February 12, 2012

The Great Accommodator

Great presidents need great nicknames. With his recent exercise in extra-constitutional magnanimity,  allowing religious folk to enjoy the state-endowed religious liberty that he had recently taken away as matter of his principled noblesse oblig...

March 24, 2010

Down on the Farm

In 1945, George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, an allegorical tale of a dystopian farmyard society. Only the most callow among us, plus the President of the United States, would believe that Orwell intended to lay out a blueprint for good governance, rat...

August 7, 2009

The Obama Way

A tale of two quotes:"They pull a knife, you pull a gun.  He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.  That's the Chicago way!""If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard".The first, o...

July 24, 2009

Obama at the Bat (a poem)

Obama at the Bat*The Outlook wasn't brilliant for Leftyville that day:The health care plan was muddled, with but one press conference more to play.And then when the job approval numbers died, and personal popularity did the same,A sickly silence fell...

May 17, 2009

It's Not Easy Being Green

Some environmentalists are now opposing certain alternative energy projects on the basis of the negative local ecosystem impact and displeasing aesthetics that, for example, massive solar plants and huge wind turbines might cause.  Since liberal...

May 14, 2009

The Left's Forgotten Man

It might not be easy to deconstruct progressive liberal thought processes, but it is relatively straightforward to make telling empirical observations.  Consider liberal responses to three individuals.  Let's call them A, B, and C.A stated:...

May 3, 2009

Obama's Whack-a-Mole Politics

Years ago, along a familiar midway, between the Amazing Headless Woman and the Matterhorn, the Whack-a-Mole hungrily waited for quarters amid blinking lights, clanging bells, and the cacophony of nearby barkers. To a kid, both the summer sun and a po...

March 25, 2009

Hallmark Card Diplomacy

One of Barack Obama’s biggest advantages during the campaign was the perception that his message of hope and change would finally get the world to like us.  Warmed by the glow of the President’s personal charisma, world leaders who r...

March 22, 2009

While Nero Fiddled

With all the focus on bungled bailouts, ballooning deficits, corrupt or incompetent appointees, nationalization of private companies, the lack of promised administration transparency, verbal gaffes, and etiquette mishaps with foreign leaders, it's ti...

February 11, 2009

The 3:10 to Serfdom

Humanity's struggle for freedom, the struggle to own oneself and the value of one's labor, has been long, arduous, and bloody.  It continues today, the latest flashpoint being the nation once known as the Last Best Hope of Earth, where a citizen...

January 15, 2009

The Curious Case of Christopher Dodd

In a January 12 interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America", Christopher Dodd blamed the myriad bailout foibles on the Bush Administration.  Hitting your opponent on his way out of the ring would generally be considered...

January 12, 2009

Another Lincoln?

It is comforting to know that, in these times of economic distress and financial belt-tightening, the first tangible product of the Obama administration is a brand new Presidential Limousine.  It does prove there is at least one difference betwe...

November 28, 2008

John Locke, Lost

To many current day Americans, John Locke is a character on a popular television series.  When I mention Locke in the context of a political discussion, I am often met with a puzzled look, my debate partner wondering why I’ve changed the s...

November 27, 2008

The rail-splitter

One score and seven days ago, give or take, our electorate brought forth on this continent, a new President.  Since then, he’s been able to become Lincoln faster than Lincoln, or so some pundits would have us believe.  Kicking conserv...

November 22, 2008

Obamonopoly

Growing up before computers, we relied on board games as staples of play.  One of our favorites was Monopoly.  We didn’t realize it, but by playing Monopoly we began to understand concepts that would eventually dominate our adult thou...