John Maynard Keynes is considered one of the leading lights of liberal economics. Challenged by a critic who said that in the long run, Keynesian economics would lead to national bankruptcy, Keynes memorably responded with a witticism: “In the long…
The Norwegian Parliament can’t build a “spite fence” between themselves and the United States. But they have a more effective way of showing their contempt for some of our elected leaders. They give out Nobel Peace Prizes. Leftist Scandinavian lawmakers…
You have to wonder who briefed the Chief Executive for his interview with NBC News. The White House’s resident admirer of Chairman Mao, Communications Director Anita Dunn, had already bailed out. Whoever it was must have been inspired by watching…
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker has written a powerful commentary on the appalling issue of forced abortion in China. Miss Parker interviewed Reggie Littlejohn, a women’s rights activist, who testified at Tuesday’s hearings on Capitol Hill. Reggie Littlejohn is a…
Sen. Ted Kennedy got a lot of laughs at a 90th birthday party for Democratic wise man Averell Harriman. Ted toasted the diplomat and said, “Averell, you are only half as old as Ronald Reagan’s ideas.” President Reagan responded good-naturedly:…
When President Obama was asked about whether abortion was in his health care plan, he answered elliptically. He didn’t say it was or wasn’t. He said there was a “tradition in this town of not paying for abortion.” But isn’t…
The Obama White House hesitated not at all in labeling the AHIP study “an insurance industry hatchet job.” The study in question was one conducted by a policy group that is funded by the industry. The study said that premiums…
Readers who are familiar with the Stockholm Syndrome will recall that it refers to a hostage-taking 1973 incident in that Swedish capital city. Over time, the hostages began to look to their captors as friends and protectors rather than the…
Jimmy Carter is back in the news. It seems he’s a bit desperate to be in the news these days. He’s gone on record saying it’s racism that is motivating the opposition to President Obama’s policies. The Town Hall meetings…
Now that Barack Obama has decided to push for a hyper-partisan healthcare bill, the issue of taxpayer-funded abortions is front-and-center. The current proposals would lead to this taxpayer mandate, and could even drive conscientiously objecting doctors out of medicine. The…