Can You Trust Conservatives
The wife of a liberal friend of mine recently asked some sincere questions trying to figure out conservatives, and so I thought I would address them. I will do the political question here and the more religiously oriented ones in the near future at my other blog, www.consider.org/blog. Her politically oriented question concerned the statement […]
Read More..>>Tu quoque or Double Standard?
One of the common responses that seems to come up whenever Liberals behave badly is, not so much outrage but rather, the excuse that “both side do it.” This is visible once again as it is now clear that liberal attacks on Sara Palin and conservatives following the shooting in Tucson were little more than […]
Read More..>>Following the Jimmy Carter example, yet again
The No-Labels crowd is back with a major push, which is not too surprising. The more Democrats and/or liberals reveal their true nature, thereby damaging their brand, the more they seek to avoid labels that would identify them for who they are. Obama, Reid and Pelosi have really made a mess of things this time, […]
Read More..>>The Pequod Party
I have no idea whether the Obama care will pass, but either way I am sure that it will not stand. Of course, if it goes down to defeat, it will be dead, and the political costs of pushing it will be so great that no rational politician will attempt it again for quite some […]
Read More..>>Obama and Scaling Back the Federal Bureaucracy
President Obama and the Democrats may be setting the nation up to accomplish something conservatives have been advocating for decades, the scaling back of the federal bureaucracy, and on a scale more massive than conservatives may have even wished. This is not, of course, Obama’s intention. Far from it. Nor will it be for the reasons or […]
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