On Trump, the Constitution, and how he’s like Obama
Rich Lowry has a great column on Donald Trump’s disregard for the Constitution. Also how he is like Obama in being willing to use “executive” power in defiance of Constitutional limits. There was a time, Lowry writes, when conservatives and tea party activists were all about upholding the Constitution. Now, many of those folks are [Read More…]
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Ideological sorting
In the course of a column on a recent Medicare bill, Michael Gerson observes that in the not-too-distant-past there were liberal Republicans (in the northeast) and conservative Democrats (in the past). Back then, lawmakers could form coalitions with kindred spirits across the aisle to pass legislation. But now both parties have undergone “ideological sorting,” so [Read More…]
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Everybody’s a populist
Just about everybody in politics is claiming to be a “populist” these days–leftwinger Elizabeth Warren, rightwinger Ted Cruz, establishment icon Hillary Clinton, the Christian right’s Mike Huckabee, Occupy Wallstreeters, Tea Partiers, and on and on. Rutgers history professor David Greenberg points out that the term once had a very specific meaning, relating to the farmer/labor [Read More…]
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The conservatives’ choice?
Three thousand conservative activists held a convention known as CPAC and were wooed by prospective Republican presidential candidates. In the final straw poll, Rand Paul won, for the third year in a row, with Wisconsin governor Scott Walker coming in a close second. Jeb Bush came in fifth, despite busing in supporters to drown out [Read More…]
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Anti-science liberals
Democrats are reviving the notion that “conservatives are anti-science!” But what about the anti-science stance of liberals when it comes to abortion, genetically-modified foods, fracking, and environmental apocalypse? And did you know that far more Democrats than Republicans believe in astrology, flying saucers, fortune telling, and New Age medicine? David Harsanyi and Ian Tuttle both [Read More…]
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Woes of both the public and the private sectors
Conservatives are skeptical about the government and look to the private sector to solve our problems. Liberals are skeptical about the private sector and look to the government for solutions. Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says that our problem is that BOTH the public sector AND the private sector are dysfunctional. From Lawrence Summers, People [Read More…]
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Studio A – Jesse James, ‘Gunny’s Rules’, US Presidents, Margaret Thatcher
(1) ‘Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape’ with Mark Lee Gardner, (2) ‘Gunny’s Rules – Getting Squared Away Like a Marine’ with R. Lee Ermy, (3) ‘What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted’ with Tevi Troy, and (4) ‘Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American […]