by Steven Greenhut. It’s been years since I cared deeply about any election, yet I
find myself back to old habits—tracking polls and dealing with
those conflicting feelings that emerge this time of year. My sense
of deep cynicism, born from years of reporting on government
venality and stupidity, collides with my sense of civic duty. Few people can ... MORECivic Duty Vies With Cynicism as 2012 Election Approaches
by Steven Greenhut. It’s been years since I cared deeply about any election, yet I
find myself back to old habits—tracking polls and dealing with
those conflicting feelings that emerge this time of year. My sense
of deep cynicism, born from years of reporting on government
venality and stupidity, collides with my sense of civic duty. Few people can ... MOREThe Choice -- Free Market Or Socialist-Driven Democracy
by Charles Krauthammer. "Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not." That was Barack Obama in 2008. And he was right. Reagan was an ideological inflection point, ending a 50-year liberal ascendancy and beginning a 30-year conservative ascendancy. It is common for one ... MOREMatthew Yglesias: Why Price Gouging Is Necessary
Getting supply to where it is needed most. Some more words on price gouging, as New York and New Jersey are increasingly afflicted by gasoline shortages. There are three issues we need to look at here. One is allocation, one is short-term supply, and one is long-term supply. A lot of people seem to want to look at this purely as an allocative ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Should You Vote For President?
Vote your conscience, don't waste it. Can you vote by not voting? In a presidential election year in which the critical issues have been how much personal behavior the federal government should regulate and how much private wealth it should transfer and consume, rather than whether it should do so, many folks who are fed up with what George W. Bush ... MOREDerek Robertson: Negative Versus Positive Rights
Just what is a "human right"? The phrase “healthcare is a human right” displays a profound ignorance of basic terminology, as well as a contradictory, self-imploding notion of what qualifies as a “right.” A poll once indicated that many Americans believe healthcare to indeed qualify as a right, probably mistaking themselves to possess compassion ... MORE
VIDEO: PC Is Never Having To Say You're Sorry
WARNING: Members of the ethnic or gender grievance industries will be offended.
John Stossel: Coulter Defends Romney
Her defense goes only so far. Mitt Romney tells people he won't fire federal workers or cut education spending. He says he'll spend more on the military. He sounds like a big-government guy. Or is he just pandering for votes? Ann Coulter came on my TV show to defend Romney. "What you call pandering is called getting elected," Coulter said. Romney says ... MOREIn Seattle, Nothing Says 'Liberal" Like Being Unarmed
by Dave Workman. If there were any lingering doubts about the City of Seattle being
the Evergreen State’s biggest liberal stronghold, they vanished Monday
with KIRO’s revealing report about concealed carry across Washington. As this column reported
the same day, there are more than 382,000 active concealed pistol
licenses in the state, according to ... MORE
Doug Doan: Homeland Security - What Next?
What we should do next. So far, none of the presidential candidates have mentioned much about Homeland Security. With so many other problems, issues surrounding how best to organize, manage and lead the vast DHS bureaucracy are just not that important. Too bad. I would have liked to see the candidates talk about what they might do. Here is an agenda ... MORE
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