WORLD Magazine | Worthy challenge | Marvin Olasky | Jan 15, 11. This year’s big political story was the fall from electoral grace of President Barack Obama. Numerous books attacked his radical agenda—some hysterically, some strongly but reasonably, and one that was particularly well-researched. I’ll give my recommendations, but let me start with the thought that all of us should start with... Read more
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Common Cause vs. Scalia and Thomas
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | Party PoliticsAnd this issue here is…? By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND LEE A. CASEY Last week, liberal activists at Common Cause called on the United States Justice Department to investigate Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas for a supposed ethical lapse. The case at issue is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), involving an unflattering film about then-presidential candidate Hillary... Read more
Advocate of Violence
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | Party PoliticsBy JAMES TARANTOIn the olden days, Frances Fox Piven was a cutting-edge social theorist of the hard left. In a 1977 book, she and her husband, Richard Cloward, argued “that the poor and unemployed are so isolated from the levers of power in America that their greatest potential impact is to withhold ‘quiescence in civil life: they can riot,’ ”... Read more
Bankruptcy for States? BAD!
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | Party PoliticsBankruptcy to escape their debt load? Not such a good idea, these letter writers suggest… ========= David Skeel’s one-size-fits-all bankruptcy option for states (“A Bankruptcy Law—Not Bailouts—for the States,” op-ed, Jan. 18) presupposes that all state pension funds are in the same financial sinkhole. Nothing could be further from the truth. While many states have failed to meet their pension obligations, New York... Read more
