The promise of great benefits from government, in exchange for restricted economic liberty, is as old as politics and never seems to lose it’s appeal, no matter how many times it is turns out to be a fraudulent sales pitch.

The President, Members of Congress, and the political-media establishment have been furiously selling, and are [...]

Representative Alan Grayson of Florida is a hero to the hard left.  He’s the one who made news with a vitriolic speech on the House floor, claiming the GOP health care position was for patients to die.
Grayson’s campaign website, “congressmanwithguts.com” proudly solicits contributions with video of his hysterical diatribes.

Recently, a Florida Republican Activist, Angie [...]

The Russian Intelligence Service announced that Friday’s spectacular train wreck was caused by “a homemade terrorist bomb.”  The Moscow-St. Petersburg train was traveling at 125 mph when the explosion caused it to derail, killing at least 26 people.  The Russians have opened a “terrorism investigation.”

The Obama Administration responded with what has become the tediously predictable [...]

President Obama couldn’t make time for a trip to Berlin on the 20th anniversary of the day when the wall was torn down.  But he did send the lucky Germans a three minute video of his sententious thoughts, including this:
This anniversary is a reminder that human destiny will be what we make of it…Even in [...]

At Speaker Pelosi’s weekly press briefing a sympathetic reporter asked this set-up question:
How concerned are you about the tone of the political debate, in terms of people talking about anti-government rhetoric and so on and the possibility of violence?
Ms. Pelosi appeared to be near tears as she spooned fed this response to the adoring reporters [...]