The myth that “Republicans want less government” is just not true. Both parties want as much government as they can get away with. The recent bipartisan effort to cut nothing and pretend as if it cut almost everything proves the point. Boehner’s “largest cuts in history” actually increased spending, but it didn’t surprise independent voters … Continued
Nothing about our immoral adventure in Afghanistan is based on the premise that, as Diana West asserts, “the Western way is the ‘universal’ way.” No foreign power, no brilliant bureaucrats created the Western way. Hundreds of years of local experiments with liberty created civil society. The Magna Carta wasn’t written by any Secretary of State—it … Continued
State socialism (i.e., collectivizing the means of production and abandoning property rights) has resulted in starvation and cannibalism with a terrifyingly level of frequency. I compiled just a few examples: North Korea (1997): “We started seeing cannibalism. When one is very hungry, one can go crazy. One woman in my town killed her 7-month-old baby, and ate … Continued
Among all the President’s preposterous claims in his defense-of-spending speech, perhaps the most laughable was his claim to be a “rugged individualist.” The statement invokes a real rugged individualist, Henry David Thoreau, who said, “Government never furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. It does not keep … Continued
In 2008, Barack Obama did something no black man had ever done—get elected president of the United States. Now black men ask Obama to do something no president has ever done—reform our country’s drug laws. President Obama, however, has abandoned his roots.His recent raids on medical marijuana facilities in California shows his complete contempt for … Continued
President Obama is doing everything in his power to make everyone forget George Bush. How? By being George Bush. Obama made this all too clear Monday in his longwinded defense of his actions in Libya. The speech outlined what has already been dubbed “the Obama Doctrine.” Unfortunately, the Obama Doctrine sounds eerily similar to his … Continued
