Doing Good, or Feeling Good?
So often in the world of politics and policy, we are left with the ultimate choice of whether to do…
Swallow the Sequester
Let’s see. We have federal budgets wildly out of balance and a staggering national debt. And a plan is already…
Not Guns, But Evil
There is no getting around the unspeakably shocking nature of the crimes against humanity committed in Newtown, Connecticut. And one…
Mismatch on the Fiscal Cliff
As weeks have now become days before we reach the edge of the fiscal cliff, it has become increasingly clear…
The Simple-Minded Left
One of the foundational criticisms of conservatives by the left is that they are lowbrow. Leftists condescendingly recite the evidence…
Update on the Brett Kimberlin Outrage
On Friday June 8, 2012 Bearing Drift and many other websites observed National Blogger Day of Silence to protest the…
Paul Krugman’s 91% Solution
You have to admit it’s refreshing when a genuine, died-in-the-wool Washington insider lets his hair down after an election and…
The Burning Bush
After the earthquake of August 2011, word got out that it occurred on a rare and obscure fault-line known as…
The Disastrous Vicissitudes of Youth
It is not religion, as Karl Marx once claimed, but rather the free bread and circuses of Roman empire infamy,…
Fidel, Hugo and Saddam Must be Jealous
In Cleveland, biggest city in the most significant swing state of the election, Ohio, turns out there were 21 voting…