Governor Mitt Romney is stressing his father’s connection to the American auto industry as he plays for Motor City in segments like this one: “A little history,” Romney says. “I was born and raised here. I love this state. It
Is Barack Obama governing for the 23% who oppose the Keystone pipeline? It seems a new poll from the Pew Research Center says yes. There is far more support for the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry upwards of 800,000 barrels of
Documents obtained by Big Government show that the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is spending union dues in the race for the Ohio Republican Primary, while MoveOn.org is spending its money on GOP’s Michigan’s primary. The
HBO claims its upcoming film “Game Change,” which covers the 2008 presidential campaign, isn’t fact challenged and isn’t a hit piece. But what do the few reviewers who have seen it say? The Hollywood Reporter’s Tim Goodman review must be read to
Rick Santorum last night explained his vote for the No Child Left Behind law of 2001, which was the cornerstone of President Bush’s education policy. “I have to admit, I voted for that, it was against the principles I believed
Yesterday I wrote about Sean Stone, Oliver Stone’s son, and his decision to embrace Iran and Islam. Today I am writing about Youcef Nadarkhani, whose predicament puts the lie to any and all claims that Stone was making about Iran’s peacefulness.
Embracing your nation’s enemy used to be treason, but among Hollywood elites, it is good P.R. Jane Fonda was pictured on the tank of the Viet Cong. Sean Penn cozies up to Hugo Chavez while Gisele Bundchen and Johnny Depp
Livin’ La Vida One Percent On the campaign trail in 2008, Michelle Obama denigrated corporate America, but on the campaign trail in 2012, she’s more than happy to take its union-busing cash and enjoy the lifestyle of the .001%. Michelle
Why do other nations try to claim the successes of Americans of which they had no part? Might it be because they want to lay claim to the greatness that is uniquely American? When Steve Jobs died, word came that his
In the states that matter, his approval rating is low, low, low Much is made about how President Obama is suddenly popular again, but this rests on a faulty assumption: that the national polls actually matter at this stage in
Only in education could you demand a higher pay for churning out an inferior product, but that’s just what the Chicago teachers unions want for doing the jobs they were paid to do, according to the Chicago Tribune. Mayor Rahm Emanuel might
Rick Santorum gave a very good speech on Thursday in Detroit making the case for his brand of economic conservatism. The full speech is here, but the segment that is getting all the play is this one about income inequality. [youtube
The awkwardness of modern politics To get a sense of how badly Mitt Romney and his supporters want him to win in his home state of Michigan, you need only look at two figures that were obtained by Big Government:
Is Bachus Waiving Goodbye or Hello? Beating back corruption is hard work. Look no further than Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), who is under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics about a series of stock trades he made during the 2008 financial crisis.
No separation of church and state for thee! Far from a compromise, President Obama’s Health & Human Services is doubling down on its edict that religious organizations be compelled to provide contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs through their health care plans.
1924 Democratic Convention: It Won’t Happen Again I love presidential conventions because contrary to the popular perception, they matter. We would not have gotten a draft Calvin Coolidge movement that put him on the ticket against what the G.O.P. establishment
Not Until Obama’s Union Friends Get Theirs First Unlike politicians, budgets don’t lie. They reveal both the priorities and values of those who make them. Give me a household budget and I can tell you what the parents prioritize and
Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania has had a good week, winning three states–Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado–last week. He had an even better weekend. He went toe-to-toe with David Gregory on MSNBC’s Meet the Press, George Stephanopolous on ABC’s This Week, and CNN’s State
I’d like to claim that I was first persuaded of the virtues of conservatism from F. A. Hayek, William F. Buckley, and Ronald Reagan, but the truth of the matter is that it was science fiction that made me conservative.
This has been a tough week for President Obama. He picked a fight with the Catholic Church, the largest charity in the world, and his poll numbers took a nose dive. And when he called for a compromise, most Catholics and Americans
Present at the Creation: Adam Hasner, with Marco Rubio Against the Florida GOP Establishment “A day in politics is like an eternity. A lot of recent events have altered the political landscape,” Adam Hasner told me by phone. Until last
Joel Pollak has already written on the divestment campaign going on at Occupy Oakland, but it is worth remembering that Kalle Lasn and Micah White, the two founders of the Occupy movement, have always hated the Jews and their state.
Recently at Politico, Tim Mak listed ten reasons why he thinks Santorum will have problems going forward. Sure enough: at number seven is Santorum’s perceived “racial insensitivities.” Rick Santorum with Robert Traynham, his openly gay black aide Here we go again. Let’s
Now that the Super Bowl is over, there’s the usual selective outrage arguing that ‘this or that ad is racist.’ Last year, it was the Tibetans and GroupOn; this year, it is the Chinese and Pete Hoekstra’s bid for the U.S.
Obama’s Alinsky-Style Power Analysis New York Times columnist Jodi Kantor’s book, The Obamas, tries very, very hard to paint a sympathetic picture of her eponymous subject matter–she gets her digs in against the supposedly racist tea party everywhere she can–but every once and a
