Sports Versus Politics
It has long seemed to me that there is far more rationality in sports, and in commentaries on sports, than there is in politics and in commentaries on politics....
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Big Lies in Politics
Perhaps the biggest lie of this election year, and the one likely to be repeated the most often, is that the income of "the rich" is going up, while...
Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene
Even squirrels know enough to store nuts, so that they will have something to eat when food gets scarce. But the welfare state has spawned a whole class of...
Aurora Shooting: News Versus Propaganda
Since so many in the media cannot resist turning every tragedy into a political talking point, it was perhaps inevitable that (1) someone would try to link the shooting...
Obama’s Rhetoric
Barack Obama's great rhetorical gifts include the ability to make the absurd sound not only plausible, but inspiring and profound. His latest verbal triumph was to say on July...
The Leftist Attack on Achievement
There was a time, within living memory, when the achievements of others were not only admired but were often taken as an inspiration for imitation of the same qualities...
Are Race Riots News?
In the middle of the 20th century, Sri Lanka had a level of mutual respect and even friendship between its majority and minority communities that was rightly held up...
Raising Tax Rates on Higher Income Earners Could Lower Tax Revenues
On CNN's program The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, commentator Gloria Borger said, "if you're going to lower the tax rates, where are you going to get the money...
Obama’s Class Warfare Rhetoric
Anyone who wants to study the tricks of propaganda rhetoric has a rich source of examples in the statements of President Barack Obama. On Monday, July 9th, for example,...
Have More Jobs Been Created Than Lost During the Obama Administration?
When President Obama boasts of the number of jobs created during his administration, the numbers he cites may be correct, but he doesn't count the other jobs that were...
Baseball’s All-Time All-Stars: Part II
Trying to choose the greatest pitcher of all time is at least as difficult as trying to choose the greatest hitter of all time. In both cases, the best...
Baseball’s All-Time All-Stars
Nothing is likely to get an argument started among sports fans faster than attempts to name the all-time greatest in any sport, or even the all-time greatest in a...
Teaching Economics
Having taught economics at a number of colleges for a number of years, I especially welcomed a feature article in the June 22nd issue of The Chronicle of Higher...
Chief Justice John Roberts’ Judicial Betrayal
Chief Justice John Roberts probably made as good a case as could be made for upholding the constitutionality of ObamaCare by defining one of its key features as a...
A Political Glossary: Part IV
Nowhere is political rhetoric more shameless — or more dangerous — than in the pious names that politicians give to the legislation they pass. Perhaps the most egregious example...
A Political Glossary: Part III
If there were a Hall of Fame for political rhetoric, the phrase "social justice" would deserve a prominent place there. It has the prime virtue of political catchwords: It...
A Political Glossary: Part II
Politicians seem to have a special fondness for words that have two very different meanings, so we are likely to hear a lot of these kinds of words this...
A Political Glossary
Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear a lot of words — and the meaning of those words is not always clear. So it may...
Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene
Many people may have voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because of his charisma. But anyone familiar with the disastrous track record of charismatic political leaders around the world...
The Immigration Ploy
President Obama's latest political ploy — granting new "rights" out of thin air, by Executive Order, to illegal immigrants who claim that they were brought into the country when...