The Left’s Vocabulary
A recent angry e-mail from a reader said that certain issues should not be determined by “the dictates of the market.” With a mere turn of a phrase, he had turned reality upside down. Decisions by people free to make their mutual accommodations with other...I Survived the Democratic Convention
At the Democratic National Convention, Janeane Garofalo — comedienne, talk show host and liberal pundit — called me a “house Negro” and a “fascist.” Well! For four days, the Democratic Party put on its quadrennial...Electing an Image
Much of what is being said and done at the Democratic convention in Boston is so 1960s. The old favorite songs of the left, the old rhetoric, the old gestures, the delegates swaying together, all take you back to a time 40 years ago when the liberal vision seized the...Conservatives, Liberals, and Blacks
During the first Reagan administration, I participated in a number of press conferences on either a book or article I’d written or as a panelist in a discussion of White House public policy. On occasion, when the question-and-answer session began, I’d tell...Conventional Wisdom: A Test for the Market and For John Kerry
This week’s national convention of the Democratic Party was a test for nominee John Kerry. It was a test for the stock market, too, with all the major indexes probing their lows for the year. It’s no coincidence that these two tests occurred in the same...Big-Bucks Class Action Lawsuits: Sharing the Lawsuit Wealth
My ears picked up when my wife told me that she was one of the beneficiaries of a class-action lawsuit that brought a settlement of more than $100 million. “How many millions do you get?” I asked. I could envision our retiring to the Riviera or some such...The Triumph Of the 9/11 Commission
The enemy is “Islamist terrorism…not just ‘terrorism‚’ some generic evil.”
