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 first midterm elections, and 2012, the
year of his…
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…
Government |
A few years ago I received a bill in the mail for running a red
light and thought it was a scam. These people were in Arizona, but
they were fining me for a…
