Message to Mitt: A rising tide lifts all boats.
That great phrase was coined by the late Jack Kemp, who believed that growth and opportunity for all is the answer to poverty. In fact, Kemp believed it was the answer to all things economic. And he was r…
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Message to Mitt
Newt and the Mandate
During a debate in January, Rick Santorum charged that “Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate.” Pointing to a series of statements Gingrich had made over the years, beginning with his 1993 comment on Meet the …
A Pink Ribbon for the Win
So twisted are the Left’s conceptions of life and law, conscience and the Constitution, that many in their quarter praise a federal mandate that would force private religious organizations to facilitate the distribution of contraceptives, even as…
Gingrich vs. Santorum
Conservative opponents of Mitt Romney are nervous. If Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich continue to battle for the primary’s non-Romney, non-libertarian slot, the former Massachusetts governor could coast toward the GOP convention as the indubitabl…
Obama’s Green-Energy Mirage
President Obama is obsessed with green energy as a terrier is obsessed with a bone. He digs the issue up time and time again with a single-mindedness that is remarkable in contemporary politics. Last week, during his State of the Union address, he gnaw…
Game Time
JONATHAN ADLER
On the field, the New England Patriots will avenge their loss in Super Bowl XLII with a convincing win on the backs of their tremendous tight ends. Indy may be Manning Country, but that’s Peyton, not Eli. Off the field, union acti…
Vigilante Films and the Left
On Tuesday, director Joe Carnahan announced on Twitter that he had embarked on a remake of the Charles Bronson vigilante classic Death Wish. The main question, for any director approaching such a topic, especially with source material as infamous as De…
Presidential qualities, &c.
As regular readers know, I think a lot of Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Jeb Bush, and some others, and think they ought to run for president — they’d be good. (In the Oval Office, I mean, whether on the campaign trail or not.)
I have been singin…
A "Lost" Fact in the “Rathergate” Mess — Part 1 
Who Is A "Natural Born Citizen"? 
Helen Thomas Speaks -- Unfortunately 
Is Jon Stewart A Racist? 
Can Obama Win Re-Election? 
And What Exactly is Wrong with Profiling? 
I Have a Confession to Make ... 
Now "Anybody But Romney" Has a Name 
Liberal Hate Speech 
A Column Especially for All of You Who Hate Me