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Often you hear claims that Conservative complaints of a Liberal media bias are overblown.  Matt Lauer and Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams and Anderson Cooper – they’re not conservatives, sure, but you cannot claim they are overtly liberal in their broadcasting.  That’s what they say. Every now and the, however, the mainstream press puts out an article so flagrantly – day I say? – anti-American that any conservative over-hype seems justified.  So Time did yesterday. In... Read More→

The great Victor Davis Hanson writes today on NRO on the modern day know-it-all [worth quoting at length]: In classical Athens, public life became dominated by clever and smart-sounding sophists. These mellifluous “really wise guys” made money and gained influence by their rhetorical boasts of having “proved” the most amazing “thinkery” that belied common sense. We are living in a new age of sophism — but without a modern Socrates to remind the public just how silly our highly... Read More→

Imagine, for a moment, if our unscrupulous, overspending Federal [Behemoth of a] Government suddenly lost its abstract nature, and some of its institutions became flesh.  They walked and talked like you and me.  While we’re on this fantasy trip, imagine furthermore they were honest (or close to honest). How would the Congress, the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve speak, and what would they say?  These three institutions are the Spender, the Piggy Bank, and the Counterfeiter respectively,... Read More→

From MarketWatch: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Private-sector employment jumped a record 297,000 in December, according to Automatic Data Processing Inc.’s employment report released Wednesday, in what could be a signal that the recovery is finally adding jobs at a meaningful clip. There is no doubt that we should celebrate this news, for the families and individuals who recently found work and who can support themselves without the assistance of welfare programs. A few remarks: December is... Read More→

OF all the snots that pollute the conservative movement, Conor Friedersdorf hardly stands out.  His incessant pleas for civility in political discourse are as petulant as they are naive, accompanied as these things are by a certain willingness to swiftly pass intellectual judgment on fellow conservatives.  Talk radio hosts, whose very medium allows for intimate, conversational, and regular communication with audiences, attract special disdain and condescension from the would-be sage of blogging. ... Read More→

To be sure, democracies are funny things.  Today, the joke’s on us. Franklin D. Roosevelt was and still is admired by the vast majority of Americans, despite his utterly abysmal record on the economy and civil liberties.  He truly was the closest thing that America has ever had to a dictator, an opinion that is substantiated by his contempt for the Supreme Court and his threats to “stack” it with Justices who would not overturn his overreaching legislation.  There is too much... Read More→

Tonight on The Right Hook, host John Brodigan will be joined by the dynamic duo of Lynn Krogh and Giovanni Scaringi, where they’ll be discussing: –>The 9/11 Zadroga Bill: why it’s being held up, and whether or not this is a New York issue or a national issue? –>It’s finally official: The GOP has taken back the State Senate.  What should be the first order of business? –>A recap of the NYSYR Winter Meeting and Holiday Party. –>And a few other surprises. Listen... Read More→

From MarketWatch: [Boston Federal Reserve Bank president Eric] Rosengren, a strong supporter of the Fed’s $600 billion plan to purchase Treasurys, said the plan could cut the unemployment rate by about half a percentage point by the end of 2012, or more than 700,000 additional jobs. So in 13 months we may see unemployment approach an even 9%?  Maybe?  And this is what we’ve printed $600 billion for? Call me crazy, but does this Rosengren sound like he’s trying to draw attention... Read More→

Jeffrey Lord at The American Spectator offers some reflection on Mark Levin’s Liberty & Tyranny, the 2010 election, and the conservative wave that swept the nation. As a listener for over 5 years, I can say Mr. Levin knows how to lead a cause and educate the activists.  I cannot recommend the book highly enough.  Read More →

The Altschuler campaign is looking for volunteers to help with the upcoming Recount.   Please see the message below. On election night, the local Board of Elections on Long Island prematurely declared Democrat Tim Bishop the winner in the congressional race in New York Congressional District 1 (Eastern Long Island) over Republican candidate Randy Altschuler, by several thousand votes. There are still approximately 10,000 absentee ballots which have not been counted. We need your help to: 1) monitor... Read More→