Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, chairman of the House budget committee, gave a forceful, highly regarded speech on Oct. 26, “Saving the American Idea: Rejecting Fear, Envy and the Politics of Division.” Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, a former Reagan speechwriter, praised the speech in her weekly column (online Oct. 28, in print Oct. [...]
Two days after the historic midterm election, syndicated columnist George Will wrote an insightful op-ed about the deeper meaning of the resounding conservative victory. He included comments on the problem of what has been called the ruling class or the elites, the rulers championed by progressives (who constitute most of today's liberals). Will said, “The [...]
An eminent physicist recently resigned from the American Physical Society (APS), the professional association of physicists and one of the world’s leading scientific organizations, charging the body with supporting the man-made global warming “fraud” in order to make money at the expense of scientific truth and integrity. His resignation letter reinforces the view that man-made [...]
Tony Blankley, one of the most astute political commentators, published a column on Sept. 29 titled “Tea Party Has Elites on the Run.” He believes that the Tea Party, by stressing virtues that the elites disdain, has started an "inexorable" movement that will restore power to the middle class. His argument: The elites (aka the [...]
It depends who you ask. If you ask the GOP leadership, "we're all the Tea Party..." Read about it here. To excerpt: House Republican leader John Boehner says: "There really is no difference between what Republicans believe in and what the Tea Party activists believe in." Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says: "If I [...]
Top Ten Reasons Why Congress Hates the Tea Party & Patriot groups (and why you should register for the Oct. 8-9 Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention at www.vateapartyconvention.com): 10. Most Tea Party & Patriot group supporters actually work for a living, and it’s human nature not to like people who are so very different from [...]
Dr. Charles Krauthammer, a towering intellect and one of the country’s most widely read and influential commentators, has an incisive column in Friday’s Washington Post, “The Last Refuge of a Liberal.” It’s about “the arrogant elites whose undisguised contempt for the great unwashed prevents them from conceding a modicum of serious thought to those who [...]
I don’t think there has ever been a sharper distinction between the ruling class and the rest of us than in the controversy over the ground zero mosque. It allows members of the ruling class to parade their “moral superiority” while expressing their contempt and hatred for the rest of us. Dr. Thomas Sowell described [...]
Humanevents.com recently posted a three-part video interview of Dr. Thomas Sowell about his book, "Dismantling of America." We blogged earlier this week about Sowell's series of columns on the same topic. The links to the interviews: Part One, Part Three (Part Two and Part Three are the same), Part Four. Each part is a little [...]
Last week, Thomas Sowell, a leading conservative intellectual, published a four-part series of columns titled “Dismantling of America,” distributed by Creators Syndicate. The first of these is here; each column has links to the other three. Following are excerpts from each of his "Dismantling of America" columns, as published by Townhall.com: Part I-- The Constitution [...]
The emergence of a ruling class in the U.S. may be one of the most significant political developments of our generation. I believe it is, and I think that defeating the class before it completes its takeover of the country is one of this generation’s most important tasks. I blogged about this on 8/4 (“The [...]
I’m lucky that a great report on a topic of growing importance appeared today just in time for my debut post on this site. It’s from Rasmussen Reports, the renowned political polling firm: “67% of Political Class Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction, 84% of Mainstream Disagrees.” It’s found here. The report talks about the [...]
