http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/08/30/the_tide_and_marco_rubio/print In my high school days before sex and environmental education and the general dumbing down of the population, memorization of some Shakespeare was expected in Miss Kauffman’s 12th-grade English class. A favorite I still recall is this line spoken by Brutus in “Julius Caesar”: “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2011/08/30/6_reasons_for_conservatives_to_support_rick_perry_in_2012/print Rick Perry has gotten the Sarah Palin treatment since he declared his intention to run for the presidency. No surprise there. The long knives always come out for anyone who excites conservatives and could be the next President. That’s not to say that Perry doesn’t have flaws. He does. Like any politician who’s actually […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/08/30/an_unusual_economy/print Many in the media are saying how unusual it is for our economy to be so sluggish for so long, after we have officially emerged from a recession. In a sense, they are right. But, in another sense, they are profoundly wrong. The American economy usually rebounds a lot faster than it is doing […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904199404576536882769562442.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop WHEN HE WAS SEC. OF DEFENSE DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR SADDAM WAS LEFT INTACT AND THE WAR WAS ENDED PREMATURELY, AND ISRAEL WAS DENIED THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM SCUD MISSILES. AFTER 9/11 THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TOADIED TO THE SAUDIS ALMOST DAYS AFTER. HE BLAMES POWELL, BUT IT WAS THE PRESIDENT WHO […]
