The New York Times’ John Tierney’s most recent column touched on an issue that’s gaining more and more traction of late. Republicans in Washington did not abandon their principles lightly. When they embraced “compassionate conservatism,” when they started spending like Democrats, most of them didn’t claim to suddenly love big government. No, they were just […]
On the one hand, by exposing the problems, flaws, and conservative agenda behind ABC’s 9/11 docudrama “[tag]The Path to 9/11[/tag],” the left runs the risk of driving up interest in the broadcast, which means more people may be inclined to watch the misleading “film,” just to see what all the fuss is about. On the […]
The AP, Washington Post, ABC, and others ran the exact same headline: “Rumsfeld Reaches Out to Democrats.” The lede makes it sound like Rumsfeld took a conciliatory, almost gracious, step in the Dems’ direction. He didn’t. Defense Secretary Donald H. [tag]Rumsfeld [/tag]reached out to [tag]Democrats[/tag] yesterday, opening the door for them to retract their stinging […]
This may be of limited interest outside Washington state, but I thought it was a good example of how not to execute an otherwise-clever campaign strategy. A couple of weeks ago, Republican Senate hopeful Mike McGavick (R), trailing but running a competitive campaign against Sen. Maria Cantwell (D), decided to open up his past and […]
Guest Post by Morbo A recent full-page ad in The New York Times caught my eye. “The World Can’t Wait!” it blared. “Drive Out the Bush Regime!” Oct. 5, I learned, will be a day of “mass resistance.” We’re not supposed to go to work, go to school or do any shopping. Somehow, this will […]
Guest Post by Morbo If you ever look at magazines like “The Ladies Home Journal,” you’ve probably had the misfortune of seeing the incredibly bad art offered therein by Thomas Kinkade. Kinkade calls himself the “painter of light.” His scenes usually feature something like a little cottage nestled in the woods surrounded by beams of […]
Guest Post by Morbo My kids went back to school this week, which got me thinking about one of my favorite topics: the state of public education in America. What combination of factors makes a good school? Can the success of public schools in affluent suburbs be duplicated in troubled areas? How do we encourage […]
Rasmussen Reports conducts a national tracking poll of 15,000 voters per month, and in its latest round of polling, they found fewer and fewer people who wanted to identify themselves as Republicans. The number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years. Just 31.9% of American adults […]
After several days of White House rhetoric about progress in Iraq, the Pentagon released a report to Congress today (Friday afternoon, long weekend) on conditions in Iraq. If there’s any good news in the report, it’s hiding well. Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any […]
With the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks coming up, different TV networks will mark the occasion in different ways. CNN is scheduled to air a new documentary, “CNN Presents: In the Footsteps of bin Laden,” reported by Christiane Amanpour and partially based on CNN terrorism expert Peter Bergen’s book, “The Osama bin Laden I […]