The U.S. government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people who elect the president and the members of the House and Senate. Voters will vent their frustrations over their impotence on the president, which implies a future of one-term presidents. Soon our presidents … [Read More]

I don’t know much about economics. What I do know is that so many so-called “experts,” including politicians and economists, are wrong far more often than they are right. They’re wrong about virtually everything, and yet shamelessly keep selling the same old fairy tales. They are liars. They are cheats. They are whores. As Congress plots government healthcare, Americans should remember … [Read More]

The current health care “debate” shows how far gone representative government is in the United States. Members of Congress represent the powerful interest groups that fill their campaign coffers, not the people who vote for them. The health care bill is not about health care. It is about protecting and increasing the profits of the insurance companies. The main feature of … [Read More]

When Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “you lie!” at President Obama during his speech on national healthcare, the congressman made headlines, was denounced by his fellow lawmakers and he apologized for his bad behavior. Wilson should have apologized but he was right—as lying is what our government does best. Said Obama Wednesday night: In 1935, when over half of … [Read More]

In a little time [there will be] no middling sort. We shall have a few, and but a very few Lords, and all the rest beggars. —R.L. Bushman Rapidly you are dividing into two classes—extreme rich and extreme poor. —“Brutus” Americans think that they have “freedom and democracy” and that politicians are held accountable by elections. The fact of the matter … [Read More]

While his party moves Right under Obama, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham remains the quintessential big government Republican. Six months into his presidency, the most significant difference between Obama and Bush seems to be that the new president is determined to spend more money than the last one. That Graham shows signs that he might be more willing than other Republicans … [Read More]

“[I]t is now undeniable that the American Conservative Movement, the flower of Free World and the true hero of the Cold War, has ended in utter failure”, wrote VDARE.COM’s Peter Brimelow in his reflections on this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. He added: None of this was remotely in evidence at CPAC (except unofficially in ancillary gatherings and down in the … [Read More]

Although Obama has appointed more czars in six months than Russia’s Romanov Dynasty had occasion to anoint over three centuries, he is still missing a Vegetable Czar. If he acts quickly, Barack might be able to recruit a cheap VC with experience from The European Onion (formerly the EU). The EO has been regulating fresh produce for quite some time. Duly, … [Read More]

Vice President Joe Biden has been slightly more candid than his boss, confessing of late that he “and everyone else misread the economy.” For his “everyone else” refrain, or plain fib, Joe can be forgiven. Drawing comfort from “the warm smell of the herd” he surrounds himself with is slightly better than Obama’s way out. Beloved of the herd, Obama opts … [Read More]

First there was “The Decider.” Then came Big Man Obama. “The Decider” is the nickname George Bush gave his all-powerful self. To go by the dictionary, and “within the context of political science, big man, big man syndrome, or bigmanism refers to corrupt and autocratic rule of countries by a single person.” “The Decider” habitually sidestepped the chain of command in … [Read More]