“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.”
 
– Alexander Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
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April 30, 2009

 
by Steve Chapman

Anyone who has ever dealt with attorneys has come to the realization that the law does not always make perfect sense. Even so, it comes as at least a mild surprise to find the Supreme Court cheerfully authorizing the government to engage in censorship, as it did this week.
The First Amendment [...]

April 30, 2009
By George Will
Reconciliation: The action of bringing to agreement, concord, or harmony. — Oxford English Dictionary
WASHINGTON — But under Senate rules, “reconciliation” can be a means for coping with disharmony by deepening it. The tactic truncates Senate debate and curtails minority rights. The threat to use it to speed enactment of health care [...]

April 30, 2009
By Victor Davis Hanson
In matters of foreign policy during the president’s first 100 days, we have seen two Barack Obamas.
Consider “Obama I.” After taking office, the president gave his first interview to the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV station, and listed various sins of America while praising the Saudi king as courageous.
On trips abroad since [...]

April 30, 2009
By Jeff Jacoby
On Earth Day last week, Consumer Reports offered recommendations to motorists looking for ways to make “greener automotive choices.” At the top of its list: “drive a more fuel-efficient car or SUV.”
Consumer Reports wasn’t the only one making that suggestion.
In an Earth Day proclamation, President Obama advised Americans to “drive fuel-efficient [...]

April 30, 2009
By Austin Bay
The devastating epidemic is spread by dread, of course — dread powered by distortion, gossip and sensationalist greed.
The swine flu of 2009 is a threat, but another plague immediately associated with this genuine viral killer deserves to be slammed and canned for the manipulative and exploitative corn it is.
I refer to [...]

April 30, 2009
By Larry Elder
Has it really been 100 days?
Aided by an eagerly compliant Democratic-controlled Congress, a sycophantic media, and a bunch of squishy Republicans, President Obama has taken the country on a radical, mind-boggling leap into collectivism.
Obama — to use one of his favorite expressions — doubled down, no, tripled and quadrupled down on [...]

April 30, 2009
By R. Emmett Tyrrell
WASHINGTON — Students of intelligence-gathering will tell you that deception and outright lying are essential to the art. Having now reviewed the controversy over who in Congress knew what about the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques, I have concluded that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might make a superb intelligence [...]

April 30, 2009
By Lawrence Kudrow
In the early 1980s, Ronald Reagan’s popularity and policies moved American politics firmly to the right. In only 100 days, Barack Obama’s politics and policies have shifted America way to the left.
The president is seeking to change the whole relationship between the government and the free-enterprise private sector. He is steering [...]