"There are great orators that have come along in the world history who have been charlatans." -- Joe Biden, addressing students at China's Sichuan University. On Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden told a group of Chinese college students he was not "second-guessing" the regime's vicious one-child policy of forced abortion. His crass and craven words to a group of educated people of … [Read more...]
Beyond “Not Second Guessing”: Biden Wants us to “Learn Together” from China’s One-Child Policy
Kagan’s Heroes
Note: It’s worth comparing this article with Sen. Jon Kyl’s opening statement in Kagan’s confirmation hearings, which seems to have drawn on the same sources -- or used this article as an uncredited source. It's reassuring that I was on the same wavelength as Kyl. This article is part two of a series on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. To read part one, (“Elena Kagan and Social Issues”) click … [Read more...]
Department of Hopeless Speculation
ALTHOUGH MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY's recent report insulting veterans and conservatives, it overlooks the victim of the paper's most obvious insult: its reader's intelligence. The DHS report not only assumes veterans are a violence-prone group readily influenced by "rightwing" extremism but misdiagnoses the most likely source of terrorism and misconstrues the … [Read more...]