1. First off, every darn REPUBLICAN out there ought to be following Pete on TWITTER. 2. Who would have guessed that Romney would be such a WHINER? 3. THE PRESIDENT is still whipping the Republicans every single day in the post-election contest. If the SEQUESTER cuts don’t end up hurting . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, on Fox News Sunday , Mitt Romney complained about the “long and blistering” primary that created an “unfavorable impression” of him. This outbreak of narcissism and self-pity has a chance to distort our perception of what actually happened during the Republican . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m now on twitter. https://twitter.com/petespiliakos . . . . Continue Reading »
Maybe the most underreported political story is that President Obama just is not that popular. He has a 50.3% percent job approval rating in the Real Clear Politics average of polls. Obama only barely gets the approval of the median American. It isn’t like the Republicans have to work against . . . . Continue Reading »
The more our government has been involved with regulating and directing health care in the US the more expensive that care has become. New, expensive technology: hardware, pharmaceuticals, modes of treatment, are all aspects of modern medical care and wonderful because they keep people alive . . . . Continue Reading »
It is too bad that this Phillip Klein article hasn’t gotten a lot more play. Klein points out that out that there isn’t even one panel on health care policy at the Conservative Political Action Conference. I remember seeing a speech by Chris DeMuth in the late-1990s where he said that . . . . Continue Reading »
I can’t do enough to recommend this Ross Douthat blog post about the David Frum-William Voegeli exchange over at the Claremont Review of Books. Douthat agrees with Voegeli that it is a good (and necessary) thing that Republicans followed Paul Ryan in embracing premium support Medicare because . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . as summarized by a very smart student: The Wilson Center has brought in many notable speakers. Most recently, Dr. Peter Lawler of Berry College in Georgia gave an informative, as well as provocative, presentation on trends occurring in society: “Change We Can Actually See (And . . . . Continue Reading »
Via Reihan Salam, Jed Graham argues that the labor market faces some serious downside risks in the coming year as a result of Obamacare regulations and taxes coming on line in the while the economy remains fragile. Graham believes that the cuts in the sequester would allow Obama to blame the . . . . Continue Reading »
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