Political Animal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
GERSON'S SENSE OF THE 'CENTER'.... Michael Gerson, reflecting on this week's elections, believes "it was a center-right victory in a center-right country." He was referring, of course, to Republican gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia. Gerson largely overlooked the...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
As I was talking recently with the founder of a large American corporation, the conversation turned (inevitably) to health care reform. His employees in their 20s, on average, cost the company about $1,500 a year in health bills. Those in their 50s cost at least 10 times more. The effect of proposed health care reform – which limits the ability of insurers to charge higher premiums for older...
Making Sense with Nicholls (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
What do the results of the recent elections in America really mean? Here's what Professor Don Boudreaux of George Mason says in a letter to the Washington Post. Dear Editor: Michael Gerson , Charles Krauthammer , and Eugene Robinson speculate today about Tuesday's election results. What do these results signal about the Republican and Democratic parties? About Pres. Obama? About Michael...
Cafe Hayek (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Here’s a letter that I sent this moring to the Washington Post: Michael Gerson, Charles Krauthammer, and Eugene Robinson speculate today about Tuesday’s election results. What do these results signal about the Republican and Democratic parties? About Pres. Obama? About Michael Steele? Sarah Palin? Glenn Beck? Speculations centered on party struggles are tiresome. The...
The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... of 8 Op-Eds and opinion columns today, from these individuals: * Former Bush Attorney General Michael Mukasey (bashing Obama for wanting to try 9/11 defendants in an actual court)* Neocon Charles Krauthammer (heralding the resurgent GOP fueled by "Obama's hubristic expansion of government, taxation, spending and debt")* Newt Gingrich and GOP Texas Gov. Rick Perry (Obama's health...
Glenn Greenwald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... of 8 Op-Eds and opinion columns today, from these individuals: * Former Bush Attorney General Michael Mukasey (bashing Obama for wanting to try 9/11 defendants in an actual court) * Neocon Charles Krauthammer (heralding the resurgent GOP fueled by "Obama's hubristic expansion of government, taxation, spending and debt") * Newt Gingrich and GOP Texas Gov. Rick Perry (Obama's health...
Climate Progress (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... the “axis of evil” metaphor (his first phrase, “axis of hatred,” was changed to “axis of evil” by Michael Gerson, Bush’s chief speechwriter, who wanted to use more “theological language,” as Frum explains in his book on page 238 ). He apparently hails from the Bizarro World , whose Code states “Us do opposite of all Earthly things! Us hate beauty! Us love ugliness!” New nuclear power...
eXrai (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... to use the economic crisis as a means to grow the federal government for as long as possible. Michael Gerson puts it correctly in his RCP column today. “By creating deficits unequaled as a percentage of the economy since World War II, by proposing to nearly triple the national debt in the next 10 years, by using the economic crisis as an excuse for the massive expansion of government...
