New article posted: Even Charity is Not Always a Good Thing

What's wrong with being the "Party of No" when yes is the wrong answer?

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, was on Morning Joe this morning talking about his new book. It's about the rise of Barack Obama. Remnick talked about how Obama found his "racial identity" after growing up in a white family and attending an almost totally white school. This reminded me of a statement that I used to hear back in the 50s and 60s: "That boy needs to be put in his place." Remnick seems to be saying that after Obama grew up and moved to the continental US he finally realized his skin was dark and started to find his place.

How would this observation play if it was made by a Tea Partier instead of the editor of The New Yorker? From my perspective the "intellectual elite" are more racist than the Tea Partiers.

New article posted: Why Not Give Universal Footwear a Try?

New article posted: Supporters of New Health Care Acts Disingenuous

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I was thinking this morning about posting my thoughts on how the Democrats are confusing rights and entitlements, especially in regard to the health-care reform act they just passed. But, in doing a little research I found that someone has already clearly defined the difference between the two and explained the consequences of granting too many entitlements: Rights Versus Entitlements by Steven Yates. This was apparently written in 1994.

New article posted: Obama Signs a New Tax on the Middle Class into Law

"And so the hammer falls. No, not even a moment's quiet before pen meets paper, as the sound of chains—rattling…reaching…ensnaring…enslaving—fills the night. Two hundred and nineteen dance upon the liberties of three hundred million. The benevolent dictator smirks and fashions some eloquent lies. Yet a fire that has at ...long last been lit is on the verge of raging out of control. Let it burn." --Philip Sasser (my son), in response to ObamaCare becoming law.

New article posted: Progressive Insanity

I recommend this Heritage Foundation paper: Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth: Answering the Critics, by Brian M. Riedl

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I saw a cartoon depicting two bureaucrats considering the government's role in saving General Motors. One of them asked the other: "If we can make people buy health insurance, why can't we make them buy a Chevy?"

Well, it turns out that global warming is man-made. It was made (up) by those scientists in England and their colleagues who were exposed by the e-mail hacker.

Can you think of anything more absurd than the assertion that the science of man-made global warming is settled? Your president believes that. The science is not settled on anything, much less the effect of human activity on the global average temperature 100 years from now.

The media are still debating whether the Fort Hood attack was an act of terrorism or a crime. It seems obvious to me that it was both.

Have you ever heard of a coach calling a press conference to boast that his team would have lost by a wider margin without his clever game plan? Well, that's essentially what Obama is doing when he claims that his stimulus policy is saving jobs while the jobless ranks keep growing. Both claims might be true but just shut up about it until you start winning.

An article on the federal budget for the next decade includes this item: Additional discretionary spending, $1,545 billion. Rounding to the nearest billion means the real amount could be 500 million more or 500 million less. If we're talking about discretionary spending I suppose it's not supposed to matter if $500 million are lost in the noise.

It's looking like being a student in Chicago is almost as dangerous as being a soldier in Afghanistan. 22 fatalities so far this year. And this is where our president got his start as a "community organizer" -- and where many of his closest advisors are from.

It is well known that Al Gore claimed that he invented the internet. Does he also think the term "algorithm" honors his work in mathematics? Or in music?

One of life's little incongruities: Prison officials in Wisconsin sentenced an inmate to 90 days in solitary confinement ... for refusing to leave solitary confinement.

"Different people have very different reactions to President Barack Obama. Those who listen to his rhetoric are often inspired, while those who follow what he actually does are often appalled." --Thomas Sowell

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