March 24, 2013

The Power Motive and the Profit Motive

The most common misconception in America's warped political culture is that modern liberals tend to be altruistic and compassionate, while conservatives are self-centered, greedy old misers. On the contrary, not only are many modern liberals driven...

January 9, 2013

The Left's Greatest Mind-Trick: Politicizing Emotion

The greatest mind-trick in the left's entire arsenal is politicizing emotion.  Once one accomplishes that, there is no limit on a government's mandate to take action, since there are no rational limits on emotion. Take the following emotionally...

November 25, 2012

The Triumph of the State

An Englishman once observed that the presidency (if we may be lenient enough to call it that) of Barack Obama had taken on the vestiges of the once-deposed ancien régime.  Yet this ascendancy to the ranks of divine royalty by the left's anointed...

September 5, 2012

Race-Bait-and-Switch

The coverage at the third-tier cable outlet MSNBC this week has been no less than a hysterical fit over all the perceived "racist" slights that might possibly be construed from criticism of the president.  The Democratic Party's attempts to colo...

August 4, 2012

The Dark Knight and Other Violent Films Do Not Cause Rampage Killings

The brutal murder of twelve innocent movie-goers and the injury of dozens more by James Holmes at an Aurora, Colorado theater screening of The Dark Knight Rises has unleashed a torrent of public anguish and a number of admirable attempts to make sen...

July 21, 2012

The Deception of Perfection

The American republic since its inception has been a shining exemplar of success.  The nation ascended from fledgling British colony to the sole superpower in the world.  It built an economy that generated unparalleled wealth, liberated mil...

June 30, 2012

The Value of American Citizenship

The Supreme Court's mostly adverse decision on Arizona's immigration law was stark in the latitude it granted to the federal government to neglect enforcement of immigration and naturalization law.  As the case yielded discretion to the executiv...

June 20, 2012

Why Liberals Are Selfish

It is a constant refrain on the left that conservatives are "selfish."  Those who want to work and keep the fruits of their own labor are castigated as self-centered and greedy, while progressives are held out to be all-compassionate and kind fo...

August 20, 2011

'New Hickory': Governor Rick Perry's Jacksonian Posture

The Obama administration immediately pushed back on Rick Perry's recent controversial comment the Fed's unending monetary printing is "almost treasonous," calling any attack on the Fed chairman "not a good idea." The public confrontation between the ...