‘Opinion’ Articles
The debate winner(s) and loser …
Not a great week for the Debate Champion. Applause was included last night, but Gingrich's debate performance was pretty close to Monday night; he simply failed to knock it out of the hall. Even worse for him, Mitt Romney's new debate coach needs a raise, because he did a much better job than usual, but Rick Santorum also had his best night ever. [...]
Promises, promises
How many times must we hear some candidate say, "When I am president, on day one, I will … ” — you fill in the blanks. Close the Department of Something; reform the tax code; nuke Iran; balance the budget, repeal ObamaCare ... As if any of them could do that, given the limited (thank God, and the Founding Fathers) powers of the president. [...]
Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary
In a dramatic head-to-head contest that will win huge attention throughout the political world, I now believe that Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary. The implications could be enormous. This result would dramatize the fact that a majority of Republican primary voters favor a candidate more conservative than Mitt [...]
Supporting the Arab world, and not breaking the bank
Facing serious economic and political constraints, how can the United States effectively engage Arab countries in the midst of transition and help support Arab voices for dignity, opportunity and greater inclusion? At the Institute for Education’s first session of its 21st INFO season, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy, and [...]
A long road for Newt and Obama
Few stalwarts in the Republican tribe are not afraid of giving money and support to whomever the party chooses. Before we continue our rejoicing and being awestruck by Newt's resurgence, let’s remember that there are two states where Newt has not made the ballot. He continues to live cheaply on debates and, to my knowledge, still hasn't girded [...]
Note to Gingrich: The ’70s called …
“The spaceship has landed.” — Steve Jobs, 2011Note to Gingrich: To paraphrase from the movie “Joe Dirt”: The ’70s called, they want their space program back. Gingrich is the disco paragon: a conservative reaction to the ’60s in double-poly leisure suit, white patent leather belt and shoes and all the baggage trailing from the very [...]
Ask A.B.: Showdown in Florida, Obama’s State of the Union
The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard takes your questions on President Obama's State of the Union address and the Republican primary race in Florida.
Free New England: Repudiate the National Defense Authorization Act
New England was a Jeffersonian region of independent-minded yeoman farmers and freethinking independents before the Civil War. We lost that earthy colloquialism to the abstraction of federalism after teaming up for the conquest of the West and the South in 1857 and 1865, and again to globalism after the conquest of Europe and Asia in 1946. But [...]
