A thoroughly familiar-looking group of subversive right-winger types and I set out for the U.S. Space and Rocket Center this morning to see and hear Rick Santorum speak. He looked to have twice Newt’s crowd, as well as a robust Secret Service complement. Seeing and hearing two major presidential candidates made for a pretty cool [...]
A familiar-looking group of subversive right-winger types and I set out for the U.S. Space and Rocket Center early this afternoon to see and hear Newt Gingrich speak. With 500 or so similarly-minded compatriots, we took in a typical—which is to say, quite good—Newt speech that was long on practical solutions, bold vision, and American [...]
Well, here we are. You’ve only thought it’s been election season so far. Hammer down today. Defeating such an arrogant, divisive, unloved, and ineffective sitting president should be almost a layup. However, the Republicans have infused the contest with needless drama by dragging a less-than-optimal field of candidates to the party (see also: Democrats, 2004). [...]
Conservative activist and media pioneer Andrew Breitbart died yesterday morning. He was 43. Jonah Goldberg has written a marvelous obituary that captures perfectly the happy warrior Breitbart was. Of all the prominent figures in the conservative universe, he was easily the most cheerful and undeterred. His boundless enthusiasm for his cause made him a lot [...]
There are many things lost on today’s left. The one notion I think I most wish I could correct is that opposing a government program to do x is the same thing as opposing x. I think fighting poverty is a noble and correct societal goal. The U.S. government has spent $4,000,000,000,000, give or take, [...]
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