Archive for the ‘Commentary’ Category

Cindy Sheehan Hits Anti-War Hypocrisy of the Left

The great Byron York has been doing some healthy questioning of the Left’s silence on Obama’s Iraq policy. In an article on Tuesday, he wrote:
Remember the anti-war movement? Not too long ago, the Democratic party’s most loyal voters passionately opposed the war in Iraq. Democratic presidential candidates argued over who would withdraw American troops the [...]

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The Cap & Trade Bill’s Existential Crisis

Courtesy of David Freddoso of the up-and-coming Washington Examiner, it seems that it can be stated with absolute certainty that no member of the House read the Cap & Trade bill that passed last night because the bill doesn’t actually exist yet:

By all appearances, the House is about to vote on a very long bill [...]

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More on Glenn Beck and the FEMA Conspiracy: Crooks and Liars Lives Up To Its Name

After my post on Paul Krugman’s spurious attack on Glenn Beck, a reader emailed me this posting from David Neiwert of the blog Crooks and Liars that attempts to rehabilitate Krugman and defend his misrepresentations. As the following will show in extreme detail, Neiwert is as guilty as Krugman. They both bend over backwards to [...]

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Paul Krugman: The Big Fake

Paul Krugman has an op-ed in today’s New York Times entitled “The Big Hate” that sets a new standard for intellectual dishonesty. It is one of the most disgraceful pieces of writing I have ever seen. Krugman’s thesis is that the “right-wing media” is responsible for events like the recent murder of late-term abortion doctor [...]

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Republicans and Gay Marriage

Over at Big Hollywood, Maura Flynn has an outstanding post entitled The Republican Case for Gay Marriage. The entire thing is worth reading, but here is the key passage:
Me, I implore the Republicans to become — once and for all — the party of freedom. The true moral highground is there to seize. Our Constitution [...]

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