Marc Comtois
Ross Douthat comments on Steve Kornacki’s contention that: … the rise of southern/religious-based conservatism in 1994 — when Newt Gingrich and the GOP won control of Congress — triggered an immediate and enduring cultural backlash among swing voters in places like Massachusetts. Before ‘94, they still saw the GOP (generally) as a big tent party…
On election day in Massachusetts, the desperate ProJo editors have resorted to listing a bunch of “what ifs?” should Scott Brown be elected and Obamacare not pass. Notwithstanding that a counter-argument can be made that passing this particular monstrosity called health care “reform” would make all of the items they identify even worse, the panicked…
Aside, from his obvious importance in the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of this nation’s great, effective orators and writers. His “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” are, respectively, great examples of his talent and ability to call upon central tenets of our nation’s founding–upon…
Apparently, we’re supposed to believe that it’s a net good to be spending more taxpayer dollars on pensions because it’s good for the economy: While several speakers were telling the House Finance Committee last week that cities and towns were spending too much on employee pensions, another, representing public school teachers argued that the state…
Apparently, my earlier post came off as me being quite a bit more amenable to the “Frumians” than intended. To clarify, when I wrote that Frum made some “good points”, I was referring to his description of Brown and his positions. I most certainly don’t agree with Frum’s sullivanesque paranoia with the “right wing.” Despite…
Joe the Plumber….Rick Santelli….“General” Larry Platt? There’s something about wannabe American Idol auditioner Larry Platt’s song “Pants on the Ground” that is striking a chord. PANTS ON THE GROUND Pants on the ground Pants on the ground Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground With the gold in your mouth Hat turned…
Win or Lose, the Scott Brown candidacy in Massachusetts has shown that there is a motivated bunch of people looking to upset establishment apple carts, mostly those being pushed around by the in-power Democrats. Brown has struck a chord with these folks based on his common-sense, man-of-the-people approach. Yet, as both Erick Erickson and David…
At the end of this post I alluded to the special deal that unions–after much b***ing and moaning– have extracted from Team Obama Health Care Force. In short, the tax on so-called “cadillac plans” won’t be applied to collectively bargained health plans. Heritage’s James Sherk observes: What a deal. Unions want the health care spending,…
Hey, we’re number 1!!!! A recent study by the market-research firm NPD Group Inc. found that the Providence metropolitan area has more doughnut shops per capita than any other region in the Untied States. NPD said the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area has 25.3 doughnut shops per 100,000 people. The Boston area ranked second, with 20.4…
With the ProJo editorial board’s endorsement of Martha Coakley for Senate, it’s become more apparent than ever that the ProJo editorial board has become a single-issue shill for health care reform at all costs. Most important to us is that she is the candidate most likely to carry on the work of the late Sen.…