In Hell and Lov’n It

OP/ED: Why the U.S. Should Listen to India’s Voters

by Michael Barone
TownHall.com
May 21, 2009
Last November, 131 million Americans voted, and the whole world took notice. Over the last month, about 700 million Indians voted, and most Americans, like most of the world, didn’t much notice.
To be sure, American elections are more important to people all over the world than those in any other country. [...]

Reflection: John Wayne and the Pledge of Allegiance

Ducks Revenge

OP/ED: Obama and the ‘South Park’ Gnomes

Too many initiatives that require a leap of faith.
OPINION: GLOBAL VIEW MAY 27, 2009
WALL STREET JOURNAL
Sometimes it takes “South Park” to explain life’s deeper mysteries. Like the logic of the Obama administration’s policy proposals.
 
Consider the 1998 “Gnomes” episode — possibly surpassing Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose” as the classic defense of capitalism — in which [...]

OP/ED: President Obama: Neo-Marxist

by Larry Elder
TownHall.com
May 21, 2009
The topic: “The Future of Capitalism.”
Time magazine, to discuss this, assembled a “stellar cast.” One such “honoree” works as a Public Broadcasting Service/National Public Radio host. The tax dollars produced by the capitalism he criticizes help pay his salary. (The irony was apparently lost.) At least other “business roundtable” panelists — [...]

US Citizenship as Birthright may End, Red Bull contains Cocaine now, and Murderer Serving Life in Prison gets Knocked Up, gives Birth

> Georgia lawmaker wants to end ‘birthright citizenship’
> Red Bull banned in Germany for containing Cocaine
> Convicted murderer out on ‘day release’ gets knocked up at hotel, gives birth to daughter
Inebriated Press
May 29, 2009
The Associated Press reported Monday that U.S. Representative Nathan Deal (R-Georgia) has proposed changing the long-standing federal policy that automatically grants citizenship [...]

OP/ED: Obama in Bush Clothing: America Fights On

by Charles Krauthammer
TownHall.com
May 22, 2009
“We were able to hold it off with George Bush. The idea that we might find ourselves fighting with the Obama administration over these powers is really stunning.”
– Unnamed and dismayed human rights advocate, on legalizing indefinite detention of alleged terrorists, New York Times, May 21
WASHINGTON — If hypocrisy is the [...]

OP/ED: What If Arnold Had Seized the Moment?

California’s voters were ready for change after the 2003 recall.
By BILL WHALEN
OPINION: CROSS COUNTRY | WALL STREET JOURNAL
MAY 23, 2009.
Stanford, Calif. — While politicians debate whether this week’s rejection of various spending initiatives in California marks the beginning of an antitax insurgency, I can’t help but wonder what might have been had Arnold Schwarzenegger immediately [...]

Virgin may Buy Playboy, Jeans Cause Tingling Thighs, and India Killed all the Dinosaurs

> Playboy loses millions, Virgin reportedly buyer
> Skinny jeans causing “tingling thighs syndrome”
> India’s volcanoes made Dinosaurs extinct
Inebriated Press
May 28, 2009
The UK Daily Mail reported Sunday that Playboy has lost millions of dollars and Hugh Hefner is reported to be selling the company for nearly £200million, with Virgin tipped as a potential buyer. And, MyFox [...]

The Middle-Aged Guy’s Secret to Weight Loss

By N.M. Fredrickson
Guest Columnist
May 28, 2009
Guys, do you remember when we could eat anything we wanted and yet stay slim? While those of the opposite sex were counting calories we were ingesting large chunks of red meat and washing it down with one carb-soaked beverage after another and still we managed to maintain our manly [...]

WSJ: Don’t Monetize the Debt

The president of the Dallas Fed on inflation risk and central bank independence.
By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY
OPINION: THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW | WALL STREET JOURNAL
MAY 23, 2009.
Dallas  — From his perch high atop the palatial Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, overlooking what he calls “the most modern, efficient city in America,” Richard Fisher says he is always on [...]