John Ransom: Biotech company Excelixis CEO George Scangos likes to quote oil wildcatter JP Getty when asked about his philosophy for success: “Get up early; work hard; find oil,” he deadpans. And under the direction of dry-humored Scangos, the San Francisco-based company is drilling a lot of research holes, so to speak. They have to: […]Continue Reading
“Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.” –William Cobbett What is it with this administration — a general envy and resentment of success (“You didn’t build that!”) or just a general incompetence at anything to do with basic […]Continue Reading
I was really disappointed at how many people voted for the Obama/Biden ticket in November. I have also been very disappointed at how the Tea Party/Ron Paul republicans in the House and Senate still seem neutralized by RINOs and other big spenders. I have no idea how long the economy can last, but it […]Continue Reading
By Andrew E. Harrod Two articles on separate issues of sexual morality written by Catholics came to me today (January 18, 2013) via the internet. The regular news review of the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS), a society dedicated to upholding orthodoxy in Catholic higher education, arrived in my email with a link to an article […]Continue Reading
“On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.” President Barack Obama spoke these words […]Continue Reading
Republicans are reportedly ready to vote to hike the debt ceiling without any of the major deficit-related concessions they’ve been pushing for from Democrats, and budget-watchers will soon turn their attention to the looming sequestration spending cuts (from the Budget Control Act, or BCA) scheculed to take place on March 1 and the expiration of […]Continue Reading
Granted, it’s pretty rare these days for a Cabinet nominee to be unconfirmed; as happened to embattled UN Ambassador Susan Rice, controversial figures just don’t get the nomination. But still, former Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican, has drawn bipartisan criticism for his controversial stances on issues ranging from homosexuality to Iran–and yet the Senate is […]Continue Reading
This week’s column is brought to you by the word “a–holes.” It’s one of the left’s favorite words these days, fond as they are of shutting down the debate and casting their political opponents out like lepers. Take, for example, the website Gawker. The website is liberal. And as liberal Obama backers, they feel the […]Continue Reading
Larry Kudlow One cheer out of a potential three is all anyone can logically give the fiscal-cliff deal. On the day after the bargain was clinched, the stock market gave a 300-point cheer. So be it. In the short run, extending tax cuts up to $450,000 probably saved us from a recession. If all the […]Continue Reading
President Obama will kick off the new year the same way that he kicked off the old year: by demanding that the wealthy pay their “fair share” in taxes. But while millions of small-business owners, struggling entrepreneurs, inventors and investors brace for a double whammy of fiscal cliff tax hikes and new Obamacare taxes, the […]Continue Reading
Now that Obama has secured another four years in the White House, it is time for the administration to crank out more Obamacare propaganda, specifically arguments about the cost ineffectiveness of keeping old people alive. Enter the internet’s liberal bellwether, Salon.com. Earlier today, the website posted an article byMatthew Yglesias, a blogger and Democrat operative who spent […]Continue Reading
Americans know instinctively that when liberals start talking about deficit reduction that’s it’s just a case of the fantods, as Huckleberry Finn would say. And say what you will about old Huck, but he knew a couple of frauds when he saw them. No matter what liberal “Wonks” like Ezra Klein say about the historically […]Continue Reading