In a flurry of meetings this morning, and with everything going on — or not going on — with the federal government, I missed this story in the Wall Street Journal. It seems that the MoveOn.org/CSEA judicial candidate in Wisconsin, JoAnne Kloppenburg, did not, in fact, win the heated and nationally significant judicial race in […]

If President Obama loses re-election, his single biggest mistake — if you can pick one — may be his decision to begin his re-election campaign so early. In practice, re-election drives never begin or end. Politicians  continuously run. But in announcing an official start to the campaign, Mr. Obama and his team may have made […]

So if they shut down the federal government, will they promise to keep it shut for a little while?  Or how about a day or two a week — forever?  

Conservatives get pinged by the Left for their definitional resistance to progressivism. They are portrayed as grumpy, mean, and calcified. But conservatives are not inherently opposed to change.  They are wary of it.  There is a difference. Bright packages wrapped in bows are not always gifts.  They need to be opened slowly and examined over […]

New York City Council Member Leroy Comrie (D-Queens) is introducing a bill to ban Happy Meals at New York McDonalds outlets. Comrie sees a conspiracy: McDonalds is giving Happy Meal toys to poor children to trick them into eating high calorie food. “It comes as no surprise that these ads and meals are also targeted in […]

Fukishima has naturally spurred debate in the U.S. over nuclear power. Here in New York, the most hotly contested facility remains Indian Point. Its opponents dusted off their talking points within hours of the Fukishima situation and cranked back up the PR machine. We’re reading the stories they’ve generated now. But everyone knows Indian Point […]

Nobody roots for newspapers more than I do. I had one tucked under my arm at an embarrassingly early age, so it hurts me to say:  boy are hard copy papers in trouble. It’s not exactly a news flash, but the competitive advantage  of online journalism vs. print is growing increasingly obvious every day. I […]

It is with enormous pride that I announce that, after receiving more than 33,000 submissions, the Bronx Zoo has chosen my sister’s name for the recaptured Egyptian Cobra as one of five finalists in a naming contest.  Her submitted name is “Amaunet,” for the ancient Egyptian goddess Amaunet known as “The Hidden One.” The Bronx Zoo is asking […]

There are certain words anathema to the Right. “Sustainable” is one of them. There’s nothing wrong with the word per se; indeed, we are fond of its antonym “unsustainable,” as in unsustainable spending. It’s just that “sustainable” belongs to the environmental Left. It’s one of those overused squishy adjectives used to rationalize one sketchy government […]