Author: Gaius

If Obama wins a second term its trajectory is already written in the history of his first: Mr. Obama has governed from the left not because he miscalculated his priorities but because these are his priorities. His first term is best understood as a race to put himself in the pantheon of the great progressive […]

Mark Steyn on the utter failure of big government, Obama-style: If you’re saying, “Whoa, that sounds expensive,” well, our government is more expensive than any government in history — and we have nothing to show for it. Imagine if Obama’s 2009 stimulus had been spent burying every electric pole on the Eastern Seaboard. Instead, just […]

If you are a gun owner, a believer in the Second Amendment, you really, really need to start thinking. Item: Obama telegraphed his support for an “assault weapon” ban in the debates – never mind that assault weapons are already illegal. What he wants to ban are semi-automatic rifles that look something like a real […]

Mark Steyn: On the stump, Obama is a man reborn. At a campaign stop outside Cedar Rapids – in what we expert analysts like to call the critical battleground of the Hawkeye State – the president declared: “I’ve got to tell you, we don’t have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented, […]

– You voted for Hope and Change – and found only Hype and “Chains” – You voted for what you projected onto an empty slate – and found out he was really an empty chair – You voted for a new style of politics – and got a nasty Chicago machine politician – You voted […]

What an absolute fraud. Item: In the wake of Rep. Paul Ryan’s embarrassing soup kitchen photo-op last week, the organization that runs the facility tells The Huffington Post that donors have begun pulling their money out of the Youngstown, Ohio charity. Ryan may have suffered a few late-night jokes, but the fallout for the soup […]

I really want to believe this. However, I refuse to get complacent. Is there a Media Credibility Dayâ„¢ coming? Da Tech Guy* thinks yes: The clock is running down and Far left delusional chimps not withstanding nobody with skin in the game thinks Joe Biden turned this around. So now comes the stories of Romney’s […]

My friend Phineas has a post that you really should go over and read. It is about this video: And Hot Air has still more on the video. This man had a chance to make his American dream come to be. He’s very successful, quite rich by any standard. But he arrived here broke – […]

The folks behind Big Bird and Sesame Street are demanding release of the hostage held by the 0bama campaign. They want Big Bird set free. Sesame Street isn’t amused. Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization that produces and owns the show, issued a statement Tuesday saying “we do not endorse candidates or participate in political […]

Is vastly different that what you read about in the American press or on Facebook or Twitter. Well, in most of the press, that is. There are still a few real reporters out there. Like Salena Zito: : Since boarding a jetliner on Christmas night last year, this reporter has logged more than 8,600 miles in […]