Category Archives: Politics

A War We Might Just Win

About six months ago, I gave up on our efforts in Iraq. Since then, things have been getting for our side. Two blokes from the liberal Brookings Institute writes in the New York Times: In war, sometimes it’s important to … Continue reading

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Why Rudy Giuliani Is The Republican Front-Runner

From the Weekly Standard: Support for Giuliani boils down to two things. The first is determination to stop Hillary Clinton from becoming president. Polls show Giuliani is the most competitive candidate against Clinton in a general election. The mayor contrasts … Continue reading

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Bloggers take aim at city governments — and hit home

From The Los Angeles Times: These muckraking bloggers say they have stepped in to fill the government watchdog vacuum. Some are anonymous, others are scurrilous and, on occasion, possibly libelous. And to local politicians, most are a royal pain in … Continue reading

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Arch-Conservatives Vs. Arch-Liberals

A Google search for "arch-conservative" yields 168,000 results and arch-liberal 12,000. Dennis Prager claims that you never hear the term "arch-liberal."

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Audit, Schmaudit! Spend The $178 Million Per Year On Police, Not “Gang Programs!”

Walter Moore writes July 8: Today the Los Angeles City Council authorized an expenditure of $500,000 of your money to “audit and gauge the effectiveness of” dozens of so-called “anti-gang” programs on which they already spend $178 million of your … Continue reading

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Spoiling For A Fight: The Rise Of Eliot Spitzer

I just read this book by Brooke A. Masters and I don’t have a clue whether or not Spitzer is good for America. I can’t say I recommend the book. It’s awfully dull. I don’t understand why it got such … Continue reading

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Hugh Hewitt Addresses Wednesday Morning Club About 2008 Elections

BEVERLY HILLS: Radio talkshow host and author Hugh Hewitt told 120 people at the Four Seasons Hotel that a Mitt Romney – Rudy Giuliani would be a strong Republican ticket and he didn’t care much which person would be nominated … Continue reading

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American Press Corp Shouldn’t Stand For The President Nor Any Politician

I fear that such rituals developsubservience and a free people should not develop subservience to politicians. American politicians should be treated by Americans the same as anyone else. They’re politicians for God’s sake. Don’t stand up for them. Don’t stand … Continue reading

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Tom Tancredo Chases White House

He’s my favorite candidate for U.S. president (my next preference would be Mitt Romney and then Rudy Giuliani). I heard him speak to the Wednesday Morning Club August 22, 2006. The Denver Post does him wrong in its report: Tancredo’s … Continue reading

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Party Of Defeat

About the only time I like to blog my opinions on politics is to say that I’m wrong (such as about the war in Iraq). Otherwise, I don’t think I have anything important to add and prefer to write about … Continue reading

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