I’ve noticed that Obama’s base has become pretty much fed up with him by now. Although the right (and I include myself here) thinks he’s far to the left, and that any conciliatory gestures he makes are just a pose … Continue reading →
Dennis Prager asks the question. He’s got a few more things to say: For many non-leftist Democrats, it is emotionally impossible to vote Republican. I can illustrate this best with a personal example that I often use in speeches to … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Jimmy J.”] I’ve written about playwright David Mamet’s left-to-right political conversion before, but Andrew Ferguson’s new piece in the Weekly Standard updates us on some of the details, and just how far he’s come. As conversion stories … Continue reading →
Here’s a piece I really enjoyed reading. The writer seesaws between being intolerant and respectful of her lone Republican friend. But the latter sentiment squeaks out a win. The liberal author wants to stretch herself, and she thinks her Republican … Continue reading →
What’s Jonathan Chait been smoking? This is rather odd, even for him [emphasis mine]: What’s most interesting is that Republicans never hammered home a strong character narrative about Obama. The party’s M.O. since Bill Clinton has been to make the … Continue reading →
Remember those death threats against the Republican legislators in Wisconsin, the news the MSM played down? Now 26-year-old Wisconsin preschool teacher Katherine Windels has been charged with sending those emails to 16 Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature: Windels was charged … Continue reading →
Michael Barone reports that Wisconsin is turning on Governor Walker, and the electorate there might be poised to recall a number of the Republican legislators who stood with him in his fight against the public unions and for a more … Continue reading →
The bill that restricts collective bargaining for public service unions has been passed in the Wisconsin Senate and the protesters were carried out of the capital building by Madison police, while Wisconsin Republicans receive death threats and there are rumblings … Continue reading →
In an earlier thread on Palin-hatred, a discussion ensued in the comments section about the fact that a great many conservative female politicians are hated, not just Palin. Michelle Bachmann, for example. Commenter “LAG” asked a challenging question: For the … Continue reading →
I’ve got a new piece up at PJ. You may ask: why are you giving Nir Rosen more attention than he deserves? My answer: because although his biases were so blatant, so transparently and typically far-left, he has nevertheless managed … Continue reading →
The turmoil in Wisconsin, and the Obama/Democratic/union response, has got me thinking about the phenomenon of federalism. Like so many other concepts on which our country is based, we supposedly learned about it in civics class (or whatever passes—or doesn’t … Continue reading →
What a novel idea: to teach a course in conservative thought, at the college level. In the Ivy League, at Brown. Astounding: Conservatives believe they won at least a tiny beachhead in a sea of academic liberalism. With help from … Continue reading →