Why Voters Like Gridlock
On Jan. 23, 1996, Bill Clinton told the nation, “The era of big government is over.” If so, it sure didn’t last very long. Today, the era of big government is back with a vengeance, ushered in by a massive new prescription drug entitlement, a...John Hinckley: Allegedly Cured
John Hinckley Jr.’s former psychiatrist said the other day that the man who shot President Reagan hasn’t shown “any evidence of psychosis in the last 16 years” and should be allowed to visit his parents without supervision. Isn’t it...America’s Failing War Effort (Part 6 of 12): The Breeding Grounds
So far we have evaluated America’s policies toward its declared enemies, those governments which have openly announced their hostility toward the United States. But there is another category of nations, whose governments profess to support the American war, but...Almighty Government, Please Bless Us and Take Care Of Us
Q: You really are hard on compassionate politicians like Howard Dean and what you call “the welfare state.” These programs, like Medicare and Social Security, are in everyone’s benefit. Why oppose them? A: These programs are not in my benefit. I work...The Medicare Frame-Up: Republican “Free Market” Medicare Bill is Closet Socialism
After battling for months over two allegedly opposite versions of the bill to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, members of the House and Senate announced Saturday they had reached an agreement. House Republicans managed to include in the bill a provision to...America’s Failing War Effort (Part 5 of 12): North Korea
Even though the current war has been deemed a “war on terrorism,” this is a misnomer. One does not go to war with a method of fighting, one goes to war with an enemy. And for this reason the current war is far wider than even a war against militant Islam....The Draft Is Anathema To Human Freedom
In his Op-Ed column, “To arms,” Tony Blankley argues that the youth of America needs to be sacrificed for the greater good and hints that we may need the draft to do it. Referencing the last living veterans of this generation, Blankly writes: Just as the...Why Medicare Expansion is Wrong
Adding prescription drug coverage to Medicare, as Congress is poised to do, is merely more socialism — it will neither help seniors nor is its passage likely to gain their votes.
