It’s time to discuss seriously the means by which President Bush can maintain some sense of order and mission to his remaining time in office or, as Bill Clinton found necessary in his dark days of 1994-95, the pursuit of relevance. Clinton found it in a gift from Newt Gingrich in the budget impasse over […]
Archives for July 2007
The Next Major Battle
Get ready for the next major battle, and it will be at least as potentially divisive for the Republicans as the immigration divide. The issue is universal health care, and the forces of this “one size fits all” system are in full stealth mode, with the lead element being the massive expansion (to $75 billion […]
The True Immigration Divide
David Brooks is one of the more talented and perceptive observers on the scene today, but I am disappointed in his analysis of the configuration of the conflict over immigration policy. His take on it in a recent essay is that the conflict begins with the explosion of higher education over the past forty years […]
Pardon Libby Now
Speaking of Bush’s legacy, not to pardon Scooter Libby before he begins his prison term would leave an indelible black stain on his Presidency. He has said that he was “pretty much going to stay out of it” until the appeals have run their course and that he feels “terrible” for the Libby family. Well, […]
The Real Bush Legacy
Talk all you want about Iraq, the Bush Doctrine, “compassionate conservatism”, or other remnants of the Bush Presidency, but its lasting legacy is likely to be the beginning of the reversal of judicial activism led by the John Roberts Supreme Court. There are significant signs in the term just ended that the fifty-year trend in […]