Critics of income disparity, wider now than at any time since 1928, most often decry it in moral terms. Both the poor and the rich are said to be “undeserving” – the poor of their less than modest circumstances and the rich of their opulence. We’re told that the poor deserve – are entitled, have the right – not to be poor. The rich remain…
DATELINE: Smallville, Jan 4 – Under President Obama, America’s presence on the world stage has diminished drastically. In some regions, it has practically disappeared. The result is one of the swiftest erosions of world influence ever suffered by a Great Power. This sorry state of affairs is due to a shift in foreign policy both by design and by chaos. The design part was announced by Obama in the days before he took office and expanded upon during his first year in the White House. Who canRead more…
DATELINE: Fibberville, Dec 31 – The claimed cause of the Benghazi massacre has come full circle, all the way back around to the anti-Islam video. At least for those the New York Times calls investigators. Their “investigative” report, published on Saturday, would be laughable if the tragedy did not cut such a wide swath of slaughter and destruction. Even President Obama has long since attempted, in his weasely-worded fashion, to distance himself from that little piece of descriptive hoo-ha. The report did at least earnRead more…
A standard defense of Mr. Obama’s signature legislation is that something is better than nothing. Trying is better than not trying. Giving it the old college try beats sitting on the sidelines. These are banal bromides, of course, but does their theme nevertheless apply to Obamacare?
Like many old sayings, this one has a surface appeal but its true wisdom…
DATELINE: Clulessville, Dec 24 – With the catastrophic “roll-out” of Obamacare and the huge negative press dogging the President, where oh where is the brain trust of the GOP? Out where the buffalo roam. That’s right. They’re plain buffaloed by the challenge of coming up with any good ideas of their own. They aren’t that great at leveling criticisms, but they are far worse at presenting cogent plans or any plans at all, really. If anyone knows the GOP healthcare plan,Read more…
Last July, President Obama declared that his signature legislation “is doing what it’s designed to do”, which, back then, was providing “more choices, better benefits, check rising costs.” Six months later, with millions of cancelled policies, unwanted benefits and higher costs, it’s impossible to believe Obama’s design claims. Not even the Government’s objectives can be so thwarted so quickly.
