People who feel they can't trust their leaders to be true to their word will eventually lose faith in government altogether. Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, in his book My FBI
It’s Still The Party of the Sixties Radicals
Some of you may have found the following statement to be incredible: ...the Democrat party today is the party of the 60’s radical. That includes just about every major player in the party. But this is in fact the case, even for the younger major players: In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen …
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The Fast Way to Endear Yourself to Conservatives
The New York Times may have helped John McCain to solve his problems vis a vis the economic conservatives in his party: "You're surprised that Page Six-type gossip is on the front page of The New York Times?" Limbaugh asked as he began his radio show. "Where have you been? How in the world can …
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Outsourcing Our Ports
Much to the dismay of many, the U.S. has outsourced much of its manufacturing capabilities to other countries. Now we have the possibility of outsourcing something that many didn't think could be: a seaport: Planned to be larger, cheaper and more efficient than Long Beach-Los Angeles, America's busiest seaport, Puerto Colonet (south of San Diego, …
From New Labour to Old Labour
The Brown government's decision to nationalise Northern Rock takes us back to the days when Labour governments in the UK were wont to nationalise just about everything that moved--literally in the case of British Rail and British Leyland. (I've compared the latter to the Anglican Communion elsewhere, and in fact the Church of England itself …
The Chinese Go After Steven Spielberg
The Chinese have their own point of view about Steven Spielberg's pullout of the Olympics: "This person is completely living in his sci-fi world and cannot distinguish dream from reality," said a commentator in the China Youth Daily. The official Xinhua news agency said Chinese people were baffled by the behaviour of the man behind …
Those Inconvenient Serbs
Kosovo's declaration of independence makes me think of Spengler's article on the subject from about a year ago: If Serbia and Russia draw a line in the sand over the independence of Kosovo, we may observe the second occasion in history when a Muslim advance on Europe halted on Serbian soil. The first occurred in …
The Democrats are Still Impaled on Dzerzhinskii’s Dilemma
The fracas between Bush and Congress over pending national security legislation brings back some thoughts from the last election cycle: ...we must first realise that the Democrat party today is the party of the 60’s radical. That includes just about every major player in the party. At the heart of sixties radicalism is rebellion against …
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The French Will Fight for Their Freedom
Recently I attended a conference on men's ministries put on by Man in the Mirror, and had the privilege of being there with a very diverse group of people. Part of that group included two Englishmen from East London, where they're building the largest mosque in Europe for the 2012 Olympic Village. (No, they didn't …
Susan Estrich: It’s The Race Thing Again
Susan Estrich brings up the unspeakable issue for the Democrats: But, the fact is that there is a long pattern of what we in California call the “Bradley problem” in polling, after the former Los Angeles mayor who was elected governor in every poll, including the exits, except that he lost at the ballot box. …
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