By • Mar 03,2010

America the stupid

Matt Continetti made a very good point in last week’s Standard. On the one hand, the unpopularity of Obamacare has led quite a few liberal writers to argue that the...

By • Mar 03,2010

Scott Brown broke Washington

As recently as January 18, the day before Scott Brown’s election, there was no firm consensus that Washington was broken. Now it is a staple of high-minded conversation. Imagine for...

By • Mar 03,2010

Mitch McConnell vs. Western Europe

I find it really annoying when Republicans — and especially the GOP leader in the Senate — say things like this: I think [the Democrats] — on the — on...

By • Mar 03,2010

Maybe Israel didn’t do it?

As I’ve said in the past, I’m entirely in favor of Israel traveling to Dubai to kill terrorists in a manner that harms no civilians. Again, I don’t really understand...

By • Mar 03,2010

Filibuster flip-flops

Democrats are indignant about the very idea of the filibuster. Republicans have turned the accusation around. Remember who filibustered ten of the judges President Bush wanted to appoint to the...