For the duration of the Bush years (or a good majority of them), the left had practically turned character assassination into an art form. Countless political cartoons depicting Bush as Hitler, countless citations of countless forms of demonization of Cheney, Gingrich, Limbaugh, and other Republican leaders. This ploy has served the left well; cut off... »
Archive for August 18th, 2009
Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling
The Wall Street Journal has a great editorial today with the headline, “Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling”—and the subhead, “Too bad it’s not in U.S. waters.” The gist of it is: The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil’s Tupi... »
Public Option Debate: Red Herring?
Richard H. Thaler, professor of economics and behavioral science at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, wrote a piece in the Sunday Times about health care’s “public option” and how this is a red herring, distracting from the issue of real reform. While everyone is arguing about whether or not the... »
Health Care Costs Better Than Stimulus Packages
Craig S. Karpel, author of The Retirement Myth, has written a great opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago pointing out a very glaring—yet somehow overlooked—contradiction in Obama’s position regarding the economy. Obama has said, “make no mistake: the cost of our health care is a threat to our economy,”... »

