Marc Comtois

Fred Thompson Enters the Fray: Contender? Also-Ran? The Bees Knees? –Discuss

By Marc Comtois | May 31, 2007 |

Former Senator and actor Fred Thompson has all but “officially” announced he will be seeking the GOP nomination for President.Politician-turned-actor Fred Thompson has been coy with audiences as he flirts with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. In an interview with USA TODAY, however, the former Tennessee senator not only makes it clear that…

UPDATE II: Obligatory Buddy Cianci Post

By Marc Comtois | May 31, 2007 |

Following up on previous updates, no word yet on what Buddy had for lunch…

UPDATE I: Obligatory Buddy Cianci Post

By Marc Comtois | May 31, 2007 |

Just an update to Andrew’s Buddy Cianci Post…..Update complete.

Hillary Clinton Brought up China, Not Me

By Marc Comtois | May 31, 2007 |

Hillary Clinton recently gave a speech that included this line that made me go hmmmmm. You know, people ask me all the time, “Why can’t we get tough on China?” Well, the answer is, because China is one of our bankers. We’re their debtor. How can we truly enforce trade laws against a country that…

Expand Welfare Reform, Don’t Raise Taxes

By Marc Comtois | May 30, 2007 |

Instead of the predictable call for tax hikes, how about looking at things in a different way (h/t) : Imagine a line composed of every household with children in the United States, arranged from lowest to highest income. Now, divide the line into five equal parts. Which of the groups do you think enjoyed big…

A Conservative Primer

By Marc Comtois | May 29, 2007 |

Peter Berkowitz, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, offers a primer on American conservatism. The intro: The left prides itself on, and frequently boasts of, its superior appreciation of the complexity and depth of moral and political life. But political debate in America today tells a different story. On a variety of issues…

They Died For Us

By Marc Comtois | May 28, 2007 |

MORE: Thoughts from Michael Yon in Iraq and Peter Collier in the WSJ.

Jurassic Eden

By Marc Comtois | May 25, 2007 |

My first thought was that it’s things like this that provide the “smarter-than-thee” rhetorical ammunition for the ideological opponents of conservatism. Two prehistoric children play near a burbling waterfall, thoroughly at home in the natural world. Dinosaurs cavort nearby, their animatronic mechanisms turning them into alluring companions, their gaping mouths seeming not threatening, but almost…

Scattered Thoughts

By Marc Comtois | May 23, 2007 |

A few scattered thoughts…. Was anyone surprised to hear that class-warrior John Edwards charged UC Davis $55,000 to give a speech….on poverty? According to a recent study, the less religious a university professor is, the more likely it is that they’ll blame American for the world’s problems. It’s Jordin Hustler porn king Larry Flynt considered…

National Maritime Day

By Marc Comtois | May 22, 2007 |

As the resident maritimer (KP, ’91), I’d be remiss if I didn’t take note that today is National Maritime Day. Besides, one would think that denizens of the Ocean State would be at least mildly interested. (Though the idea of the sea as anything other than an avenue for pleasure craft or something to “keep…