Pat Buchanan argues that the core belief of liberalism is being fatally undermined by the Veterans Affairs scandal. The Democrat Party’s philosophy for decades has been that competent, caring, compassionate government is the best system to address America’s social problems. The VA hospitals are supposed to epitomize that ideal—quality, government-run healthcare for those to whom […]
Archives for May 2014
Death Penalty Due
My friend and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Dan Mitchell, offers three good reasons why the Department of Agriculture should get the death penalty. And Mitchell suggests that he would not be sorry if the Department of Housing and Urban Development went to the chopping block first. For my money, it is hard to know where […]
DHS Taj Mahal
The Department of Homeland Security’s budget has tripled from $18 billion in 2002 to $57 billion in 2013. President Bush promised “improved efficiency without growing government.” It’s hard to imagine a workforce that has grown from 163,000 in 2004 to 193,000 by 2013 as a model of efficiency. But there’s a silver lining in this […]
Eurosceptic “Earthquake”
Democrats as well as Republicans in Washington had better be listening. It is not only the Europeans who are fed up with deaf, entrenched politicians. A worldwide revolt is in full force, and Americans will have an opportunity to speak up and clean house this fall. BBC reports on the earthquake in Europe. Eurosceptic and […]
UKIP Shocks England
Entrenched politicians have received a nasty wake-up call in the European elections. For the first time, the fledgling UKIP party in England bested both Labor and the Conservatives, sending a stark message that it was no longer business as usual in Europe. The Telegraph reports that UKIP is the first party to lead a national […]
Our Tweeter-in-Chief
In his commencement speech last week to graduating students at Boston College, John Kerry warned of the “crippling consequences” of climate change. The figure he used to back up his dire predictions was “97% of the world scientists.” In the WSJ, Joseph Bast, president of the Heartland Institute, and Roy Spencer, principal research scientist for […]
A Mad, Mad World
Thomas Sowell in National Review touches on random hot-button issues in America—from the folly of government-run medical care to the absurdity of our politically correct institutions of higher education to the farce of class warfare. As Mr. Sowell points out, it’s as though we are living in an era where sanity is controversial. Thomas Piketty, in […]
Front National (FN) Soars
Marine Le Pen’s French Front National grabbed 25% of the French vote to easily roll over Francois Hollande’s Socialist party in the European elections. FN is strongly anti-EU and anti-immigration, especially from the Muslim world, the Third World, and Eastern Europe. Now FN is in a position to push for reform. Francois Hollande and the […]
VIDEO: “Dress Blues” by Jason Isbell / Drive-By Truckers
“We Are All Dishonored”
Troubles at the department of Veteran Affairs have been known for a long, long time. For example, over a dozen years ago, Don Imus, an ex Marine and host of the nationally syndicated Imus in the Morning, was on a tear about the deplorable treatment American vets were receiving. In Saturday’s WSJ, Senator John McCain […]
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