William Tucker
In 1960, a handful of resource-rich Third World nations, tired of being shoved around by the giant oil companies, met in Baghdad to discuss their mutual problems. Attending were Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Venezuela. They decided to form…
Are all Democrats stupid or do you just have to be stupid to be a Democrat? I haven’t figured that out yet. The latest manifestation of the understanding-challenged comes with a New York Times op-ed last week by Oregon Democratic…
It’s remarkable that in the whole brouhaha about Joe Wilson shouting “You lie!” at President Obama’s assertion that illegal immigrant won’t be covered by Obamacare, no one has pursued the question, “Who’s right?” So here’s the answer. Yes, illegal immigrants…
I’ve finally figured out what it is about liberals. They speak a different language. It’s a language not even meant to be understood by ordinary human beings but only by those in the know. Let me tell you how I…
“In Kennedy, the Last Roar of the New Deal Liberal,” proclaimed the New York Times‘ “Week in Review” Sunday section in summarizing the late Senator’s career. There’s another way they might have put it: “Ted Kennedy: The Man Forever Stuck…
There have been few Democratic candidates who have run for President over the last few decades that have not run on the platform of “bring us together.” Democrats are the great uniters, attempting to unite us all across lines of…
I’ve finally figured out what politics is all about. You know that guy you sometimes end up sitting next to in a bar or get stuck with at a party? He knows everything about everything. He’ll tell you how the…
A couple of years ago around 11 o’clock at night, I got on a New York City subway with a bicycle. I wasn’t sure whether it was legal but I asked the tollbooth clerk and he waved me through. When…
In my book, Terrestrial Energy, I talk about historian David Potter’s 1956 book, People of Plenty, which redefined Frederick Jackson Turner’s “Frontier Thesis.” Whereas Turner said that an abundance of landhad been the defining experience in the American character, Potter argued…
If you want to understand why Wall Street is leaving New York City as fast as possible, look no further than the saga of AIG. The rapid disintegration of the country’s largest insurance company into the Recession of 2009’s largest…
