Back in May 2007 I first floated the idea of using the American Idol/Dancing with the Stars selection method as a model for a way to select presidential candidates. Because of the power of the interne...Read More
American Creation by Joe Ellis is an easy to read history about the founding of our country. Ellis takes some pleasure in knocking down the reputations of the founders, particularly Jefferson, by po...Read More
The left fears that federal surveillance of international phone traffic is a constraint on our constitutional rights. The right fears that as Robert Samuelson said in the Washington Post: “campa...Read More
“Rather than set a democratic example, our president has instead served as a model of unconstitutional behavior, eagerly emulated by his Pakistani acolyte.” Frank Rich, New York Times Colu...Read More
“Government is almost by necessity inefficient, inflexible, duplicative, wasteful, expensive and burdensome.” Mitt Romney In the WSJ 11/10/07 This is not an endorsement. But he...Read More
Below is an email I got from Charter Communications in response to a email I sent them about the fact that they cut off my service. It is clear that they didn’t read my email and have no intenti...Read More
Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his effort to end global warming. And the believers celebrated. It is a political award. My friend John L sent me an email saying: “Also, Gore won the Peace...Read More
1972 was the last time that an anti-war candidate for President met a less anti-war candidate for President. And Richard Nixon beat George McGovern in a rout. Gottlieb lost in 1971 Popular sentiment d...Read More
In this brilliant letter one British politician uses sarcasm to point out how ridiculous another politician’s policy is: Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State, Department for Environment, ...Read More