In commenting upon President Barak Obama's "Olympic ego trip" to Copenhagen, George Will noted that Obama used the personal pronoun 26 times in 46 sentences. (In his first 41 speeches he mentioned himself 1,400 times.) ...more

November 12, 2009

In commenting upon President Barak Obama's "Olympic ego trip" to Copenhagen, George Will noted that Obama used the personal pronoun 26 times in 46 sentences. (In his first 41 speeches he mentioned himself 1,400 times.) ...more

November 11, 2009

In commenting upon President Barak Obama's "Olympic ego trip" to Copenhagen, George Will noted Obama used the personal pronoun 26 times in 46 sentences. (In his first 41 speeches he mentioned himself 1,400 times.) ...more

November 8, 2009

Not a great speech, but extremely consequential. If Barack Obama succeeds, his joint address to Congress will be seen as historic - indeed as the foundational document of Obamaism. As it stands, it constitutes the boldest social democratic manifesto ever issued by a U.S. president. ...more

March 1, 2009

How big should government be? The answer is: As big as it has to be - and for small-government types, no bigger than it has to be. ...more

February 27, 2009

The president, convinced that the only thing America has to fear is an insufficiency of fear, has warned that "disaster" and "catastrophe" are the certain alternatives to swift passage of the stimulus legislation. One marvels at his certitude more than one envies his custody of this adventure. ...more

February 11, 2009

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," sayeth Rahm. Opportunistic and cynical, yes. But also savvy political counsel that transformational presidents have always followed. ...more

February 4, 2009

By midnight Tuesday, millions of conservatives probably will believe that the nation, foundering on the reefs of sin, is ruined. And millions of "progressives," emboldened to embrace truth in labeling by again calling themselves liberals, probably will have decided that Heaven is at hand, the nation revived like a flower in an April shower. ...more

November 2, 2008

Jan G. Muys of New Port Richey says American seems to be ready to shift to the left as most governments in western Europe have moved the other way in recent years. ...more

November 1, 2008

Lester A. Garone of New Port Richey says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will rule Washington, D.C., after the election. ...more

October 4, 2008