Was it only a week ago this past Sunday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the North Koreans “unruly children” on Meet the Press and said all they wanted was attention and that “we shouldn’t give it to them?”
Yes, that was her, the wife of the very same Bill Clinton who gave Kim Jung [...]
Published in the New York Post on July 31, 2009
The health-reform debate on Capitol Hill is skipping over the key issue: “Universal insurance” means less care for people who have coverage now — especially the elderly.
And the “compromises” now under way only make the problem worse.
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I am now convinced that Sgt. Crowley is a good cop (I never doubted it)and that Gates is a good professor. They both may have overreacted, understandably, to stress and things got heated and out of hand.
It happens to the best of us. My question is: What about Obama? Why did the president charge into [...]
Published on TheHill.com July 28,2009
In 1993-94, when the Clintons tried to pass healthcare reform, the opposition to their proposals was concentrated among middle-aged voters, galvanized by the “Harry and Louise” ads. But opposition to the Obama proposals centers among the elderly, who suspect that it will mean a sharp curtailment of their medical care.
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Buried amid its astonishing annual growth rate, even in the recession, is the sad story of China’s socialist sector, a huge and perennial drag on its economy. The failure of government control amid the success of private initiative is a story that President Obama would do well to study as he brings government control and [...]
Published in the New York Post on July 23, 2009
President Obama’s rhetoric last night summoned the memory of “1984,” George Orwell’s novel of a nightmarish future — where the slogan of the rulers is “War is peace; freedom is slavery; ignorance is strength.”
The president assures us that he will cut health-care spending . . . [...]
Any day now, the Los Angeles County coroner will tell the world what killed Michael Jackson. Take a wild guess.
Unlike Sarah Palin, Charlie Crist has chosen not to quit his governorship early. Florida's own one-term wonder is using his remaining time to ingratiate himself with as many deep-pocket interest groups as possible.
The site is finally being cleared for a new Marlins baseball stadium, now estimated to cost $634 million. During the long and fractious debate over the project, one critical issue was missing from the agenda: What color should the seats be painted?
If Sonia Sotomayor becomes the next member of the U.S. Supreme Court, she'll take a seat among colleagues who are divided into predictable camps that rarely agree on anything.
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