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Napoleon, Obama, and Health Care ‘Reform’

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By George Leef - Sep. 04 (Opinion) - ObamaCare is an attempt to provide expansive health care benefits for millions of people who previously made do with much less, while simultaneously bringing down total health care spending. That will inevitably lead to the kinds of denial of treatment decisions and rationing by waiting list that are found in Britain and other countries with heavily politicized systems. Americans won’t react with indifference when grandma can’t get a hip replacement because some federal panel has decreed that it wouldn’t be cost-effective. Never before has a government program here created large numbers of people who will see themselves as terribly victimized by it.

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Obama War Plan: Release the Terrorists, Prosecute the CIA

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - Sep. 03 (Opinion) - The message to our warriors and spies is clear. Save American lives, risk prosecution. Break a terrorist, lose your life. What fool will now apply for the dirty, dangerous, necessary job of interrogating madmen bent on the slaughter of Americans? Few, if any. The Obama administration has made one of two calculations:

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Yes we can and no, they can’t

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - Mar. 30 (Comment) - The integrity of the Pakistani government took on further importance after President Obama told Face the Nation that Pakistan will be consulted before any strikes against militants are carried out. If Islamabad isn’t fully onboard the effort then the consultation could turn into an advance warning system for the Taliban and al-Qaeda, thereby endangering any assets subsequently tasked with carrying the strike out.

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Save the newspapers

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - Mar. 17 (Opinion) - There is no logical reason why only the networks and the newspapers can be real newsgatherers. Among trade publications (and this happens with financial newsletters) people are willing to pay for information that isn’t put in the public domain in real time. If there’s a demand, you can charge for it. It may be argued that the real barriers to generating original news on the Internet are architectural: that we haven’t created the framework to gather, assess and remunerate original information gathering over the network. But in time, there’s no reason why a distributed network of journalists, using laptops or cell phones can’t provide a stream of facts that can be editorially processed in some way. No technical reason why, anyway.

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Internet ‘Rightroots’ Key to GOP Revival

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Jon Henke - Nov. 18 (Opinion) - For now, the goal should be to build ideological infrastructure — organically — outside the entrenched political establishment. We should build unifying grievances. We should organize ideas and then people. The Republican Party will not lead the Right out of the problems that plague the Republican Party; it will have to follow.

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A Blank Slate

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Vicor Davis Hanson - Nov. 03 (Opinion) - Obama himself at various times in his memoirs—never have presidential autobiographies sold so many copies, and yet have been so little read by the press—talked about people seeing in him what they wished. And now on the eve of the election, I confess I have no idea about who he is or what he stands for. If he is elected, I can only hope for the best, and pray a few sober old Clintonites like Paul Volcker or Robert Rubin will step forward.

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» The Democratic Party’s Drubbing of Joe the Plumber

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Ruben Navarette Jr. - Oct. 19 (Opinion) - I realize it’s all about winning at this point. But someone has to ask: What has happened to the Democratic Party? It seems like just yesterday that the party of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy was talking about income equality and civil rights and worker protections and going to bat for the little guy, the blue collar laborer, the everyday Joe the Plumber. Now, the well-to-do elites who run the Democratic Party — and their surrogates — greet these people with brickbats. They insult them, talk down to them, and even try to destroy them. Isn’t that the sort of war on the working class that Democrats are always accusing those greedy and heartless Republicans of waging?

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The Techo-Unsavvy Candidates

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Michael Malone - Oct. 10 (News Analysis) - Government is best at large-scale basic research - especially when it funds it from private enterprise - and, sometimes, at kick-starting a new commercial industry. But after that, it is usually just an impediment at best and a crusher of innovation at worst. Thus, to use the example of the computer, or even the Internet, as a justification for greater government interference in the marketplace is not only wrong, but dangerous as well. Meanwhile, once again we have two Presidential candidates (the only exception I can think of in the last forty years was Al Gore) who don’t seem to have a clue about any of this. Given that one of them is going to be establishing this country’s economic priorities for the next four years, shouldn’t they learn - and quickly?

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Airbrushing in Alaska

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Glenn Reynolds - Sep. 08 (News Analysis) - AIRBRUSHING IN ALASKA: Alaska Democratic Party Deletes Page Crediting Sarah Palin with Killing 'Bridge to Nowhere'. UPDATE: Obama goes after Palin on bridge. ANOTHER UPDATE: More here. "Until John McCain selected her as his running mate, it never occurred to anyone to deny that Palin stopped the bridge." MORE: Undercutting Obama's attack: "Sen. Biden and Sen. Obama voted for funding the Bridge, even when given a second chance by Sen. Tom Coburn, who proposed shifting earmark funds to Katrina relief."

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Russian Aggression Carries High Cost For NASA

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Rand Simberg - Aug. 18 (Special Report) - As Washington reassesses its overall relationship with Russia in the wake of the recent incursion into the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, our current space policy may be dramatically affected. Given how crucial the Russians are to supporting it, particularly after the planned Shuttle retirement in 2010, we may have to decide how much the International Space Station (ISS) is really worth to us.

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The Pernicious 'No Real Economic Progress' Myth

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Tom Blumer - Aug. 14 (Opinion) - I'm not alone in arguing that the post-Enron wave of burdensome regulation imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley (Sox) law has held the economy back, both by imposing onerous compliance costs on publicly traded companies, and by largely shutting off the initial public offering market to all but the most stellar candidates. The next president and Congress are going to have to do something to reduce the excesses of Sox if we are ever to return to consistent growth of 4% or more.

