Many have wondered why Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a former Obama administration official as Ambassador to China, climate-change believer, ally of Harry Reid and all-around anti-Tea Party candidate is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Were the 2012 Republican primaries
by Andrew Mellon23 Aug 2011, 5:36 AM PST0
Recently, I got into a big fight with my cube-mate. After attacking him for his listening to Bill Maher during the workday, he shot back and mocked my Glenn Beck listening. As if there was some moral equivalence between the
by Andrew Mellon8 Jun 2011, 7:31 AM PST0
Our current administration and swarms of socialists for decades before it have repeated the dogma that the rich get rich on the backs of the poor. This fallacy deserves no place in genuine political discourse. In fact, the opposite will
by Andrew Mellon24 Apr 2011, 11:12 AM PST0
To listen to the debates on the deficit and the debt, one would think that wealth emanates from the government. Underlying every argument is the notion that government cuts imply pain and pose a drastic threat to our economy. But
by Andrew Mellon8 Apr 2011, 9:53 AM PST0
When Americans voted in Barack Obama in 2008, they thought they were getting a “post-racial,” “post-partisan” President. For Barack Obama himself had declared that having merely won the Democratic nomination, “the rise of the oceans began to slow and our
by Andrew Mellon3 Mar 2011, 11:33 AM PST0
Universally, democracy is being exalted. Everywhere one turns, one hears of its virtues: how democracy ensures human rights, fosters prosperity and shepherds in modernity. Yet democracy represents nothing more than the tyranny of the majority. In other words, contrary to
by Andrew Mellon14 Feb 2011, 5:51 AM PST0
Predictably, the media is describing the goings on in the Arab world as consisting of revolutionaries fighting their oppressive leaders for democracy and human rights. Never mind that democracy does not ensure liberty. Never mind that the governments that will
by Andrew Mellon1 Feb 2011, 6:11 AM PST0
Time was when countries believed in strong currencies — strength measured not in the rhetoric of bearded wise men but of bank vaults flush with gold coin. Venezuelan tyrant Hugo Chavez recently announced that he would be devaluing his currency
by Andrew Mellon3 Jan 2011, 6:03 AM PST0
As we embark upon a new year of trying to save this country and restore its founding principles, I have spent much time contemplating questions of readers — most important of which is that given the massive problems we continue
by Andrew Mellon28 Dec 2010, 6:02 AM PST0
Amidst the requisite election-year class warfare being played across the country, one of the common arguments being made by the left and accepted begrudgingly by the right is that those who earn the most should pay their fair share. While
by Andrew Mellon21 Oct 2010, 7:13 AM PST0
Suddenly the American public is shocked. Perhaps there is no economic recovery. Perhaps the One really does favor Islam. Democrats and Republicans shake their heads and wonder, how could our President pursue such divisive and unpopular policies? What is the
by Andrew Mellon25 Aug 2010, 5:59 AM PST0
All politics is about power. On one end of the spectrum we have the power of the individual through voluntary action guided by free will; on the other we have the power of the state through coercive action guided by
by Andrew Mellon11 Jul 2010, 11:05 AM PST0
Liberals, progressives, socialists, statists, communists — all enemies of civilization argue all issues on the basis of moral relativism, one odious derivation of which is multiculturalism. There are many arguments for why such principles are wrong. But perhaps the most
by Andrew Mellon10 Jul 2010, 9:47 AM PST0
Daily we are struck with ever more outrageous signs of an administration that seems to lack all common sense when it comes to Islam, and the violent and peaceful jihad being waged against the West. We have a President who
by Andrew Mellon7 Jul 2010, 11:50 AM PST0
As many thrills as he sends up Chris Matthews’ leg and despite his ability to walk on water, Barack Obama like all legislators cannot create jobs. All any politician can do is take resources from the private sector and allocate
by Andrew Mellon7 Jul 2010, 5:17 AM PST0
Alexander Litvinenko was a hero in the mold of Mosab Hassan Yossef, the so-called “Son of Hamas,” who the US is sickeningly threatening to deport. In fact, their fates may be quite similar if this is to happen, as in
by Andrew Mellon20 Jun 2010, 6:35 PM PST0
In a June 14th editorial entitled “Politicizing the Fed,” the Wall Street Journal sheds light on one of the dubious regulations of the upcoming financial reform bill. The Journal states: The biggest underreported threat comes from Subtitle I, Section 1801
by Andrew Mellon19 Jun 2010, 3:15 PM PST0
If we are to stop the march of this nation towards socialism, it is imperative that we understand and educate our fellow citizens as to what socialism is like. This need not be limited to distant readings of history books
by Andrew Mellon12 Jun 2010, 10:11 AM PST0
The media in the backdrop of Barack Obama’s now infamous “whose ass to kick” comment has argued that this President’s critics are angry at him for not showing more emotion. That conservative bastion CNN features an article entitled ‘Why Obama
by Andrew Mellon9 Jun 2010, 5:29 PM PST0
On April 22nd we published an article entitled IndyMac Attack: Did Schumer, Paulson, Soros, and the CRL Kill the Bank and Profit From Its Collapse? We summarized the story as follows: At the end of 2007, hedge fund billionaire John
by Andrew Mellon8 Jun 2010, 12:21 PM PST0
On June 6th, the date of D-Day, scores of patriots from across the nation poured into Zuccotti Park at the corner of Liberty and Trinity, across the street from Ground Zero to protest the 9/11 mosque being built just 600
by Andrew Mellon8 Jun 2010, 5:57 AM PST0
Anthony Weiner honed his political craft working for New York Senator Charles Schumer, and it shows in his recent attack on Glenn Beck and his sponsor Goldline. Weiner and his comrades’ views are well reflected when he says in his
by Andrew Mellon26 May 2010, 8:37 AM PST0
24 is now officially over. As with so many of the previous seasons, this final one ended with Jack Bauer wounded, bereft of sleep, separated from his family, barely hanging on to see another day, but hanging on with his
by Andrew Mellon25 May 2010, 9:55 AM PST0
Today the leading Austrian economic think tank, the Ludwig von Mises Institute held a conference at the University Club in Manhattan in which Marc Faber, famed contrarian investor and publisher of the “Gloom, Boom and Doom Report” gave his perspective
by Andrew Mellon23 May 2010, 5:28 AM PST0
The media’s reaction to the Faisal Shahzad story was quite telling. It began with many clamoring for the idea that the would-be bomber had to be a rightwing nutjob. It ended with many drawing a curiously sympathetic picture of an
by Andrew Mellon14 May 2010, 10:02 AM PST0