James Pethokoukis: The White House didn’t count on a summer swoon. Then again, it has suffered bouts of premature and unfounded economic optimism before, a malady that has led it to make a number of losing bets and faulty assumptions—which, in turn, have created an even worse environment for growth and jobs. Among them: – High unemployment is a psychological anomaly. Republicans love to mock the now-infamous chart prepared by

Naturally. The people of New York who don’t want it? They’re just going to have to learn how to be good Americans.

Kim Strassel, WSJ: Troll through the voting rolls, and you’ll find an exclusive club of three House Democrats running for re-election who voted against the more controversial pieces of the Obama agenda: the $862 billion stimulus, Mr. Obama’s $3.5 trillion budget, cap and trade and, of course, ObamaCare. Troll through the polls today, and you’ll find a near-exclusive club of three House Democrats who are beating every electoral expectation. Were

I don’t know about you all, but for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.

David Harsanyi, Denver Post: The Dems have pulled together a helpful guide called “Tea Party Contract with America,” which, despite its various chilling exaggerations, is actually not an altogether awful agenda compared to the one being implemented in Washington. If Republicans were smart — lol, right? — they would welcome a debate on radicalism and extremism. A radical, after all, is one who “departs markedly from the usual or customary.”

As a corollary to Jeff’s recent posts on our assuredly illiberal progressives, I offer a piece from the City Journal exploring the material outcome of the Enlightenment. No, it wasn’t just internet porn. Give it a read and consider one basic effect from an intellectual movement that classical liberals consider worthy of conserving and progressives consider… not at all. Of course, the Enlightenment did murder Western Civilization. Which, that just

Christina Hoff Sommers once again shows herself to be an anti-feminist — this time by failing to recognize that market economics is itself a patriarchal construct, and so cannot be used to justify the very kinds of iniquity its insidiousness demands. And yet she tries: Since 1989, the Center for Feminist Research at the University of Southern California (USC) has published a study of “Gender in Televised Sports” every five

Decline and fall. America: R.I.P.

We send letters: Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 RE: GN Docket No. 10-127, Framework for Broadband Internet Service GN Docket No. 09-191, Preserving the Open Internet Dear Chairman Genachowski and Members of the Commission,

Obama hatred: it’s not just for conservatives/classical-liberals anymore! (thanks to JHo)