Steadfast Sanford

In his article "€œWhy Mark Sanford Matters"€ Reihan Salam writes for Forbes Magazine: "Unlike John McCain or Mitt Romney, Sanford goes far beyond criticizing earmarks. In the ...

Lyndon Baines Obama

It was the winter of conservative discontent. Barry Goldwater had gotten only 38 percent of the vote, and his party had suffered its worst thrashing since Alf Landon fell to FDR ...

Practical Mark Sanford

Voted as "€œBest Conservative"€ by readers in the Charleston City Paper's annual "€œBest of Charleston"€ issue, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was described as ...

Pitchfork Time

In his campaign and inaugural address, Barack Obama cast himself as a moderate man seeking common ground with conservatives. Yet, his budget calls for the radical restructuring ...

Crisis Mongering

When President Bush sold the Iraq War to the American people, he claimed that refusing to act was unacceptable as the crisis of global terrorism required immediate action. Said ...

Bipartisan Generational Theft

When President Obama, the Democrats and only three Republicans succeeded in passing a $787 billion dollar stimulus package last week, Arizona Senator John McCain said "This ...

Will the Surge Work?

Chastising opposition to his economic stimulus bill last week, President Obama said Republicans "come to the table with the same tired arguments and worn ideas that helped to ...

Barack’s Bad Deal

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” sayeth Rahm. Opportunistic and cynical, yes. But also savvy political counsel that transformational presidents ...

And I thought Matt Yglesias was smart

At least I did until I read this quite terrible argument. Matt’s trying to argue that government will inevitably get larger so we needn’t worry about how much of the ...

Ronald Wilson Obama

With a host of near 2 million gathered on the Mall to see him sworn in, Barack Obama delivered an inaugural that was the antithesis of a rallying cry for the ...

The Woman Who Created Obama

Some people look at actress Jeri Ryan and see the former cover girl for Maxim and FHM. Some recall her days in a latex catsuit as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager. Show biz ...

An Unreflective Man

With his public approval where Harry Truman’s stood when he left office, George W. Bush gave his last press conference yesterday. And like that predecessor he often ...

Obama’s Choice: FDR or Reagan

Barack Obama, it is said, will inherit the worst times since the Great Depression. Not to minimize the crisis we are in, but we need a little perspective here. The Great ...

There’s Something About Harry

About the appointment by Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, somebody big is lying, big-time. It is either the governor or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. ...

A Governor for Change

As a congressman and now governor, South Carolina’s Mark Sanford has had one primary guiding principle his entire political career—limited government. Not just limited ...

Do As I Say…

On the eve of the New Year, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, charged with conspiring to sell the Senate seat of Barack Obama, put the ball back squarely in the court of a Democratic Party ...


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