Justin Katz
Victor Davis Hanson is must reading: In reality, to the extent globalism worked, it followed from three unspoken assumptions: First, the U.S. economy would keep importing goods from abroad to drive international economic growth. Second, the U.S. military would keep the sea-lanes open, and trade and travel protected. After the past destruction of fascism and…
PROEM: The streaming link wasn’t working all day, so having fixed it, I’ve moved the post back up to the top of the blog. Sorry for the muddleheadedness. Listen as I stun Matt Allen with my confession that I voted for Sheldon Whitehouse, explain our Engaged Citizen, and summarize Bill Felkner’s post using that feature…
Presumably such rhetoric is the result of having stopped somewhat short of full consideration of circumstances, so pointing out additional considerations should bring us at least to the point of admitting that we individually lack sufficient information to justify either vitriol or broad policy changes. Here’s the basis for the hasty jibe: Unlike the rest…
It probably hasn’t surprised readers that a recent op-ed by Lincoln Chafee and Ari Savitzky arguing in favor of a national popular vote system for president strings together muddled thinking. On the one hand, they claim that “the apportionment of Electoral College does not benefit small states.” Yet, a few sentences later, “the Electoral College…
Not to scuttle all that harmony over dreams of a “working waterfront,” but something’s too eerie about this not to highlight it: Launching an invasion while the world news is focused on the Olympics is pretty savy… and a grand first step towards a renewed, major US/Russia confrontation. Yes, quite a clever fellow, that Putin,…
Reading some of the comments to my post on the Lincoln teacher union contract agreement, it strikes me that many of my anti-union compatriots give due appreciation to the reality of change. The bottom line, as far as I can see, is that the union acknowledged the reality of limited funds and, rather than tumble…
Ah, the magic of the Lincoln compromise: Despite these tensions, Lincoln is an example of what a community can accomplish, even when money is scarce, says [Larry] Purtill, president of NEARI. “What Lincoln shows is that both sides were willing, in a tough financial environment, to find a way to make sure that they reach…
Work and other responsibilities have kept me away from the keyboard, of late, and my first production upon stealing a brief while for writing came in the form of some philosophical waxing. I’ve posted it over at Dust in the Light, if you’re interested. I’ll try to get to something more appropriately in the Anchor…
Those who missed Marc on Wednesday’s Matt Allen Show can stream Marc’s thoughts on the Olympics by clicking here or download it.
Has anybody else gotten the sense that the Obamanation has the interesting effect of highlighting how extensively the zany intellectual clichés from the academic Left are ingrained in the liberal/Democrat movement? Consider Victor Davis Hanson’s post aptly titled “Postmodern Architecture”: What was stunning about the NY Times’ Bob Herbert’s charge that the McCain campaign, in…