Donald B. Hawthorne
What is so unsettling about Barack Obama? Jay Nordlinger says: …What’s depressing, to a person like me, is that Obama has mastered the trick of coming off as perfectly moderate — even when your career and thought have been very different. Listening to Obama last night, you would have taken him to be a Sam…
Some of us had an initial positive impression of Sarah Palin. At the same time, we acknowledged that only time would tell whether she could cut it on the national stage. Her selection also brought out into full public view again the political agenda of the feminists and Left as the attempts to destroy Palin…
Irwin Stelzer writes New Capitalism: Market capitalism in the United States will never be the same: No matter what deal is finally cut between Hank Paulson, the Democrats, and unhappy conservative Republicans, or even if no deal at all is finally worked out, market capitalism as practiced in the United States will never be the…
This week has been the latest version of the perfect storm on why it seems appropriate to say, how about we punt on all the presidential candidates and press the REDO button. John McCain George Will
Here is the complete transcript of the Palin interview with Gibson. Now everyone can see what was edited out. NewBusters comments: A transcript of the unedited interview of Sarah Palin by Charles Gibson clearly shows that ABC News edited out crucial portions of the interview that showed Palin as knowledgeable or presented her answers out…
I don’t like John McCain’s politics. Never have. This piece from Mickey Kaus is the latest example of why: Attention Ms. Coulter: John McCain is running an ad in Spanish attacking Obama for allegedly failing to support the “comprehensive immigration reform” bill that McCain himself has said he no longer supports. … I guess McCain…
Charles Krauthammer on the Bush doctrine: …The New York Times got it wrong. And Charlie Gibson got it wrong. There is no single meaning of the Bush doctrine. In fact, there have been four distinct meanings, each one succeeding another over the eight years of this administration — and the one Charlie Gibson cited is…
UPDATED ON SEPTEMBER 8 & 9 Incentives drive human behavior but, especially in government where there are no market forces, rarely does anybody pay attention to the impact of the incentives created by laws, regulations or government actions. Which is why government actions will always create “unintended” consequences and less than efficient solutions. There is…
We went to a memorial service today for a very nice man. May he rest in peace and his family be comforted by their faith and memories of him. The service included many touching words and musical highlights, one of which was the singing of a great hymn, Be Still My Soul: Be still, my…
OMG. LOL! H/T to The Anchoress. Read her whole post, too. Not to sound like a broken record, but: …It could be that a great many voters have taken a good look at the fundamentalists on the religious right and the fundamentalists on the political left and made up their own minds about which pose…