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Tag: New York Times

Cell Phones for the Poor on the Taxpayers' Dime

Nowadays everyone has a cell phone. In fact, most can’t even recall how life happened before cell phones existed. But there is one group of Americans who largely remain contract free and live without the convenience of a smart phone.

Norway's Jewish Problem

In the wake of Anders Breivik’s massacre of his fellow Norwegians, I was amazed at the speed with which the leftist media throughout the US and Europe used his crime as a means of criminalizing their ideological opponents on the

The Left's 'Terrorism' Tantrum

Yes, we understand that politics is a blood sport and that name-calling has become the common coin of the political realm. But this past week, following the passage of the bill to raise the debt ceiling, and before the nation’s

The New York Times and The Dreaded Tea Party Jihad

The Democrat talking points are out. There is one that seems to have been circulated to all the usual suspects amongst the liberal illuminati and they are repeating it over and over ad nauseum. The talking point in question? The

Fairness? Raise Taxes on the Middle Class

Let’s talk about fairness. As President Obama himself explained in a debate back in 2008, the tax code isn’t and shouldn’t be structured for maximizing either revenue or economic growth. It’s about fairness. And by fairness, he means a highly

Terrorizing The Progressive Narrative

There is no need whatsoever for conservatives to marginalize those we disagree with on the other side of the aisle by referring to them as stupid or ridiculous because they keep going out of their way to do it for

Putting 'Big Oil' to Rights

“Big Oil” has taken a public relations pounding. After all, the industry is thoroughly protected and its profits guaranteed out of necessity of the market. With the economy tanking and the government unable to do anything except make matters worse,

Obama Economy Creating Cuisine of Desperation

America is the most prosperous nation the world has ever known. Any nation where obesity is considered an epidemic, cannot really claim to have a high poverty rate. In fact, during the middle ages, Heaven was often depicted as a

Tea Party Is the Punk Rock Movement of Politics

So remember the Coffee Party – the liberal, media-generated answer to the Tea Party? CNN covered it, so did the New York Times. And around the same time, Jon Stewart organized his rally to Restore Sanity, as a reaction to,

Same-Sex 'Marriage': A New Gateway For Immigrants?

FoxNews.com published an article on July 1 entitled, “Halt to Deportation of Citizen’s Same-Sex Partner Draws Fire” (HT: The Core Report). The article says the executive branch has ignored the law and allowed a foreign invader to remain in our

Friedman Pulls the Hezbollah Card

I would hope most people reading this have, at some point, heard of Godwin’s Law and its most famous corollaries. The most well known amongst them being that as soon as someone compares a person or position they disagree with

The Shameful Spinning of the Norway Massacre

This week’s syndicated column is about the shameful spinning of the Norway Massacre. But I would like to post a more personal comment. As I noted in the column, my name is mentioned nine times in admitted killer Anders Breivik’s