Peggy Noonan has, perhaps surprisingly, some positive things to say about former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s new “tell-all” book. As much as it would be valuable to have more inside looks at what happened in the run-up to the war in Iraq, McClellan’s book is tainted right from the start. The Wall Street [...]
Dr. Tom Coburn has a diagnosis for the Republican Party, and their political future looks to be in critical condition. Why? Unfortunately, too many in our party are not yet ready to return to the path of limited government. Instead, we are being told our message must be deficient because, after all, we should be [...]
Sen. Joe Biden (in an response to Sen. Lieberman’s must-read piece on Democrats and the war) writes on his critique of America’s post-9/11 foreign policy. His arguments are reasonable, but the problem is that the world he describes has little to do with the world in which we all actually live. For example: At the [...]
Tags: Biden, Democrats, foreign policy, Iran
The Washington Post has an article on how high oil prices are “stumping” the experts. The massive rise in oil prices to $130+/barrel does represent an unprecedented rise in oil costs. However, it shouldn’t be a surprise. The world is facing a “perfect storm” of factors: China and the rest of Asia are still growing, [...]
As Obama claims the Democratic nomination (despite Hillary Clinton—like Al Gore —having won the popular vote), he just continues to make rookie mistakes. Mitch Berg notes another example of Obama saying something sure to hurt him in the general election. Obama made the following statement in regard to global warming: “We can’t drive our SUVs [...]
Sen. Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, which was responsible for his seizure and subsequent hospitalization this weekend. Some things are far bigger than politics, and this is one of them. Best wishes to Sen. Kennedy and his family in this undoubtedly difficult time.
Mitch Berg highlights a petition in which thousands of scientists state their opposition to the theory of anthropogenic global warming. The problem with both the theory and the petition opposing it is that consensus has nothing to do with science. It doesn’t matter what the scientific community thinks about the issue, what matters is whether [...]