*Is Obama a socialist? “Of course he is,” says Newt Gingrich.
*Our Mission is Finally Accomplished…Anyone Care? By David Bellavia.
“What we achieved in the face of an implacable enemy, overcoming many in our own government willfully ignorant of our struggle, is what I believe to be the defining moment of my generation. The veteran today is the embodiment of what it means to be an American. Even when our valor was used for political sport, we continued to serve quietly.”
Read the whole thing.
*Is There a Philosophy of Hypocrisy? By Victor Davis Hanson.
“Tax avoidance, ample square footage, ample energy use, networking, insider influence, prep schools for one’s progeny? All these are no more common or rare among crusading egalitarians than among elfish elitist conservatives. That raises the question—is utopianism naïve, or is it a psychological mechanism that serves not just to alleviate guilt, but perhaps even to contextualize one’s own privilege? E.g., “my riches are really used to help others and only incidentally provide me with an ample lifestyle, that of course, allows me to be an even more effective advocate.” Angels need ample wings.”
*America’s Journalists MIA on Global Warming, by Dennis T. Avery.
RELATED: More Science Fiction From the IPCC, by Frank J. Tippler.
*Harry Reid: Men, When They’re Out of Work, Tend to be Abusive, by Jim Hoft.
“Harry’s wife ought to take this as a warning come November.”
*Aloha Segregation, at NRO.
“A bill expected to pass the House today with overwhelming Democratic support would accomplish something peculiar for a liberal republic in the 21st century: It would partly disenfranchise a portion of one state’s residents, create a parallel government for those meeting a legislated criterion of ethnic purity, and would portend the transfer of public assets, land, and political power from those who fail to satisfy the standard of ethnic purity to those who do. For these reasons and many more, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act richly deserves opposition.”
RELATED: Trouble In Paradise, by Duncan Currie.
Seems an odd bill to pass after the election of our first “post-racial” President, don’t you think?
*An Exceptional Debate: The Obama administrations assault on American Identity, by Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru.
“Our country has always been exceptional. It is freer, more individualistic, more democratic, and more open and dynamic than any other nation on earth. These qualities are the bequest of our Founding and of our cultural heritage. They have always marked America as special, with a unique role and mission in the world: as a model of ordered liberty and self-government and as an exemplar of freedom and a vindicator of it, through persuasion when possible and force of arms when absolutely necessary.”
RELATED: More on American Exceptionalism, by Victor Davis Hanson.
