It was a reminder of how far the peace process in Northern Ireland has come when former leaders of the IRA and its political twin, Sinn Féin, condemned the murder of two British soldiers by the so-called Real IRA. Politicians … Continue reading →

The right hand side of the interwebs is ablaze with threats to Go Galt – a reference to the theme of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged in which all the professionals and entrepreneurs in America downed tools in protest at punitive … Continue reading →

I tried listening to Limbaugh’s Conservative PAC speech but I couldn’t make it past part2. According to part 1, I am a conservative. According to part 2, liberals are racists who want to tell everyone how to live their lives. … Continue reading →

I finally watched both Obama’s speech and Jindal’s rebuttal. Obama was magnificent – it has been a while since I said that – but what was more striking was how stupendously bad Jindal was. I have been reading the commentary … Continue reading →

In which David Frum points out that a large contingent under the republican big tent believes in a dangerous myth. The myth is the myth of the Goldwater triumph of 1964. It goes approximately as follows: In 1964, after years … Continue reading →

The political blogs for the last few weeks have been talking about something called Liberaltarianism. It’s based around the idea that libertarians have more in common with a certain kind of liberal than they do with mainstream conservatives – or … Continue reading →

Reinventing the tax system Continue reading →

John Derbyshire, over at Secular Right, has a post speculating on whether the left or the right is more hostile to science. there are two sides to the Left’s claim to be the more science-friendly faction. It’s not just conservative … Continue reading →

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We’d like to welcome to the microphone Georgia congressman Phil Gingrey, who ended up being quoted yesterday by Jonathan Martin and somebody else at Politico.com.  Congressman Gingrey asked to come on the program today to address that … Continue reading →

I’m against the prez on this one. Obama told her story over and over when he campaigned for president: How Ledbetter, now 70, spent years working as a plant supervisor at a tire factory in Alabama. How, when she neared … Continue reading →