Articles

Enough Already
The Claremont Institute
February 8, 2012

A welfare state we can live with.

Civil Liberties Betrayed?
No Left Turn
January 4, 2012

Joel Mathis has had it with Barack Obama. Mathis voted for Obama to end torture, Guantanamo detentions, and warrantless wiretapping. Not only has the Obama administration tabled those agenda items, but the president's decision to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last week was, for Mathis, "the final betrayal."

Rated R-17 For Graphic Violence
No Left Turn
December 14, 2011

I'm sorry, but how seriously can we take advice from the writing team of Blood and Gore?

Osawatomie's Dichotomies
No Left Turn
December 9, 2011

Near the conclusion of his big speech in Kansas this week, President Obama praised business leaders who understand "their obligations don't just end with their shareholders." The president singled out Marvin Windows and Doors, based in Warroad, Minnesota, for not laying off a single employee during the recession, and choosing instead to cut the pay and perks of both workers and management.

Supercommittee Ends; Superelection Begins
No Left Turn
November 4, 2011

The voters are running out of elections cycles in which they can decide by not deciding. Now that all politics is fiscal, the 2012 election is likely to be dominated by the choice between the parties' mutually exclusive approaches to taxing and spending.

Diane Ravitch Takes It All Back
The Claremont Institute
October 18, 2011

But she had it right the first time.

If They Come, You Will Build It
No Left Turn
August 23, 2011

The moral of the story is clear: States' populations grow and shrink for mysterious, idiosyncratic reasons. A strong economy results from, but does not cause, these population shifts.

Let's Prohibit People From Voting if Their SAT Scores are Lower Than Jacob Weisberg's
No Left Turn
August 4, 2011

The American people can be forgiven for tuning out such leaders. It's not because they use big words or complicated equations. It's because, despite the words and equations, they don't really seem to know what they're talking about. It's not a complicated phenomenon. Perhaps someday even Jacob Weisberg will comprehend it.

Showdown At Ideology Gap
No Left Turn
July 18, 2011

There are any number of reasons to feel pessimistic about the future of conservatism, but the need to secure resources and set priorities won't soon disappear, which means it's likely to be a while before happy days are here again for liberalism.

Tax Facts
No Left Turn
July 12, 2011

According to the Congressional Budget Office, Schrag's last three contentions are, respectively, wrong, misleading, and wrong, at least as they pertain to federal taxation.