Joseph Lawler
President Obama will stop by the Key Bridge in D.C. to speechify in favor of infrastructure spending, and then head out on a trip to France (Politico) The Federal Reserve will announce the results of its monetary policy meeting today,…
In a “fact check” of Herman Cain’s statement that Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, aimed at “preventing the increasing number of poor blacks in this country by preventing black babies from being born,” the Washington Post‘s Glenn Kessler…
Even in the midst of his serial failures, Jon Corzine was regarded as a progressive hero. Dave Freddoso flags a 2008 article from the hard-left Nation magazine hailing Corzine as a model for liberal officeholders: It is rare that someone…
Tonight is The American Spectator‘s annual dinner, featuring Rep. Paul Ryan. President Obama will sit down for interviews with 10 anchors from local stations around the country (Politico) The Catholic Church’s concern with Obama’s policies is, finally, penetrating the mainstream…
David Brooks’s New York Times column today more or less reinforces my view of the problem with social and economic mobility in the U.S. today: The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it’s not nearly as…
Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the Republican nomination race too soon, Jonah Goldberg argues in his L.A. Times column. Goldberg thinks that Pawlenty, as everyone’s second choice, could have eventually become their first choice as other candidates burned out. Meanwhile,…
Former Goldman Sachs CEO, U.S. Senator, New Jersey Governor, and CEO of MF Global Jon Corzine is a great case study in how our elites are failing us. Joe Nocera has a good write-up of how Corzine has destroyed MF…
The Weekly Standard‘s John McCormack interviewed GOP budgeteer-in-chief Rep. Paul Ryan, and learned that Ryan is comfortable with all of the Republican nominee hopefuls on entitlements: Asked if he’s concerned that his work on the budget will have been for…
As AEI turns into a three-ring circus for Herman Cain’s appearance, let’s review the Politico bombshell story about his alleged inappropriate conduct toward two female coworkers, before he fields any questions. The first question is whether this is a legitimate…
Herman Cain appeared on Fox News this morning, and stated flatly that he has never sexually harassed anyone. He also said, though, that he was falsely accused of sexual harassment while at the National Restaurant Association: That this strong denial…
