Dorothy Rabinowitz writing Tuesday in the Journal’s Political Diary e-newsletter: The pundits busy divining the reasons Herman Cain won that Florida straw poll so handily can’t be blamed—it was a compelling spectacle and a distinctly satisfying one as straw poll results go. To have listened to the candidate’s prescriptions in his speech to the delegates Saturday was to see why. Everything... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
What Solyndra Fiasco?
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Obama, The LeftDid all these folks fail their Jr. High math class? ========== If you thought the $535 million Solyndra scandal had chastened the fearless venture capitalists of the Obama Administration, think again. The Department of Energy shovelled out $1.1 billion in new loan guarantees to solar projects in Nevada and Arizona Wednesday, and more deals are pending before the $18 billion program funded... Read more
A Bird-Brained Prosecution
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The LeftAnd you think there aren’t any Federal agencies needn’t be “cut back”? ========= The Obama Administration’s hostility to oil and gas exploration is well known, but last week it took an especially fowl turn. The U.S. Attorney for North Dakota hauled seven oil and natural gas companies into federal court for killing 28 migratory birds that were found dead near oil waste... Read more
Chicago Economics on Trial: Robert E Lucas, Jr.
September 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Tax Issues“Where are you supposed to get these expectations? If you just make them up, then you can get any result you want.” =============== By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. Let’s face it, the “Chicago School” of economics—the one with all the Nobel Prizes, the one associated with Milton Friedman, the one known for its trust of markets and skepticism about government—has taken a drubbing... Read more
…a Ponzi Scheme…
September 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, The LeftI named my blog after this article… or could have. ===== Dilbert creator Scott Adams writing at dilbert.com, Aug. 30: Is it my imagination, or has the liberal wing of the media’s attacks on conservatives turned into a bunch of cheap gotchas involving nitpicked analogies and quotes taken out of context? Perhaps it has always been this way and I never noticed until... Read more
Its The Integrity, Stupid
September 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US ConstitutionMcIntosh – taking it back! ======== An old acquaintance of mine, a passionate progressive, gave away the game in a recent conversation when he said, contemptuously, “Your people (by which he meant the Tea Party) are idiots for fetishizing the Constitution. Everybody knows that it’s just an artifact.” A stunning proposition and stated with such refreshing candor. Does the Constitution still matter?... Read more
