Conservative Politics

It's always a good idea to take these, usually government funded, studies with a copious measure of salt. But just the same, it is real nice to be vindicated. An Ohio State study found that conservatives are more likely to read opposing views, than are liberals . It is the same conclusion reached in the book I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting Next to a Republican . Liberals are often surprised to find that conservatives tend to know their thinking, but they don't understand conservatism —and are generally clueless when it comes to libertarianism . I remember how Barack Obama , in one of his ... Read Full Story

Nobody seems to talk about it, but the Earth hasn’t ‘warmed’ for the past ten years. Think about it– remember all the charts about the warming planet that scientists used to show, and those crazy projections of devastation from rising sea levels? You know why you never see or hear them any more? Because the time for devastation has come and gone, and it didn’t happen! Remember the pictures of collapsing glaciers? The were always bogus– glaciers collapse all the time, even as they grow. But even that silly ruse doesn’t play right now, because over the past year, glacier ice has increased! Even ... Read Full Story

There is clearly more to politics than the economy, but when there is an elephant in the room it is hard to talk about anything else. And do we ever have an elephant in the room! With the government on a seemingly endless spending spree that began two years ago, it is helpful to pause and see what impact the government intervention has had on our economy. While fiscal results are not fully available yet (and won’t be for awhile) there are some powerful indications that the government will not receive a passing grade. Confidence in Stimulus Plan: On February 3rd, Gallup reported the ... Read Full Story

Representative Chuck Rangel (D-NY), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee — arguably one of the most powerful men in congress — appears to have an on-going proclivity to land in the national spot-light. More often than not though, The Honorable Charles Rangel finds the word “scandal” in the headlines that bear his name. You may remember these: tax evasion, misuse of congressional funds, use of unlicensed vehicle, refusal to pay parking fines for years, taking junkets and trips paid for by parties seeking congressional favors, hiding undeclared income from congress, acceptance of financial favors (including an interest free mortgage) from donors, ... Read Full Story

What a nice place, this Obamaland– at least for the sacred cows of the Democratic Party. Union bosses have struggled for years with those darn secret ballots that allow employees to decide whether or not to sign away their rights; it was so frustrating for the unions, not knowing which employees to to harass! Imagine how hard it was under Bush– they had no idea which employees to call in the middle of the night with threatening messages…. they would have to call all of them! But Obama can fix that– in Obamaland we simply make the ballots public! Why didn’t anyone think of ... Read Full Story