He meant to do that.” And the amazing thing is that so many people believe it. “Mr. Obama is […]

I just don’t understand it. Everywhere we turn, we conservatives are told we need to moderate, be less extreme, be more bipartisan. The public just wants us all to get along and solve our major problems together. Democratic politicians and the liberal media harp on the alleged extremism of mainstream conservatism, the tea party, Sen. […]

When New York City’s strikingly successful police commissioner, Raymond Kelly, arrived to address students at Brown University, he was harassed, booed and heckled for 30 long minutes. “Racism is not for debate,” they shouted. A university official pleaded with the goons, er, students to permit Kelly to speak, reminding them that they would be free […]

Many news stories have noted the importance of getting young, healthy people to sign up for insurance on the exchanges created by President Obama’s health care law. The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein reported that the White House considers this the single most important factor in making the law work. Klein is a huge fan of […]

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which is legally challenging ObamaCare, said the testimony by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius before a House Committee will not reassure the American people about ObamaCare. “Secretary Sebelius failed to provide any reason why the American people should have confidence in ObamaCare and a website that failed to […]