National Politics
In a Wall Street Journal editorial entitled Right and Ron: Republicans long for a new Reagan, Brendan Miniter offers this commentary on Republican Party leadership in the Congress and in the Oval Office: …It’s telling that now, five years into the second Bush presidency, conservatives are still looking for the next Ronald Reagan to champion…
Ed Achorn of the ProJo discusses the looming transparency of public sector financial obligations to be required under the new accounting rules: Taxpayers in Rhode Island — and nationwide — will soon be learning some very unpleasant facts of life about debts the politicians have been running up in their name for many years, in…
Most efforts at evaluating the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court have focused on parsing the Judge’s record (too often looking solely towards the outcomes of cases while ignoring the legal reasoning used). Anchor Rising was provided with an opportunity to approach the question of what kind of Justice Samuel Alito would be…
Ramesh Ponnuru at National Review Online is reporting that Senator Lincoln Chafee has joined with the Democrats (including Senator Jack Reed) to filibuster this year’s Defense Department appropriation until a provision allowing oil-drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is removed. By the way, to read a more sensible approach to energy policy, click here.…
With H/T to Power Line, Dafydd ab Hugh writes: Paul over at Power Line poses a fascinating question — in subtext — in a recent post: How does the CIA protect its turf so well? Its skill in the art of the leak must play a major role. For one thing, this skill helps explain…
Something in a Corner post by Larry Kudlow might help to tie local Rhode Island concerns to the broader political landscape: Why Republicans don’t say more about the tax-cut related economic expansion is beyond me. And whether Tuesday’s disappointing election results provide a wake up call for the GOP remains to be seen. But they…
A Wall Street Journal editorial today says this: Patrick Fitzgerald’s investigation took nearly two years, sent a reporter to jail, cost millions of dollars, and preoccupied some of the White House’s senior officials. The fruit it has now borne is the five-count indictment of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the Vice President’s Chief of Staff–not for…
Mac Owens (a contributor to this site) has a column up over at National Review explaining both the history of the Posse Comitatus Act, which defines the line between the militia (or National Guard) and U.S. military, and why it shouldn’t be changed despite the recent events surrounding Hurricane Katrina.
In a comment to a previous posting, Will writes: …what’s important here is the need to address the substance of the problems mentioned herein, and not just attack the messenger. Ignoring problems doesn’t make them go away. All it usually does is lead to greater problems down the road. That comment directly relates to the…
Robert Novak wrote of a successful rebuttal of a bi-partisan attempt in the U.S. Senate to spend more of our tax dollars under the auspices of “Katrina Aid.” The Senate was up to its old tricks Monday evening. It prepared to pass, without debate and under a procedure requiring unanimous consent, a federal infusion of…
