National Politics

Hillary Rodham Clinton

By | June 20, 2005 | Comments Off on Hillary Rodham Clinton

National Review Online has an interview with Edward Klein, author of the new book on Hillary Rodham Clinton entitled The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She’ll Go to Become President. The interview attempts to get beyond/behind the recent controversy about an excerpt from the book. Those of…

Liberalism’s Dilemma

By Marc Comtois | June 16, 2005 | Comments Off on Liberalism’s Dilemma

Andrew writes about Liberalism’s Dilemma at Tech Central Station.

Why the Big Three Auto Companies Could Easily Fail

By | June 13, 2005 |

An earlier posting entitled Outrageous Employee Compensation Liabilities Continue to Haunt General Motors; Will American Taxpayers End Up Paying the Bill? highlighted pension and healthcare cost issues that have made American auto makers like General Motors cost the high cost producer in a competitive global marketplace. These points and the structural problems that sustain them…

For a Chuckle…

By | June 13, 2005 | Comments Off on For a Chuckle…

ScrappleFace does it like no one else. Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, we forget to do what ScrappleFace does – poke fun at political actors. Here are two great recent examples: GOP Senators Shocked: Judge Brown is Black: Republican Senators, who yesterday confirmed President Bush’s appointment of Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the…

Milton Friedman on School Choice

By | June 9, 2005 |

Milton Friedman has written a new editorial entitled “Free to Choose: After 50 years, education vouchers are beginning to catch on” Little did I know when I published an article in 1955 on “The Role of Government in Education” that it would lead to my becoming an activist for a major reform in the organization…

Outrageous Employee Compensation Liabilities Continue to Haunt General Motors; Will American Taxpayers End Up Paying the Bill?

By | June 8, 2005 |

Greg Wallace at What Attitude Problem? highlights this week’s news on General Motors, building on the news previously highlighted here on this blogsite. First, a Washington Post article states: General Motors Corp., the world’s biggest automaker, has offered buyout and early retirement packages to some of its nonunion, salaried workforce in North America as the…

Islamic Jihadists Here in America, Preparing to Kill

By | June 8, 2005 | Comments Off on Islamic Jihadists Here in America, Preparing to Kill

Read this posting for a very detailed and informative writeup on the Islamic jihadists arrested in Lodi, California. Lots of links to follow in the posting. The posting begins: As put by Rusty at Jawa Report, “Four men have been arrested in Lodi California, two on suspicion of aiding al Qaeda and two on immigration…

Bankrupt Public Pensions, Part II

By | June 6, 2005 |

A June 5 posting on RI Policy Analysis links to a new Business Week article on the financially insolvent public pensions. …the cost of retirement has continued its steady climb. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, major public pension plans paid out $78.5 billion in the 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2000. By the comparable…

Remembering President Ronald Reagan

By | June 6, 2005 | Comments Off on Remembering President Ronald Reagan

June 5 marks the one-year anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s death. This posting provides links to many special moments in the President’s life and brings back many fond memories of a great man. Follow all the links, they are a treat. Here is an article from the Washington Times.

Bringing Added Clarity to the Judicial Filibuster Debate

By | June 4, 2005 |

Power Line offers a valuable posting on the judicial filibuster debate. The posting adds to other informative postings about the judicial filibuster debate on this site, including: The Filibuster…Continued The Injustice of Smearing A Fellow American For Political Gain The Senate Judicial Filibuster: Power Politics & Religious Bigotry Mac Owen’s open letter to Senator Chaffee…