That was the takeaway from a discussion of his new book The
End Is Near, and It’s Going to Be Awesome. In it, the
National Review ace noted at Thursday’s event hosted by
the Cato Institute that fiscal crisis is inevitable as a matter of
simple arithme...
Let’s see if you have the same reaction as I did to this section
of President Obama’s speech on drones today:
We will never erase the evil that lies in the hearts of some
human beings, nor stamp out every danger to our open society. What
we c...
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1797, the
“District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,”
which aims to ban abortions after 20 weeks – the accepted time when
pain is felt by the baby.
The bill, which was sponsor...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is making moves to advance his
filibuster reform plan for executive branch nominees, despite his
January promise to leave the filibuster alone during this
Congress.
On Wednesday, Reid refused to pledge not to exercise the...
OK, so that’s a paraphrase. Here’s what the New York mayoral
candidate actually said, on WNYC this morning: “It is what it
is.…People may decide they want to come forward and say, here’s
another email that I got or another photo. Bu...
In January,
Rush Limbaugh warned that there was “an effort under way to
normalize pedophilia,” and was ridiculed by liberals (including
CNN’s Soledad
O’Brien) for saying so. But now liberals have joined a crusade
that, if successf...
“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the
young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them
unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it.” –Abraham
Lincoln
Feature of the Day:
Amazon Is Planning a Massive Bi...
As I mentioned in my blog note last evening, I would support
giving immunity to Lois Lerner if that’s what it takes to get her
to testify about the true source of the orders to the IRS to target
conservative and Tea Party groups.
Today, the perennia...
Once upon a time I was a naval officer. There was a saying back
then, to the effect that you can delegate authority, but you cannot
delegate responsibility.
What did that mean, you ask? Well, the example you’d hear in
junior officer training was tha...
Earlier today, when House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) allowed IRS scoundrel Lois
Lerner to stop testifying after she “took the Fifth,” I said that
Issa had made a mistake.
He should have made her stay...
