Government | The biggest push to expand government from any administration since
the 1960s is alternately unraveling in scandal and flying out of
the grip of its makers. A $787 billion stimulus effort got diverted
into projects…
Politics |
The IRS has “apologized” to the Tea Party and other conservative
groups for “overzealous audits.” Between 2010, the year of
President Barack Obama’s…
Government |
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is proposing to raise
the minimum age for buying cigarettes in the city to 21. Perhaps it
is her way of saying…
Religion |
The politico-religious conflict once again came crashing onto our
shores when two naturalized Americans from the Muslim Caucasus
region of Russia allegedly…
Boston Bombings |
“Being losers, hatred to those who were able to settle themselves.”
This is the only reason the uncle of the two Boston Marathon bomber
suspects, Tamerlan…
Government |
Melissa Harris-Perry, a political scientist at Tulane University
and an MSNBC talk show host, has ignited conservative rage with one
of the network’s…
Business |
Sheep need a shepherd, and even a group of the brightest and most
virtuous people needs good leadership to move the use of their
talents toward a constructive…
Government |
Last week, I offered a conservative argument for why state and
local governments have the right to stick their noses in our soda
cups (as it were). In his now…
Government |
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at it again. Having banned
smoking in public parks and trans fats in restaurant cooking oils,
restricted the salt in…
Compassion |
James wrote, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the
Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction,
and to keep oneself…
Government |
Someone once asked, “If no one likes traffic jams, why do we still
have them?” It’s actually a good question. (The answer is in game
theory.) But when…
Politics |
This week we saw the gears of our public life come grinding to a
halt once again. We went from ceiling to cliff to sequestermageddon
to another ceiling, then…
