When I was a kid growing up in the Bronx in the 1950s I knew a lot more about the Yankees than I did about politics. In fact, I didn’t know anything about politics, except for one thing: I knew we were Democrats. My father was a blue-collar worker and like all… CONTINUE
The Dumbest Media Question I’ve Ever Heard
You know the expression, “You can’t make this stuff up”? Well, over the weekend CNN gave us just such a moment — an example of bias so blatant and so unprofessional that when I first heard it I thought I was watching a Saturday Night Live comedy routine. It happened… CONTINUE
Who Can Beat Obama?
According to the latest Rasmussen poll only 16 percent of likely voters think the country is heading in the right direction. A staggering 77 percent think we’re heading the wrong way. This, of course, is very bad news for president Obama. But he can still win re-election. Not because of… CONTINUE
We’re Approaching the Tipping Point
Of all the new poll numbers on all sorts of subjects that have come out recently, one number in particular caught my eye. It’s from the latest CBS News/New York Times poll and it tells us that a whopping 66 percent of Americans believe that wealth should be more evenly… CONTINUE
It’s NOT the Economy Stupid, It’s Theology
What if a panel of the top 100 economists in America went to Barack Obama and said: “Raising taxes on the so-called rich is not a good idea. Not now, anyway. The money you would get from them will not put a dent in the defict … and it won’t… CONTINUE