Top tier candidate. Serious. Sober. Pragmatic. And just what we need to draw in “moderates.” Because unlike the conservatives in the field, Huntsman wouldn’t let the US “default” by way of, well, not defaulting — and insisting that any increase in our debt limit be counterbalanced by commensurate cuts in spending. And unlike the conservatives in the field, Huntsman believes the “rich” aren’t sacrificing enough already by paying the majority

The terrorists have already won.

Addendum. Lots of CARING happening here all of a sudden. Why, it’s as though he’s suddenly had an epiphany! And I say more power to him! — Which is why I bristle at such unhelpful and frankly cynical, non-trusting responses like this one, from ALG President Bill Wilson: With homeowners underwater in their homes by about $700 billion, Obama’s $85 billion of bailout-refinance loans will not address 88 percent of

Announcements that “common sense” deregulation will be coming (though libertarian paternalism will of course remain); that the Fairness Doctrine is dead (though its aims will resurface under new labels in new legislation); and now, that a pipeline his regulatory agencies and the State Department have been blocking suddenly is being given the go ahead (note: unions were pressing for this, in a battle between Obama’s union cronies and his environmental

Washington Examiner: Poor Paul Krugman. An Internet troll stole the economist and New York Times columnist’s identity this week and posted this comment on the Internet after Tuesday’s earthquake in Washington: “People on twitter might be joking, but in all seriousness, we would see a bigger boost in spending and hence economic growth if the earthquake had done more damage.” Krugman didn’t say that, but he has made the same

The WSJ calls this an FCC “good deed, but me, I wouldn’t get too excited about it. The “Fairness Doctrine” as an intellectual brand has been pretty thoroughly tarnished by those who’ve pointed out — correctly — that its primary aim, in its most recent life, was to target “right wing” radio and FOXNews. And it is for that reason — together with the Obama Administration’s upcoming attempt to appear

As progressives engage in their latest round of provincial-American sneers (we’re back to the anti-Texan trope, with Perry’s entry into the presidential race), it is important to recognize that the endgame of the statist movement, as I’ve been at pains to explain, is not, as the left would have you believe, a leveling of the class system; rather, what they are after is a new class system, one divided along

Bush’s fault. Though to be fair, the Arab Spring, the Japanese earthquake / tsunami / nuclear armageddon (with the attendant rise of zombie cheerleaders and giant insect wars), and Justin Bieber’s pro-life bombshell had a lot to do with it. Honestly. Any mortal leader can only do so much in the face of such unprecedented obstacles — and a demi-god, well, even He’s going to need an additional term as

See? The real problem this country has is that you ideologically intransigent fringe extremist Biblehumping redneck mouthbreathing hicksticks — when you aren’t not busy acting like terrorists, holding your assault weapons to the heads of American seniors or children with autism or loving loving gays or all those hard working undocumented workers who just want to pick beans and melons and live the same American dream your dumb hillbillies asses

As is the case with most Marxists, for Chuck Schumer, ideology stops where personal interest begins. Which is why waivers and special dispensation and redistribution of wealth to those who back your play are such a big part of the ostensibly egalitarian world of socialism. Purity is for suckers.