Monthly Archives: May, 2011

The extent to which the Obama administration and the liberal media consider Fox News to be an obstacle in the way of Obama’s campaign for re-election is made clear in “New York” magazine’s “hit” piece (Fox News Made a Circus Out of the Republican Party.)
When the Obama administration launched a frontal attack on Fox News [...]

Will patriotism or racism be the dominant theme in the 2012 election?
Shelby Steele writes in the Wall Street Journal (Obama’s Unspoken Re-Election Edge) that the biggest obstacle for Republicans in 2012 is Barack Obama’s “cultural charisma.” He is a symbol of American exceptionalism because he is the “first black in the entire history of Western [...]

Basically, America has a government party and a business party. Today, a key function of government is to transfer money from the successful to the less successful, for the ostensible purpose of equity. Republicans represent the givers in society and Democrats the takers. Therefore, Democrats want higher taxes and Republicans want less spending. (Obviously, there [...]

Philip Stephens writes in the Financial Times (Cameron and Obama: It’s Strictly Business) that America and Britain have common interests and this is what really matters. We can dispense with “the myths and emotional baggage wrapped up in a uniquely special bond between London and Washington.”
Stephens says David Cameron, the British prime minister, and Barack [...]

It is widely believed that one of America’s remaining strengths is its university system. The co-founder of Pay-Pal, Peter Thiel, has an entirely different view. He says that society’s faith in higher education is “a great bubble.” The cost of a university education is up 10-fold, but quality has not really changed.
Thiel says colleges and [...]

The Economist reviews Henry Kissinger’s latest book, a 586 page analysis of China (On China) and says it is a “no go,” which means it misses the mark. My impression is that what they object to most is Kissinger’s multi-culturalism. He overstates the importance of culture. Even more annoying is his conceit. He thinks he [...]

It is often said that we should be committed to a cause greater than ourselves. It might be preserving the environment. It could be world peace. It could even be a so-called living wage.
But, when we do that we tend to abandon an even greater cause, which is honesty.
The Wall Street Journal writes (Christie Alters [...]

In my early years as a security analyst we had a research director who was intelligent and easy to work with, except for one small problem. He had a short attention span. When he showed up in the morning he would stop by my desk and tell me about a company he heard about on [...]

Barack Obama’s reference to Israel’s 1967 borders has caused an uproar in America, but the Financial Times believes Obama must do much more (Obama and the Arab Awakening.) In fact, the FT says the centerpiece of the speech was Obama’s promise of new aid to support reform across the region. This shows he wants to [...]

George Will says our next president will be Barack Obama, Tim Pawlenty or Mitch Daniels.
All of the candidates, including Pawlenty and Daniels, have flaws. But,unless the economy improves significantly even a slightly damaged Republican should win.
Mark Steyn says this time we should look for a Republican candidate that does not have be dragged across the [...]