After the November 22 Republican debate in Washington, D.C., many conservatives took issue with Newt Gingrich’s proposal to establish a system of local boards of review to assess the cases of illegal immigrants who have lived in the United States for twenty-five years. While his opponents on stage chose to focus on concerns that the [...]
Iran Policy: The Problem Is Obama
November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Iran is well on its way to developing nuclear weapons. Years of sanctions have not stopped them, and now President Obama will not use his most effective tool short of acts of war. The administration opposes new sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank, despite the overwhelming support that measure (spearheaded by Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk) [...]
Higher Education’s Transparency Problem
November 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nobody knows at present exactly what happened at Penn State — but it would come as no surprise if a major university, when informed that it had the makings of a scandal affecting its campus, decided to cover the matter up rather than report everything directly and openly, and thereby subject itself to negative publicity. Openness [...]
The Deficit Is Not Just an Arithmetic Problem
November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Kevin Glass on 11.9.11 @ 12:39PM As the SuperCommittee heads toward an inevitable train wreck (the deadline is soon, and there’s been no significant movement), the hand-wringing over who to blame has started. And, predictably, Politico comes rushing to the defense of Democrats, claiming that Republicans need [...]
The Obama Problem
October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Obama Problem is simple to explain but impossible to solve. The problem is Obama himself, and most people not named Barack or Michelle understand that. President Obama’s political career is in free-fall. He will not be reelected. Many Democrats and media personalities now understand what appeared impossible even mere months ago. Mr. Obama burst [...]
Rick Perry’s ‘N-Head’ Problem and the Fourth Estate’s Hypocrisy
October 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
Solving the Democrats’ Obama Problem
September 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The worst-kept secret in Washington, D.C. is that Democrats are desperate to find a way to ease Barack Obama out of running for reelection, so Hillary Clinton can receive the nomination so carelessly denied her in 2008. But how do you convince a failed narcissist to get out of the way so the grown-ups can [...]
Pawlenty’s Problem
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AmSpecBlog By W. James Antle, III on 8.12.11 @ 1:10PM So why is a nonbinding 2011 straw poll a do-or-die event for Tim Pawlenty? Largely because he has failed to perform up to expectations to date. Pawlenty was supposed to be the electable conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. Rick Perry is about to sweep in [...]