The President Gets One Right

By Byron Harvey / February 18, 2009 /

From our credit-where-credit’s-due department comes this: Obama Opposes “Fairness Doctrine” Liberals love to suggest that conservatives “question the patriotism” of liberals–Mrs. Bill Clinton made that claim on the campaign trail–but I don’t remember ever hearing that happen. Of course, liberals themselves do question the patriotism of conservatives; Governor Jennifer Granholm and Rep. John Conyers, both…

Milton Friedman on Capitalism

By Byron Harvey / February 18, 2009 /

Comrade Obama seems determined to lead America down the primrose path to socialism; hopefully, patriots of all persuasions will stand up against this heavy-handed, ‘for our own good’, smiley-faced fascism. But here’s a little clip I ran across on capitalism from one of its ablest defenders, Milton Friedman (with the bonus that he makes Phil…

Surprise: Government is Failing to Keep Promises

By Byron Harvey / February 16, 2009 /

People continue to put faith in big government–witness the election of Comrade Obama, for example–and big government continues to fail them. Can any of us honestly be shocked by this headline? Benefits Neglected for Civil Retirees Not if we’re paying attention. The more we trust government to do the right thing, to keep its word,…

I Keep Waiting for the Evangelical Lefties…

By Byron Harvey / February 16, 2009 /

There are at least two sites I keep on my Blogroll which are dominated by people I’d call “evangelical lefties”, folks that I accept as evangelicals who nonetheless supported Comrade Obama for president. I keep waiting to hear them post anything–anything–on the Anointed One they supported for president. All I’ve gotten in three months is…