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Gaza's Bloody Weekend

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Rinat Malkes - Aug. 04 (News Analysis) - It was a bloody weekend of confrontation between Hamas and Fatah, in which 11 people were killed and more than 90 -- including 12 children -- were wounded in the Shujaiyyah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, bringing back the scenes of horror thousands of Gazans are already used to experience. Except this time the blood couldn't be blamed on Israelis.

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Hollywood Loses the War in Iraq

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By John Nolte - Jul. 20 (News Analysis) - In March of 2008, Stop-Loss was about to open, but the Washington Post had already its obituary written: After five years of conflict in Iraq, Hollywood seems to have learned a sobering lesson: The only things less popular than the war itself are dramatic films and television shows about the conflict. A spate of Iraq-themed movies and TV shows haven't just failed at the box office. They've usually failed spectacularly, despite big stars, big budgets and serious intentions. The underwhelming reception from the public raises a question: Are audiences turned off by the war, or are they simply voting against the way filmmakers have depicted it? The Post, as you can see, followed the studio narrative in lamenting the box office failure of "Iraq-themed" films, as opposed to what they really are: pro-defeat films that in some cases are outright anti-American and too often defame the troops.

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Barack, I Didn't Do It for This': an Homage to Andrew Goodman

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:50:01 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Roger L. Simon - Mar. 18 (Opinion) - Barack Obama's speech today moved Roger L. Simon to poetry for the first time since high school. He apologizes for the inadequacies.

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Obama Shooting Himself in the Foot with Anti-Gun Stance

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Bob Owens - Feb. 22 (Opinion) - The weakness? Barack Obama's utter disdain of firearms (especially handguns) and a refusal to recognize the rights of law-abiding Americans to own the most common and relied-upon types of firearms.

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McCain Makes a Promise About Judges

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Stephen Bainbridge - Feb. 10 (Opinion) - John McCain will appoint conservative justices to the Supreme Court if elected. He pledged to do so at CPAC last week, and presidents are easier to pressure these days. Remember Harriet Miers?

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Conservative Crisis: Is the GOP Lurching Left?

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Rick Moran - Jan. 31 (Opinion) - The John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" is barreling down the track with a full head of steam and seems unstoppable in its headlong dash for nomination victory. Most conservatives are in shock. "How could this happen?" is the question of the hour. The funny thing is, there are thousands of answers to that question depending on who or what you want to blame. But the bottom line is that McCain -left for dead 6 months ago - battled back by the sheer force of his own indomitable will and picked himself off the floor to get himself back into the race and back on top.

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California's New Starring Role in Presidential Primaries

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Bridget Johnson - Jan. 29 (Special Report) - California's headlining act on Super Swag Tuesday will mean flexing its political muscle to the disdain, most likely, of later states. Some have touted it as bringing greater ethnic diversity to the early stages of the election process. On the other hand, the cost of a California campaign ain't cheap, another reason why candidates are so into taking the money and running.

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President Bush Went to the Middle East and All He Got Was Some Glitzy Jewelry

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Meir Javendanfar - Jan. 20 (Opinion) - If a central goal of President Bush's tour of the Middle East was to rally Gulf states to toughen their stand against Iran, it can't be considered a success, writes Meir Javendanfar.

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Mitt Romney Goes for the Gold in Michigan

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Richard Miniter, Jewelyn Wellborn - Jan. 14 (News Report) - The Romney campaign has an extensive organization throughout the state and it has been running for more than a year - a tireless assembly line that plants yard signs, stuffs envelopes, and phones, knocks, and mails every Republican Michigander. Romney has spoken at events across the state and reminds people of his roots there: his first date was on Mackinaw Island, his first house in the Detroit suburbs, and so on. In nearly every part of the state, Romney can and does point to some milestone in his life that occurred nearby. It makes him the local boy, the favorite son.

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Revising the History of Camelot: The JFK Legacy Re-Examined

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By James Piereson - Dec. 23 (Review) - PJM Debate: James Sterngold strongly attacked the recently published Camelot and the Cultural Revolution in his book review, calling it "right-wing agitprop." Now the book's author, James Piereson, fires back.

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The New Republic Tries to Come Clean on Beauchamp Scandal

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:05:06 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Bob Owens - Dec. 01 (News Report) - After more than five months, New Republic editor Franklin Foer has finally responded to allegations of untruths in the Iraq War reporting of Scott Beauchamp in TNR. But as Bob Owens points out, it takes Foer thirteen pages before he even admits that Beauchamp could have lied.

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No Muslims Need Apply? Romney Tangled Up in Religion... Again

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:03:10 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Rick Moran - Nov. 28 (News Analysis) - Just what did GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney say about appointing Muslims to his cabinet if he was elected?

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Meet Kevin Rudd, Australia's New Prime Minister

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:15:50 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Peter Day - Nov. 25 (Opinion) - For conservatives Down Under, it's over. The 11-year-old Australian Liberal-National Party government led by Prime Minister John Howard - George Bush's 'man of steel' - was on Saturday, 24 November (Australian time) comprehensively voted out of office. The national swing of over 5% in yesterday's vote has brought a young, bright and energetic Queenslander named Kevin Rudd to the job of Prime Minister of Australia, with a comfortable majority for his Labor Party of about 25 seats in the 150-seat federal house of representatives.

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It's Rough Out There In the Iranian Blogosphere

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:00:33 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Arash Kamangir - Nov. 24 (Comment) - A lack of free speech has basically halted constructive discussion from developing and years of dictatorship have caused massive resentment, even among the ordinary people. What makes things worse is the fact that hundreds of thousands of Iranians have been killed during these years, some executed by the regime and some killed on the various fronts of the supposed war "to conquer Qods [Israel]". This has made all political argument incredibly sensitive - lives have been lost for every point argued.

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