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Is Ron Paul’s position on abortion inconsistent with his other views?

Glenn Greenwald writes about Left wing commentators attacking Ron Paul for his position on abortion: Writing at The American Prospect blog, Dana Goldstein criticizes Andrew Sullivan for endorsing Ron...

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Universe Integrity: of Star Wars and Ron Paul

This xkcd comic is funny, and fairly accurate. I’ve noticed that the people at Ron Paul sign waving events are disproportionately techies. But there’s more to it than that. Put aside any disagreements...

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Mitt Romney’s “Suspension”

Romney is out. I suspect that he saw his defeat as inevitable and wanted to stay in the good graces of the GOP elite by not delaying the inevitable. His parting words included this gem: “In this time...

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John McCain: Warmonger?

Left-wing radio host Ed Schultz called Republican presidential candidate John McCain a “warmonger” at the North Dakota Democratic Convention during an introduction of Democratic presidential candidate...

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Bolton places interests of U.S. “Friends” above those of the U.S.

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, criticized Barack Obama for saying that the threat posed to us by Iran isn’t as serious as the threat from Soviet Union was: An “asymmetric”...

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Obama on the meaning of life

“I guess what I’ve discovered is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re somehow giving yourself to something larger to yourself.” Barack Obama Apparently the meaning of life is that we should...

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Obama both victim and perpetrator of autoerotic racism

Barack Obama may be his own worst enemy when it comes to matters of racism and xenophobia. Speaking to a Springfield, MO crowd, he said: Nobody thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the...

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Obama’s plan to reduce pain of gas prices

Barack Obama’s plan to reduce the economic burden of gasoline prices is to tax the oil companies, and give $1,000 “rebate” checks to consumers. Which, of course, will result in oil companies raising...

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My thoughts on Sarah Palin

In a nutshell: I like her, but not nearly enough to make me vote for McCain. She has a much more pro-freedom view than McCain, but she still has a lot of blind spots. Experience I’m a little wary of...

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Who said it?

Identify the speaker of this quote (no cheating!): I believe it is every American’s duty to contribute something to the common good Was it (A) Barack Obama, (B) Hillary Clinton, or (C) Jimmy Carter? …...

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Obama – my hopes and my fears

As I write this, the networks are calling the US Presidential race for Obama. He wasn’t my choice (neither was McCain), but he’s what we have. So what does it mean? Hopes I hope that we’ll have our...

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Why American automakers have to fail

This automaker giveaway nonsense has to stop. Note that I don’t call it a “bailout” or a “rescue.” These words imply that it will work. It won’t. Oh, it may stop the companies from failing for the...

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Obama Delivers Call for Change to a Rapt Africa – NYTimes.com

Obama, in Ghana: No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top … Because they’d rather invest in America, where the government skims 40 percent off the top?...

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Scott Adams Blog: Halloween 10/23/2009

Scott Adams’ Halloween costume idea: One idea is to wear a Barack Obama name tag with my regular clothes. Then I’ll wait for someone to say, “Barack Obama? How’s that Barack Obama? I had such high...

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We the Administration — You the People

“Change we can believe in” was the campaign slogan of Senator Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. But if you thought that the Obama campaign meant that it would listen to citizens and be...

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