Anyone who says Newt Gingrich doesn’t like big government hasn’t read his “National Space and Aeronautics Policy Act of 1981.” Mr. Gingrich wanted to bring government to Jupiter and Mars, as Frank Sinatra might sing, but his legislation was shot out of the sky by sane minds in Congress. The bill amendment — you can’t make this […]
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Is Newt Slipping?
The latest Rasmussen Poll has Newt Gingrich dropping a dozen points in Iowa. This is either an anomaly, or the result concerted battering of Mr. Gingrich in the opinion pages from wary conservative intellectuals. I suspect it is the former. Barring a fresh public slip, one wouldn’t expect Newt to plunge in the polls, but to gradually disintegrate under the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Our Moral Obligation to Iraq
The U.S. war in Iraq formally ended today, but hostilities will continue in that nation for years to come. Neighboring Shiite Iran will make sure of that. Needless to say, Americans are overjoyed at getting so many of its sons and daughters back for Chanukah and Christmas. Whether one supported the war or not, our soldiers made […]
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http://youtu.be/7dKWBDdAN0Y Only in today’s music world would a patriotic rock band be seen as radical, but that’s exactly what Madison Rising is quickly becoming known as in the liberal-dominated music industry — bad-ass radical. The pro-military, pro-free-market, anti-protest rockers are considered so against the grain, in fact, that they were banned from playing in Zuccotti […]
Read the rest of this entry »Newt’s $30,000-Per-Hour Question
Newt Gingrich is such a target rich candidate that his fellow GOP primary candidates don’t seem to know where to begin harming him politically. They hit him with a quip on one thing and then move to another — before any real damage is done to his candidacy. What needs to be performed is a sustained […]
Read the rest of this entry »Dinner and a Movement
Had a great dinner last night with a couple of good friends. Both are from the political left (one used to weigh in daily on this blog under “your friend” before writing me off as hopeless; the other, a young Ph.D. in philosophy and an adjunct professor at a leading university, I had not seen […]
Read the rest of this entry »Is Voting the Next Big Fight Over Illegal Immigration?
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano is asking the Connecticut state legsilature to allow illegal immigrants to vote in his city’s municipal elections. I would be shocked if a Republican presidential campaign didn’t have a news release out on this before I can press “publish” on this blog item. Mitt Romney should not miss this opportunity. […]
Read the rest of this entry »One Extra Gift to Give
A 47-year-old New York City Police officer, Peter Figoski, the single father of four daughters, was shot in the face and killed yesterday while trying to stop a burglary. The New York Post has started a college fund for his daughters, ages 20, 18, 16, and 14. Checks should be mailed to: The Peter […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, Charles C. W. Cooke
“As of next semester, we will live in a country in which Harvard — the second most expensive college in the United States — doesn’t consider it necessary to offer a course about the American Revolution, but NYU offers two in Occupy Wall Street.” — Charles C. W. Cooke in National Review. (Thanks, BVL.)
Read the rest of this entry »A Million-Dollar Bounty
Conservative radio host Michael Savage just publicly offered Newt Gingrich $1 million cash to get out of the presidential race. I am broke as all hell, what with Christmas and all, but I’ll kick in an extra $100 towards that end. The only problem is that George Soros can outspend us all. I’m sure he […]
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