Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane famously said that if you can remember anything about the 60s you weren’t really there. Cute, but not really true. I bet even Kantner remembers quite a bit (as you can see by this), and … Continue reading →
A trip back in time to the epicenter: Cornell, 1969. As Allan Bloom wrote: …[S]tudents discovered that pompous teachers who catechized them about academic freedom could, with a little shove, be made into dancing bears. It was a turning point, … Continue reading →
Roger Simon (not to be confused with PJ’s Roger L. Simon) was long a respected and supposedly objective journalist. And yet take a look at his column: Question: If Ted Cruz and John Boehner were both on a sinking ship, … Continue reading →
David Horowitz was a leader of the American left during the tumultuous 60s and 70s. Raised by Communist parents, he was a devoted mover and shaker in the cause, and an early editor of Ramparts magazine. But Horowitz has been … Continue reading →
Some conservatives are predictably lashing out in frustration at John Boehner, whom they already neither liked nor trusted. Sellout. RINO. Wuss. You know the drill. But I don’t see it quite that way. Before there’s any misunderstanding (although as Popper … Continue reading →
The public’s mad at Obama, Democrats, and Republicans–really, at just about everybody in Washington. They hate Republicans the most, but they’re not happy with anybody: The AP-GfK poll finds few people approve of the way the president is handling most … Continue reading →
Interesting article: The left derives its sense of moral authority from the supposition that its intentions are altruistic and its opponents’ are selfish. That sense of moral superiority makes it easy to justify immoral behavior, like slandering critics of President … Continue reading →
I have always thought that the Republicans simply don’t have the power to win this battle in the conventional sense, anyway. As long as Obama is president and the Senate is in the hands of Harry Reid, they don’t have … Continue reading →
There are a lot of surprised people in California now that more Obamacare details are coming out: In California, 1.9 million people buy plans on the open market, according to officials with Covered California, the state’s new health insurance exchange. … Continue reading →
…African-American academic. And sociology professor, yet. Marvin Scott of Butler University tells his tale.
Continue reading →Quote from Reid yesterday in answer to a question from CNN’s Dana Bash: What right did [the House of Representatives] have to pick and choose what part of government is going to be funded? It’s obvious what’s going on here. … Continue reading →
The MSM is full of articles about the shutdown and how it will affect the country and the reputation of both parties. The whole thing is being treated mostly as a political game in which one side will win—and that … Continue reading →