Tag Archives: Liberals

Piling Up The Karma Points

Nick Gillespie watches Keith Olbermann so that the rest of us don’t have to.

Remember When People Said That Republicans Were Doomed?

Times have changed:

The Supposedly High And Mighty

Gerard Alexander is to be applauded for his editorial, pointing out the unceasing, contemporary liberal reflex to condescend to those who disagree with them. As is Charles Krauthammer.

Never Interfere With Your Opponents When They Are In The Process Of Destroying Themselves

Colleague and friend, Ben Domenech, has invited me to fisk Peter Daou’s claim that the Obama Administration and the Democratic agenda have been dealt a brutal setback in Massachusetts because the Administration and Democrats were not liberal enough.

Sharpening Conservatism’s Rhetoric

This post makes the useful point that notwithstanding Norman Podhoretz’s description of liberal and conservative rhetoric, nowadays, one is more apt to find the rhetoric of optimism in Barack Obama’s speeches, than in conservative commentary.

Please, No More Talk About How Barack Obama Is A Popular President

We all know that’s not the case anymore.

There Will Be No New New Deal. There Will Be No Greater Great Society.

As Gene Healy explains.

Still Right-Of-Center After All These Years

Once again, we see that despite claims of an emerging liberal majority, Americans primarily report that their views are moving rightward. The most recent Gallup poll on the subject is quite illuminating:

The Novelty Wears Off At 1600 Penn. Ave.

A pop-star persona can only take you so far in the White House. At some point, if you are the President, you have to produce. And many people are coming to the conclusion that when it comes to the economy, Barack Obama hasn’t produced:

Conservatives: Far From Dead

Despite claims that the United States has swung to the Left, and that we are in for decades of liberal dominance in our national politics, actual poll results reveal that conservatives are doing quite well, thank you very much:

Conservative Judicial Activism?

We were asked whether there really is such a thing as “judicial activism” over at the Arena, and whether conservatives–per this Ross Douthat column–are as guilty of practicing judicial activism as liberals are.

The Never-Ending Empathy Discussion

My newest New Ledger article is up, and addresses a recent piece on the judicial confirmation wars that have begun anew in the wake of Justice Souter’s announced retirement:

- March 22, 2010 -

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