Ross Douthat really nails it. Many of our governing elites (personified by Jon Corzine) are, for all of their alleged intelligence and sophistication, engines of destruction. They don’t know what they can’t control and end up producing chaos. . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m watching the Gingrich/Cain debate thing. I don’t think I’ll make it all the way through. The Medicare discussion is tough to watch. Gingrich is doing better, but I’m liking Cain more the more I watch. Gingrich is trying to dig out from the . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been a little negative (okay, very negative) about the GOP presidential field in recent weeks, so I should give credit where it is due. Good speech by Romney today. Taken in outline, the spending cuts and entitlement reforms he talks about are probably big enough to avoid . . . . Continue Reading »
So I saw Cain on the Fox Special Report show yesterday. I’m going to ignore all the stuff about sexual harassment because I don’t know what is true and I figure it will shake out in the next couple of weeks (or even faster.) I’m more interested in some of Cain’s . . . . Continue Reading »
George Will rightly hits Romney for being unprincipled, but that doesn’t mean Romney isn’t the best of the current field of Republican contenders (and this probably is the complete field - more is the pity.) The Ohio story is just perfect. Romney was visiting a phone . . . . Continue Reading »
Yeah, I know Jindal has endorsed Perry. But he just won a crushing reelection in Louisiana. He has a record as a spending cutter who can maintain core government services. He know health care policy. He is conversant on national issues. He is a competent and energetic . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Carl is right that we aren’t talking enough about the courts and that a second Obama term would make it very likely that we will have a decisive liberal Supreme Court majority with who-knows-what ability to make future conservative electoral victories fruitless to a large degree. 2. . . . . Continue Reading »
So Ron Paul has released his plan to cut one trillion from the budget and balance the budget in three years. Well, I don’t like it. Here is a nonexhaustive list of reasons why, 1. Ron Paul cuts 2013 Medicaid spending to a level 30% lower than the Ryan budget (and . . . . Continue Reading »
I was gonna do longish post about Ron Paul and Herman Cain, but I don’t have the energy today, so a few thoughts about Romney on Tuesday, Romney really prepares for debates. He and his staff try to anticipate questions and his answers are sharp and hard. Just listen to him talk . . . . Continue Reading »
So Stephen Moore is suggesting that Cain should (will?) drop the 9% sales tax in his plan and replace it with a 9% payroll tax. So we are having a discussion about enormous changes to our tax system during an era of slow growth and enormous budgets. The discussion seems to have a acquired an . . . . Continue Reading »
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