Barack Obama was elected in part because his signature slogan of “Yes we can!” resonated with many Americans, including all-important independent voters. For his presidency to succeed Mr. Obama now has to create the circumstances that allow his supporters to do. Do what? That thing they want to do. Problem is that modern America is…
Category: Politics
Geithner In as U.S. Treasury Secretary, Tax Enforcement to Decline?
Barack Obama doesn’t think so, but The Question has to be asked about his new Secretary of the Treasury, doesn’t it? Will Tim Geithner turn into an archetypal “do as I say, not as I do” bureaucrat and strictly enforce the tax laws he was personally unable to comply with or will he turn a…
Obama Eliminates Bush’s Executive Privilege Order
On his second day in office, Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise when he replaced George W. Bush’s executive order pertaining to executive privilege and the release – or withholding, in Bush’s case – of presidential records. Obama: Going forward, anytime the American people want to know something that I or a former President wants…
Obama Makes History – Now on to What Matters
The United States’ first black president has taken office. On many levels this is a good thing, though I daresay it would be better if the historic election had brought a fiscal conservative to the White House, particularly at this uneasy moment in our history. Even so, I do not hope Mr. Obama fails, as…
I Wish I was from Missouri…
…because if I was a resident of the "Show Me" state, I’d be in the right place for the new President of the United States of America to make good on his promise to lead this country the way it should be led. You’re the man, Barack Obama – show us what you can do!…
An Injustice Rectified and What It Ought to Symbolize
In 2005, U.S. Border Patrol Agents Nacho Ramos and Jose Compeon stopped Oswaldo Aldrete-Davilla, a Mexican drug smuggler in the U.S. illegally, while the latter was in possession of nearly a half-ton of contraband. A struggle ensued and Davilla was shot in the buttocks. Ramos and Compeon, concerned about reporting the matter, foolishly attempted to…
What It Means to be Free
Freedom isn’t an easy thing to handle. That’s a fact lost on many westerners and most of the rest of the world. Freedom brings with it responsibility and difficult choices, many of which – if made using proper moral and/or ethical filters – constrain the array of possible actions down to a bare few, if…
Ayn Rand’s "Atlas Shrugged": Novel or Prophecy?
Stephen Moore writes that the central themes of Ayn Rand’s massive book are playing out even now in Washington D.C. as an incompetent government hurries to create massive new legislative programs to dole out ever greater amounts of money to mis-run businesses, all under the guise of keeping the American economy healthy. The current economic…
The Spineless Harry Reid
For a brief moment it appeared as through Harry Reid was going to make a stand on principle, namely that he would not stand for corrupt Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s ill-advised appointment of one Roland Burris to the august body that is the U.S. Senate. Now it appears that Reid will back down yet again,…
How Old is Too Old for Public Service?
Noting the minimum age criteria for the U.S.’s important elected offices, David Harsanyi of the Denver Post wonders if there shouldn’t be a maximum age limit placed on persons in positions of power and holds up one of the Congress’ most conspicuous incompetents as his straw man: An average adult would not trust Sen. Robert…