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It’s not the government’s fault

BP, not the US government, continues to dump oil all over the Gulf of Mexico A political adversary recently accused me of “blindly supporting anything that Obama does,” said that “you obviously hate capitalism, and you believe that government intervention is the best solution to every problem.” It’s pretty obvious, and I’ve written consistently [...] [...]

It’s not a football game! The outcome actually matters!

Fighting for its very survival, the Republican Party focuses on Politics, ignoring Government Today, let’s explore the actual strategy of the “conservatives” in the US GOP. A year ago, it was widely believed (in some circles, it still is) that the Republican Party was doomed as a viable national party. In fact, “The [...] [...]

A Look at SC’s Race to Replace

Despite the ugly blogger affair smear thing, Nikki Haley is the front-runner in SC’s Republican gubernatorial primary on June 8. It’s kind of scary to see the zealous support of folks for a candidate who is running to repeal a health care access expansion that offers insurance coverage to millions previously denied it, and [...] [...]

Rand Paul: it’s not BP’s fault that BP destroyed the gulf

Tea Party favorite Rand Paul has most recently explained that the POTUS is “unAmerican” for acting like BP ought to be responsible for its oil well leaking due to its own irresponsibility. He also believes that private business should get to discriminate against racial minorities. Does he likewise believe that smoking bans are [...] [...]

Parker: Kagan’s not normal

Kathleen Parker, who up until now people have considered to be relatively sane and thoughtful, though of course she leans towards the right in her politics, demonstrates fairly obvious hypocrisy in her recent criticism of Elena Kagan (“Kagan is not like ‘normal’ people,” a recent column is headlined). I don’t know about you, but I [...] [...]