“My Bias is Objective, Because I’m Right”

The Wall Street Journal finds the essence of progressive thought very conveniently spelled out. The anonymous reporter, however, goes far beyond bias, and even beyond bad faith–that is, beyond abusing his credibility as an “objective” reporter to further his cause. To judge by his emails to the reader, he has achieved a perfect Orwellian inversion.… Read More “My Bias is Objective, Because I’m Right”

Romney Concludes That People Dislike The Government More than Bain Capital…

Stacy McCain offers up the new attack ad. You can demagoge about corporate fatcats until Demosthenes himself says “Dude, we get it,” and people play right along. But when you ask the question: “So what’s the government going to do that’s any better?” You won’t get an answer that makes any sense. We have an… Read More Romney Concludes That People Dislike The Government More than Bain Capital…

California and Trains: A Match Made in the Smoke-Filled Rooms of Sacramento

Protein Wisdom has the skinny. Basically, they’re going to spend billions of state bond debts and federal grants to build high-speed rail. Of course, in order to get people on board with this, they’re going to throw a bunch of money at existing local light-rail infrastructure, because that will create jobs. By the way, Trains are… Read More California and Trains: A Match Made in the Smoke-Filled Rooms of Sacramento

For Some Reason, the Obama Justice Department isn’t Interested In SWAT-ing…

Stacy McCain: We are at the point of the story where, if this was a TV crime drama, the detectives would have the suspects locked in a room, confronting them with the evidence and interrogating them for 14 consecutive hours until they cracked. Is the FBI incompetent? Or — I hesitate to suggest this — has the Justice… Read More For Some Reason, the Obama Justice Department isn’t Interested In SWAT-ing…