Originally posted January 11, 2011. The political left has turned the Arizona shooting into a cudgel to beat the Tea Party with. Without any evidence whatsoever that the deranged gunman had any connection to the Tea Party, Sarah Palin or even that he holds conservative ideals, the political left has begun assaulting all of the […]
Thinking Back: Crazy Always Seems to Find a Way
Originally posted January 14, 2011. As the debate on gun control heats up in the wake of the Tucson massacre, the predictable flow of misinformation is coming out of the Brady Campaign, America’s number one gun control lobby. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, is on the news telling Americans that the gun used […]
Tucker Carlson Getting it Right
Writing at The American Conservative, Alan Pell Crawford calls Tucker Carlson a “Grand Inquisitor with a boisterous sense of humor.” And, adds Pell Crawford, despite his mostly mainstream conservative thinking, Carlson challenges traditional thought wherever he sees problems with dogma. He writes: He remains well within the ideological tent on many red meat controversies of […]
On Trade, I’m with Trump and Ross, not Globalists Cohn and Ryan
At The Wall Street Journal, Jacob M. Schlesinger and Rebecca Ballhaus outline President Trump’s global tariffs on steel and aluminum. They write: President Donald Trump kicked his “America First” trade policy into high gear Thursday, launching global tariffs on steel and aluminum, while signaling even more aggressive pressure on trading partners to come, especially against China. In announcing the […]
Lipitor—Junk Science Math
Originally posted July 7, 2015. Shane Ellison, M.Sc., “The Peoples Chemist,” explains in an email (copied below) the difference between relative and absolute risk. As Shane writes, “Statistical contortionism is the art of converting healthy people into patients by using numbers to exaggerate drug benefits. Lipitor is a prime example.” The message is simple. Never pay […]
Your Odds with Statins: 500 to 1?
Originally posted October 5, 2011. If you are considering a drug such as a statin, do you and your family know about the “number needed to treat” (NNT)? I’ve been looking into NNT and found a Businessweek article from January 17, 2008 that explains the concept well. Basically, NNT is the number of patients who […]
TAC Editor Merry on U.S. Trade History Basics
The editor of The American Conservative, Robert W. Merry takes readers on a tour of the history of American trade policies, highlighting what worked, what didn’t and what was controversial. He warns that despite long periods of calm in trade relations, flare ups are inevitable. Merry writes (abridged): America’s first great protectionist political figure was […]
Texas a Model for America’s Energy Markets
Elizabeth Lippincott, executive director of the Texas Clean Energy Coalition, explains to readers at The American Conservative how Texas’ deregulated electricity market can be a model for the nation. She writes (abridged): As price competition from natural gas and renewables continues to depress U.S. demand for coal, policy discussions in Washington, D.C. and in Appalachian […]
Buchanan: Anti-Tariff Rhetoric is ‘Ahistorical Nonsense’
Writing at The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan savages Republican Senators speaking out against the tariffs proposed by President Trump. He calls their criticisms of tariffs “ahistorical nonsense,” and says that tariffs are what made America into the powerhouse economy it is today. He writes (abridged): From Lincoln to William McKinley to Theodore Roosevelt, and from […]
The War on Conservative Media
The Internet is filled with stories about conservative web sites and media outlets getting their content banned on social media or YouTube!. But Rod Dreher, writing at The American Conservative lays out just how deep this blacklisting of conservative web sites goes. He writes: Conservatives, old-fashioned liberals, and all other Enemies Of The People had […]
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