Europe: Does It Exist?
Well, sure, as a continent. But serious “Europeans” want their continent to be a country. A few years ago I was flying to London and before takeoff, a flight attendant engaged a fellow passenger in conversation. She innocently asked the passenger what country he was from; he said “Europe.” She hadn’t [...]
How to Tell When the Government Is Broken
Democrats can’t get their bills passed. George Will nailed it this morning on ABC:
TERRY MORAN, HOST: There’s a sense that something is broken in Washington summed up this week by Senator Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) who announced his retirement. I think it’s fair to say he’s leaving in disgust. Here’s what he had to say.
SENATOR [...]
Dems plan to rearrange deck chairs
The Democrats’ strategy for this year’s midterm elections has been obvious for some time - paint the Republicans as the party of “no.” But that status is a liability only if the “no” comes in response to proposals that are popular. To date, this has not been the case. So now, as [...]
Obama tells Business Week: ‘We Are ‘Fierce Advocates’ For a Free Market”
In what amounts to a jaw-dropping, ‘laugh out loud’ moment, Barack Obama said in an interview with Business Week magazine that hits newsstands Friday, that his economic policies had helped pull the country back from financial turmoil as he entered office and that he has “created an environment in which businesses can be profitable.”
And as [...]
Budgeting for a New Era of Responsibility
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Earlier today, President Obama discussed the 2011 budget, reflecting on the challenges for the country and the steps the administration is taking to meet them. While acknowledging that the inherited $1.3 trillion deficit from the previous administration can’t be brought down overnight, he relayed his continuing efforts [...]
Wow - Massachusetts Senate Race a Toss Up? (Updated)
The latest PPP poll shows the race to replace Ted Kennedy in the US Senate is looking like a toss up, with Republican Scott Brown up 48-47 on Martha Coakley. And the details are stunning (check out the Independents’ responses).
While this is good news for America, the truth is that Scott Brown is a RINO [...]
