I am not an ideologue………really, I’m not. — President Barack Obama speaking to the Republican House caucus. Well, if you believe that, I’m like George Strait, with oceanfront property in Arizona. At some point in time, we must separate the rhetoric from the action on the ground. The truth is that this President may be […]
Archives for February 2010
Bush Gets a Few Things Right
You’ll never hear it from his successor, but George W. Bush is piling up a list of items that provide considerable vindication of most of the elements of his foreign policy, including the hated Bush Doctrine. In a recent Townhall article Larry Elder credits his overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq for encouraging and emboldening […]
A Tragedy Even Worse than it Appears
The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.—Daniel Patrick Moynihan. I have used this quote before, but it has never been more appropriate than in the context of the […]
Back to the Future?
I don’t often disagree with George Will, but I must take issue with parts of his recent essay (“Unlike China, U. S. has a future rooted in the past”) that closes with the following: “While China increasingly invests in its future, America increasingly invests in its past, the elderly…………America’s destiny is demographic, and therefore is […]