Archive | Current Affairs
Posted on November 19 2012 - 11:39 AM | By: James V DeLong
Several recent posts on C4P have linked to articles comparing Sarah Palin with conventional politicians of both parties, with the comparison much in favor of Palin — see Why the Left Hates Sarah Palin (Evan Sayet, 2012); Some of Sarah Palin’s Ideas Cross the Political Divide (Anand Giridharadas, 2011); Hey GOP, take the Palin cure (Charlotte Allen, 2012). [...]
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Posted on November 17 2012 - 4:11 PM | By: Doug Brady Tags: Mitt Romney, Obama, Politico, Ted Cruz
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Posted on November 16 2012 - 12:42 PM | By: Steve Flesher Tags: Facebook, Israel, Sarah Palin
We stand with Israel and Netanyahu’s strength
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Posted on November 16 2012 - 12:23 PM | By: James V DeLong Tags: crony capitalism, political legitimacy, Sarah Palin, Special Interest State, Special Interests
Crony Chronicles just reviewed my book Ending ‘Big SIS’ (The Special Interest State) and Renewing the American Republic. The review is favorable (whew!) so please check it out. Especially gratifying is its description of the book as “systematic and easy to read”. Earning that characterization took a lot of sweat. The book strikes many of [...]
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Posted on November 15 2012 - 7:38 PM | By: Doug Brady Tags: Daily Mail, James Nye, John Metz, Obamacare, Obamatax
The law of unintended consequences.
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Posted on November 15 2012 - 12:13 PM | By: James V DeLong Tags: 2010 states, 2012, Barone, grass roots, state legislatures
“Democrats lost only in the U.S. House races, but in state legislative contests, as well”
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Posted on November 14 2012 - 2:03 PM | By: James V DeLong Tags: Andrew McCarthy, Congress, Oliver Cromwell, Republican Establishment, Sarah Palin, Tea Party
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately … Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
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Posted on November 14 2012 - 9:46 AM | By: Doug Brady Tags: 2012 GOP Convention, Mitt Romney, NRSC, Sarah Steelman, SarahNET Radio
“How’d that convention end up working out for you, Mr. Romney.”
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Posted on November 13 2012 - 6:48 PM | By: Doug Brady Tags: AGW, Al Gore, Carbon Tax, Mario Trujillo, The Hill
Calls on Obama to reject “insane” Keystone XL Pipleline.
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Posted on November 09 2012 - 3:15 PM | By: James V DeLong Tags: crony capitalism, Democrats, factions, Republicans, Special Interest State, Yuval Levin
Yuval Levin has a good article on National Review Online called The Election and the Right. Read the whole thing, but particularly (emphasis added): The Democratic Party is mostly an incoherent amalgam of interest groups, most of which are vying for benefits for themselves and their members at the expense of other Americans. This kind [...]
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Posted on November 07 2012 - 10:48 PM | By: Doug Brady Tags: 2016, Greta Van Susteren
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Posted on November 07 2012 - 3:35 PM | By: Doug Brady Tags: Chris Matthews, Hurrican Sandy
Thankful for Hurricane Sandy.
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Posted on November 06 2012 - 4:35 PM | By: Doug Brady
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Posted on November 06 2012 - 3:26 PM | By: Mary Beth House
It couldn’t come soon enough.
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Posted on November 05 2012 - 6:34 PM | By: Kevin Fobbs Tags: Barack Obama, Battleground state, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Obamacare, religious freedom, war on religion
Will you vote against Obama’s war on The Soul of America and its religious freedom Tuesday, November 6th?
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Posted on November 04 2012 - 10:50 PM | By: Kevin Fobbs Tags: Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Obama’s Revenge comments, President Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Saul Alinsky
He shouted out that this election result must be about revenge and not about America’s noble principles, values or even future.
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Posted on November 03 2012 - 12:20 AM | By: Kevin Fobbs Tags: ACORN, Election 2012, NAACP, New Black Panther Party, Ohio Election 2012, United Nations, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression
The state of Ohio and Texas along with Florida and Wisconsin are on the United Nation’s Election Day hit list when it comes to their officials showing up at state polling locations.
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Posted on November 02 2012 - 8:51 PM | By: Doug Brady
Falling on principle.
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Posted on November 02 2012 - 11:40 AM | By: James V DeLong Tags: crony capitalism, Galen, Grace-Marie Turner, health, John Cochrane; Cafe Hayek, Obamacare, Russ Roberts
An excellent source of information on Obamacare is the Galen Institute, in Alexandria, VA, a non-profit, free-market-oriented research organization devoted to health policy. Its President, Grace-Marie Turner, just published a column in Forbes on The Avalanche Of New Obamacare Rules Will Come In January, 2013. She notes that the federal government has already issued 13,000 [...]
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Posted on November 01 2012 - 8:48 PM | By: Kevin Fobbs Tags: abortion, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Ohio Battle Ground State, Ohio Election 2012, Ohio Electoral Vote, President Obama, Pro-life
The war in the right to life for the future unborn may boil down to the number 18. The number18 is the age of majority when a young person becomes a legal adult in America. More importantly, it also represents the 18 electoral votes the winner of the Ohio presidential contest will need to lock [...]
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