October 16, 2012
Profile in Cowardice: Gallaudet President T. Alan Hurwitz
These days college university presidents are little more than glorified fundraisers. They’re also controversy-averse CEOs, captive to a mandate of political correctness that’s stronger in the ivory tower of liberal academia than corporate culture. So it’s not all that shocking...
October 16, 2012
The Libertartians
I fancy myself a watered-down libertarian. I think the drug war is a giant waste of money. I think the government is too big and too intrusive. I believe the power to tax involves the power to destroy. I think...
October 15, 2012
Who Is This Guy?
My Democratic friends like to tell me that the real Barack Obama is a pragmatist. He is not the left-wing Socialist ideologue that the right-wing would have you believe, the story goes. I remain skeptical, as do many Americans. Leadership,...
October 14, 2012
The Comb-Over
As I was leaving Nationals Stadium after the heart-breaking game five loss, I ran into some drunken and obnoxious and very unhappy fans, which I must say is unusual for a Nats game. One couple (one man and one woman)...
October 12, 2012
A Meaningless Debate
The Vice Presidential debates are usually meaningless. The one last night was more meaningless than most meaningless Vice Presidential debates. The most famous debate put-down in history came when Lloyd Bentsen tore into Dan Quayle, who, let’s face it, was...
October 11, 2012
Shattering the Obama Mythology
“I love that man. I really do. And I think God has sent him here to save us.” That was an actual conversation I had with a high-ranking studio executive a couple years ago about Barack Hussein Obama. I believed...