Ryan’s Burden

Ryan’s burden will be the necessity of having, as Steven Hayward termed it, an adult conversation with America about our budget situation: Ryan wants to have an adult conversation with America about the looming insolvency of the welfare state, and he has a serious plan to fix it. Some of our own commenters have noted…

Obama Would Have NEVER Gotten Elected…

Had the media done its job and showed this to the American people during the 2008 campaign: But, now that you’ve watched it, I have a question: how and why would anyone think the Republicans are going to help America when,  knowing ALL of this, they have never even mentioned impeaching this man?

Mixture Diversity

This is exactly what I was writing about  in The Case Against Diversity: The 27-year-old was born in Mexico, but the United States is his country now. His father migrated here illegally from the city of Dolores Hidalgo. Manzano was brought here when he was 4. Like most immigrants, they came in search of greater…

We Won The Olympics

In case there was ever any doubt: One of the greatest pennant races in the history of the Olympics is a done deal, with two days left on the schedule. It turns out the women’s water polo team, or maybe boxer Claressa Shields, was America’s Bucky Dent. Either way, by the time the U.S. women…

Illiberalism

Is it possible for true (classical) liberal ideas to be prosecuted by illiberal methods? Victor Davis Hanson says that it isn’t: There is a common theme here. Our self-appointed priests of fairness from time to time freely commit sins of intolerance. But don’t dare hold them to the same sort of accountability to which they…

The Friars Versus The Liars

****UPDATED WITH RYAN’S FULL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH**** Via Legal Insurrection. A Mormon and a Catholic walk into the Oval Office…and it is not a joke. It is the best hope for America and what will be an accurate description of what will happen on January 21, 2013. I’m pretty excited about Romney’s choice. These are two…

Is It Ryan?

Drudge picks up an AP report that says it is. My final two were Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, given the economic issues, Ryan is the best pick if it pans out to be true. Official announcement at 8:45 am Eastern. Here’s a little taste of Ryan’s “cut to the chase” approach where he cuts…