WaPo’s Lazy Critique of the March for Life Mark Judge, Real Clear Religion The Unbearable Wrongness of Roe Michael Stokes Paulsen, Public Discourse Don’t Tell A Muslim to Give up Sharia Harris Zafar, Washington Post The Next Dr. Kevorkian Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post Push for . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Steyn on Romney’s lousy stump speech (I’ve been trying to find the right words for a while - it turns out Steyn had them), and the Romney team’s incompetence at rapid-response. I think Romney will adjust fast enough, well enough to beat Gingrich, but there is . . . . Continue Reading »
I am going to keep pounding this drum. The Federal Drug Administration is going to be asked to approve a prescription drug derived from real marijuana. But there is a problem. From the AP story:A British company, GW Pharma, is in advanced clinical trials for the world’s first . . . . Continue Reading »
I wasn’t able to follow the details of the South Carolina primary due to other pressing issues, but I caught a bit of Romney’s and Paul’s speeches via Sirius radio (nerd alert!). I didn’t hear or see Newt’s speech, but I trust in the basic soundness of Pete and Peter’s . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Newt’s speech was impressive in its classical American exceptionalism vs. Obama’s European Alinskyism. Nerds who read blogs will note his mention of THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. Romney was lame by comparison. Santorum was in the middle. In the CNN focus group, it’s interesting and . . . . Continue Reading »
The anti-Obama parts of Romney’s stump speech still stink. The anti-Gingrich parts are somewhat better, but not focused enough. The line isn’t that Gingrich is anti-free enterprise. The line is that he is a crony capitalist and Romney is running against . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’m back home. 2. For those who doubt those who doubt the sincerity of Gingrich’s indignation, let’s look at what Gingrich said at the debate and after. He said that he was “appalled” that moderator King made the ex-wife story the first question . . . . Continue Reading »
Dana Milbank takes the failure of any of the conservative evangelical candidates as evidence of the diminishing clout of the once-formidable Religious Right. His expectation seems to be that religious conservatives—especially those of the evangelical stripe—ought to support a . . . . Continue Reading »
I have already opined about the Obama Administration’s ordering all health insurance companies to cover free birth control and other “reproductive” services—some of which are not even medical in nature. From “Obamacare: Lard on the Goodies, Destroy the . . . . Continue Reading »
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