It takes a lot of character to defy your critics by walking into their midst. A good way to handle mockery is to play along, fighting humor with humor. That’s what Sarah Palin did in appearing on “Saturday Night Live.” She acquitted herself well in
It takes a lot of character to defy your critics by walking into their midst. A good way to handle mockery is to play along, fighting humor with humor. That’s what Sarah Palin did in appearing on “Saturday Night Live.” She acquitted herself well in
So it’s the Tampa Rays vs. the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. I think the former bottom-dwelling team from Florida changed their fortunes when they dropped “Devil” from their name. The shift in imagery from a repellant sea creature to Florida sunshine was propitious;
Robert George is one of the giants of contemporary thought, an ethicist and political theorist at Princeton who is always worth listening to. In this article, he shows that while some people might be considered “pro-choice,” Barack Obama is actually “pro-abortion” and to an extent
The floor is open for consideration of alternative candidates to the big two. Some of you have mentioned how you are voting for Mr. Barr or Mr. Baldwin. I believe there are other candidates besides them, not just third party but fourth and fifth and
Both John McCain and Barack Obama attended the Al Smith dinner, a traditional gathering of mostly New York Democrats devoted mainly to humor. Both candidates gave funny, self-deprecating speeches. A sample: “This is a very distinguished and influential audience and as good a place as
From Obama’s 95% Illusion:It depends on what the meaning of ‘tax cut’ is: Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand no fewer than seven [tax] credits for individuals: A $500 tax credit ($1,000 a couple) to “make work pay” that phases out at income
The International Herald Tribune explains to the world that the U.S. has history of intervention, including nationalizing companies. The article notes that whereas the term “nationalizing” is OK to use in Europe, we aren’t supposed to use that word in Americca: In other countries, the
My colleague Mark Mitchell, a government professor at Patrick Henry College and currently a visiting scholar at Princeton, has written a penetrating and morally challenging essay on the economic crisis and the bailout. Read it at the website of the Center for a Just Society.
I think John McCain did MUCH, MUCH better in this debate. Finally, he distinguished himself from the man whom he continually vexed for eight years: “Sen. Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four
Victor Davis Hanson quotes left-wing journalist Ben Wallace-Wells, writing in “The Rolling Stone” in 2007: This is as openly radical a background as any significant American political figure has ever emerged from, as much Malcolm X as Martin Luther King Jr. Wright is not an
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