The Political Inquirer

The London Telegraph argues that Drudge is the world’s most powerful journalist. I think the assessment is largely correct–Matt Drudge has managed to break free of the traditional journalist establishment and proven himself to be a competitor to their ranks without becoming one of them. Drudge is a new breed of journalist. If there are [...]

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Roger Simon at the Politico wrote an interesting piece about Ralph Nader yesterday. A couple of excerpts I found interesting:
Which is why I called him and asked him his favorite food.
He paused. Ralph Nader does not usually get questions about his favorite food.
Which, I believe, is the soft bigotry of low expectations.
“Stuffed eggplant with pignoli [...]

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From the Wall Street Journal blog:
“Barack Obama is the most qualified person — Democrat or Republican — to lead our country in the face of enormous challenges — the very real threat of terrorism, economic uncertainty, and instability at home and abroad,” Sen. Jay Rockefeller said in a statement, “What matters most in the Oval [...]

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State coercion at its best. This Quaker teacher was fired for changing her oath she took in the California school system.
Each time, when asked to “swear (or affirm)” that she would “support and defend” the U.S. and state Constitutions “against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” Kearney-Brown inserted revisions: She wrote “nonviolently” in front of the [...]

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I think it was less of a faux pas and more of a Freudian slip.

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A faux pas, perhaps?

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In the heart of the 2008 primary election season, the race to selecting the respective Democratic and Republican Party presidential nominees has become a focus of the mass media. This is best displayed on major cable news stations such as CNN, where [...]

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From Jacob Heilbrunn:
Buckley wasn’t a radical conservative. He didn’t believe in trying to destroy the Eastern Establishment; instead, he wanted to reform it.
As Mike Tennant pointed out: therein lies the entire problem [with Buckley-conservatism].

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It looks like Vox Day and Selwyn Duke are having the same thoughts I am on why conservatives are fighting a never ending losing battle. Selwyn Duke’s thoughts are very much in accordance with my own:
After all, I criticized Mitt Romney for forcing Massachusettsans to buy health insurance, but a recent poll indicates that a [...]

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Conservative commentators and pundits are fighting the wrong enemy again. The latest incarnation of the losing battle against “Left-liberalism” is the outcry at Congress banning incandescent light bulbs. Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily, many on the National Review blog The Corner, and even Rush Limbaugh have been crying out against the economic restriction being placed on [...]

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Hillary Clinton raised $35 million during the month of February. Barack Obama is estimated to have raised over $50 million. The total take for the Democratic Party front-runners is close to $85 million. With these type of staggering numbers, neither candidate can be classed the “loser.” Indeed, what a dream team ticket this would become. [...]

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Looks like the American people are changing their minds again:

Success tends to do that. Of course, the remnants of AQI will try their darndest to put on a show for the Democrats so, if they win in November, so they can perform their alchemy and turn a win (qualified though it may be) [...]

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1 out of every 100 adult Americans is incarcerated in the U.S. prison system, a historical first, according to a recent report. Over 2,300,000 citizens live behind bars, making the U.S. the leading incarcerater in the world. In 2006, the U.S. also had the honor of the sixth highest execution rate in the world. [...]

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Thanks to David Kirby for posting this today. It is a copy of the US Government concession filed in a vaccine-autism case from last year. Names are redacted for privacy purposes.

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President makes case at news conference, cites al-Qaida threat
MSNBC News Services
updated 8:15 a.m. PT, Thurs., Feb. 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday pressed Congress to give telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government eavesdrop after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Speaking at a White House news conference, Bush continued a near-daily effort to prod [...]

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The Nation, a conservative, Canadian newspaper ran an article on Monday entitled, “Forget Global Warming: Welcome to the New Ice Age”.  The author, Lorne Gunter, argues that new data from the US National Climactic Data Center is evidence for global cooling, something we haven’t talked about since the 70’s.
Gunter cites various bits of evidence for his theory, and [...]

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A recent public polling analysis finds that Ron Paul is looking pretty good for Congressional re-election, and even that nearly 20% in his district could vote for him for president. It looks like those who think political parties need to be purged of variation, and politicians need be not more than shallow drones, will have [...]

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There are two reasons John Hagee endorsed Saint McCain of Arizona:
Mr. Hagee, who argues that the United States must join Israel in a preemptive, biblically prophesized military strike against Iran that will lead to the second coming of Christ, praised Mr. McCain for his pro-Israel views.
and
Mr. Hagee also praised Mr. McCain for his “solid, pro-life [...]

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By David Ignatius
WASHINGTON — Politicians who talk about the terrorism threat — and it’s already clear that this will be a polarizing issue in the 2008 campaign — should be required to read a new book by a former CIA officer named Marc Sageman. It stands what you think you know about terrorism on its [...]

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“If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.”

- Ludwig von Mises

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