As we all end our summer season as best we can, given this horrid economic mess the Democrats have saddled us with, it is important to recall the false promises made by the liberal economists who were so sure government could spend our economy out of a recession.   This Keynesian theory, which dates back […]

I was reading an article today on the BBC website about the oldest house yet discovered in Britain. It is described like this: “It was a round house – a smaller version of iron age round houses – with a circle of timber posts around a sunken circular floor area, which could have been covered […]

I was reading this article today, and was reminded of a prediction I made nearly a year ago. The article today is titled “The increasingly Self-Pitying Obama White House” by Peter Wehner. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/wehner/338666 …based on these excerpts — which presumably reflect the thrust of the 10,000-word article — what is striking is the degree of […]

. . … makes me weep for the human race. . .

Given my background in the oil industry I have followed this story more intensely than most, and the lack of any quality reporting on how this disaster developed has been a continuing outrage to me.   A few blogs have had some very good inside explanations of the mistakes BP made at several points along the […]

Update: It seems the Washington Post is seeing the same change in the public mood that I outlined below, and came to the same basic conclusion: But when the shouting dies down, it becomes possible to hear something else, something Democrats know is an even greater threat to them this fall. With polls consistently showing […]

Joe Biden claims to be a great supporter of railroad transportation in the US and like many of us, appears to lament the decline in passenger rail. On the other hand, we see the federal government doing very little to really address the problem in a sustainable fashion. They continue to pour money down the […]

I just cannot fathom Lindsey Graham. Who else would claim God’s messenger told him to vote for a pro-choice liberal supreme court justice? “It is called the Golden Rule,” said Graham. “‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ That is probably one of the most powerful statements ever made. It is […]

Frogg called attention to this article yesterday: “Is Obama about to forgive billions in mortgage principal?” http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/05/is-obama-about-to-forgive-billions-in-mortgage-principal/ The is by the inestimable Ed Morrissey, referencing a story (link below) by James Pethoukoukis. Usually there’s nothing left to add when Ed finishes with a story, but in this case I think he’s missed a very important […]

And that is no overstatement  – I *strongly* recommend you go to this link and read this official response from Bryan Shaw, head of the TCEQ  (the State regulatory body) and Greg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General, to Lisa Jackson and the EPA. http://www.globalwarming.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/epa-texas-letter.pdf I have *never* read an official government document that is this bitter […]