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Walter Cronkite, World’s Most Overrated Reader of the News
Like Michael Jackson, he was so successful because he perfectly incarnated certain popular clichés.
Preparing for the Coming Tax Revolt
Soaking the rich to pay for Obama's spending schemes can't last forever. Eventually, it will be our turn.
Why You Were Right to Think that Czars are Un-American
Steve Rattner's sudden departure as car czar raises questions about his involvement in a pension kickback scheme.
Sarah Palin, A Modern Cincinnatus?
What’s really disturbing about this whole little drama has less to do with the governor’s decision to leave office than with the behavior and unspoken assumptions of the press.
The Washington Post Pay-to-Play Scandal: Was Anyone Really Surprised?
The real story has as much to do with journalistic irrelevance as journalistic integrity. (Also read Ed Driscoll's Credibility: You're Doing it Wrong, MSM)
It’s Not Easy Being Green
The aura of piety that surrounds environmentalism has effectively immunized it against ridicule. (Also read Roger L. Simon: My Liberal Friends Don't Want to Talk About Global Warming Anymore)
The Potemkin Presidency Meets a Moment of Sanity in the New York Times
A robust challenge to Obama's health care plan appears ... in the Times. Written by a Harvard professor.
Energy Tax Bill Is a Nightmare for Main Street (Updated)
How much will Obama's cap-and-trade scheme cost you and your family? (Update: How America became a third-world country with first-world feelings of moral superiority)
Announcing the ‘Save Frank Rich’ Society
A man of his talents should really be elsewhere — writing PR for ACORN, for example.
D-Day and the Air-Sickness Bag
"A sort of god" at Normandy. (Also read Claudia Rosett: Other Way Round, in Normandy)
Why You Should Oppose Sonia Sotomayor’s Nomination to the Supreme Court
The first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court believes that the job of judges is to make the law, not uphold it.
Join a Freedom Brigade Near You
What we need now are additional recruits to the cause of prosperity of the United States and the freedoms of its citizens.
The Meaning of Obama, Part II: When Words Don’t Have Meaning
When it comes to spending, the message is "do as I say, not as I do."
Do Obama’s Words Really ‘Mean Something’?
Check the Truth-o-Meter. The results are disappointing, but not surprising.
Job Opening At the White House
Truth-teller desperately wanted: common sense, pragmatism and a sense of humor an asset.
Help End David Axelrod’s Bewilderment
Obama's political guru sounded a little confused about what the tea parties were all about on TV yesterday.
Piracy on the High Seas: A Metaphor for the World’s Retribalization
Negotiating with barbarians? Haven't we been down this road before? (Also read Richard Fernandez: "Captain Richard Phillips Freed")
Obama’s ‘Tectonic Shift’ and You
The president's firing of GM's CEO expands government control of business and shrinks individual liberty. (Also see Roger L. Simon — Obama and GM: Just Say No)
The AIG Morality Play: Coming to a Town Near You
Starring fear, anger, and a whole lot of moralizing lectures about the evils of “greed.”
Obama’s Budget: ‘There Will Be Blood’
The president will redistribute wealth by fixing "a legacy of irresponsibility" on the part of the "rich."
The Idiot’s Guide to Destroying the Economy: A 12-Step Guide
Frighteningly, it's easier than it sounds.
The Road to Serfdom
The president’s brand of good intentions is potentially more destructive than simple malevolence.
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