Thomas Sowell: Fiscal Cliff Notes (Part II)
“So it is sheer hogwash that ‘tax cuts for the rich’ caused the government to lose tax revenues. The government gained tax revenues, not lost them. . . . That…
Thomas Sowell: Fiscal Cliff Notes (Part I)
“All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting ‘the rich’ to pay ‘their fair share’ is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about…
Lincoln Movie Illustrates The Blessings of Liberty
“Secured by immense power” by Adam J. White Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, portraying the president’s battle to abolish slavery at the end of the Civil War, illustrates one of the fundamental paradoxes…
How Accurately Did Spielberg Capture Lincoln’s Time?
“So in the end I am left not with concerns but with gratitude: To Spielberg for making this movie, and to my fellow moviegoers, for only when movies succeed will…
Thomas Sowell on Reagan and the Need for Communication
The Need to Explain by Thomas Sowell The most successful Republican presidential candidate of the past half century — Ronald Reagan, who was elected and reelected with landslide victories —…
The Media’s Benghazi Scandal
by Peter Wehner Over my career, I’ve tended to resist press bashing. Part of the reason for that may be that there are plenty of journalists whose work I respect…
Shame on anyone who said Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi was a moderate
by Eric Trager Nobody should have been surprised when Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a “constitutional declaration” on Thursday asserting total political power. This was, after all, the former Muslim…
Norquist: Two Thoughts on Navigating the “Fiscal Cliff”
“The ability of the American people to watch the [‘Fiscal Cliff’] sausage made and [to] read the contract before signing is a better guardian of our future than the hurried…
More misdirection on Benghazi
by Jennifer Rubin Each new revelation about the Benghazi debacle reinforces the idea we are either not hearing the truth or everyone in the administration was behaving irrationally. If you…
Record 42 million Americans on food stamps this Thanksgiving
by Todd Beamon Food stamps will be the only way 42.2 million Americans will pay for their Thanksgiving Day dinner this year – more than ever. This Thanksgiving, 42.2 million…
George Soros and PBS vs. Art Laffer
by Kerri Toloczko Capitalism is good for everyone. Entrepreneurs access financial resources to create businesses. Businesses hire workers, and workers provide services to consumers. Consumer payments create profit, leading to…
Benghazi: more information only leads to more questions
by Peter Brookes We don’t have all the details of former CIA Director David Petraeus’ testimony to congressional Intelligence Committees on Friday, but it looks like the American people were…
The Great Global Warming Swindle — Full Movie
NEWS FLASH: The climate naturally fluctuates over time. Throughout history there have been many warmer and cooler periods. Some of those were dramatically warmer and dramatically cooler and some where…
Romney’s Concession Speech
I believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and to renewed greatness. by Mitt Romney Thank you. I have…
The Polls That Ate the Presidential Contest
Polls famously cannot measure the intangible called intensity. by Mona Charen November 06, 2012 “I don’t know,” a very wise and skeptical Washington political analyst confided to me on Sunday…