At this stage in our nation’s decline, does anyone still care what Barack Obama thinks or says about “the state of the union”? I think not. More than 52 million people watched Obama’s first State of the Union in 2009….
I join Hollywood actor Danny Glover in urging the president to appoint a truly robust progressive — the New York Times columnist and former economist Paul Krugman — as the next U.S. Treasury Secretary. Nothing would do more to cement…
In past years of writing for a state-based, free-market think tank, I have suggested New Year’s resolutions aimed at Missouri policymakers. This year, my New Year’s resolutions are more personal and they go out to all Americans who are deeply…
This just in from a careful reading of the economic tea leaves at the Obama White House: There has been a slight miscount in the number of jobs “created or saved” through the heroic action of our nation’s president. The…
Mr. Obama plans to present a list of ideas to Congress on how to “jump-start private sector hiring and get Americans back to work.” Here are some suggested ideas for his list. #1). Begin with the admission that that you,…
The same Barack Obama who earlier declared himself “a student of history” has more recently become “a student of economics.” According to reports out of the White House, the president combines an omnivorous appetite for the most arcane financial detail,…
Polonius POTUS The President who speaks (and speaks and speaks). On the seventh day, God rested. But not Barack. Knowing the great work of mismanaging health care, bankrupting the economy and giving aid and succor to the nation’s enemies was…
The poet Gerald Manley Hopkins disposed of a rival by saying that he spoke with “the air and spirit of a man bouncing up from a table with his mouth full of bread and cheese” — saying that he will…
Business for the nation’s top recovery agents (better known as “repo men”) is booming. It has gotten to the point that some of them are feeling downright uncomfortable about their own success. “Joe the Plumber used to be our friend…
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