What do Americans want? Mike Huckabee has got it down cold: "They want government to leave them alone, let them live their lives: They want government to do the job that it’s supposed to do, and that’s protect us, give us the capacity to be free, and then beyond that, let us live our lives"…
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Hillary Lets Her Hair Down
Ben Smith quotes Hillary: "I have so many opportunities for this country. I don’t want to see us all fall back," she said, her voice breaking in the last phrase. "This is very personal for me," she said to supportive applause from the small gathering, at which she’d been discussing policy around a table for…
The Republican Forum, sans Ron Paul
Here’s a link to the transcript, which makes for interesting reading and a different experience than viewing it on the tube. The short version of my thoughts is simply this: Fred Thompson, when he wants to, makes a strong case for himself and his economic policies. He did that tonight by being specific and, in my…
New Hampshire Debates
As always I watched tonight’s presidential debates with great interest. Here is my high-level review of the event. It was great to see Ron Paul on stage with the other heavy-hitter Republican candidates. There’s no question that he deserves to be there based on his support among voters. This even as Fox News is foolishly…
Judge Says Silence OK
From the Houston Chronicle: A mandatory moment of silence for Texas schoolchildren has a secular purpose of encouraging thoughtful contemplation and does not advance or inhibit religion, a federal judge said this week in a ruling upholding the 2003 state law. U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn of Dallas ruled in a lawsuit brought by…
Hate Crime Laws Are Bad
Can I say it any more plainly than that? Susan Duclos can. Today she penned this incredible post that makes the issue crystal clear. Today, posted by Deb Hamilton of Right Truth in Real Clear Politics is an article about the British blogger Lionheart. Lionheart is facing arrest if he returns to Britain. He is…
Dishonorable Parenting
First there came the sickening Chicago case of the Hindu man from India who set his daughter – who was pregnant, son-in-law, and the couple’s 3-year-old toddler. Why did Subhash Chander burn his three close relatives to death while they slept? The India native told police he disliked his son-in-law because he belonged to a…
Lessons from 1968
Bob Herbert draws some parallels between 1968 and 2008 today but it seems to me that his message is incomplete. The Vietnam/Iraq comparison is obvious, of course, and somewhat appropriate. But there’s not going to be the equivalent of Tet in Iraq or even Afghanistan, unless we completely take our eye off the ball again,…
Pelosi, Loser of the Year
So says Don Surber: At the end of the year, the pacification of Iraq and the destruction of al-Qaeda in Iraq have come despite the House Speaker. She came into office saying she was going to accomplish all these things in her first 100 hours. She was sworn in on Jan. 4 and 100 hours…
Climate Change and the Fear Factor
John Tierney has an excellent article in the NY Times science section about global warming and the science and reporting behind the climate change scare. A must read, IMO. A year ago, British meteorologists made headlines predicting that the buildup of greenhouse gases would help make 2007 the hottest year on record. At year’s end,…