Tag: U.S. Politics
Political Financial Interference: The IRS Scrutiny of Charities in Judea and Samaria
Will someone sue the US government over politicized tax enforcement?
A Republican Party that Looks Like America
Republicans would be foolish to give up on minority voters, but even more foolish to give up on low- income white voters.
How to Use a Midterm Victory
There are good reasons for Republicans to be hopeful about the 2014 midterm election.
Here’s the Deal: Solving the U.S. Deficit
An interview with David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief of The New York Times.
Death & Taxes: Welcome to Obamaland
Welcome to Obamaland, where death and taxes is no longer an ironic statement, but a grim reality.
Partisan Nation
To assume that your opponents have any decency, as the Republicans habitually do, is to be left behind in Politics 1.0.
The Obama-Media War
The media loved Obama, but it discovered early on that he did not love it back.
Benghazi’s Lesson
The video story was part of a theme that has run through Obama’s presidency from the beginning.
The End of Competition
The progressive consolidation imagines that organization can contain the messier side of man.
The Post-Obama Democratic Party
Benghazi isn't likely to keep Hillary out of the Democratic field in 2016, but after 2008, she is justifiably paranoid.
Amnesty: The Road to Nowhere
Whether or not amnesty comes, the United States of America is becoming too much like Mexico; a society of limited possibilities and diminished social mobility.
Obama’s Vision: Government Itself as the American Ideal
Obama wants Americans to believe that government is only the sum total of their efforts together. But that is nonsense.
School Choice, the Government, and You
As Jews, we assume a myriad of financial obligations in order to ensure that we live in accordance with the tenets of our faith. We give generously to our shuls and make charitable donations to various organizations that service the Jewish community. But one of the biggest investments we make is in our children’s future, as we enroll them in one of the many quality yeshivas our community boasts.
The Real Accomplishment
Netanyahu made an invaluable turnabout in the way Israel explains itself. We must complete that turnabout. We must not go half way.
Terrorism and the Methodology of the Left
The left understands that it is working against natural emotions of loyalty and loss, and so it uses deception.
One Strike and You’re Out?
In the Hebrew Bible everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes.
Restoring the Image of George W. Bush
All Americans should take an interest in the accurate recognition of President Bush's good work.
NPR Takes the Side of Multiculturalism
Europe has taken the path of multiculturalism and we can see the results.
Liberal Hypocrisy on Religion and Speech
Somehow it has become acceptable to dump on Christian Zionists for their political activities, but absolutely taboo to criticize Muslim groups, some of which support Hamas or Hizballah.
The Chicagoization of America
The urban political machine has gone national. It's here. It's there. It's everywhere.
Better or Worse: Politics and Conceptions of Change
Are we on an inevitable evolutionary trajectory rising up or are we doomed to repeat dark ages, progress and then dark ages again?
The Deconstruction of Marriage
The left's deconstruction of social institutions is not a quest for equality, but for destruction.
Canada, Keystone and the Palestinians
The heat being generated from the Keystone controversy may well have had an influence upon Obama's gaffe in comparing U.S.-Canada relations to Israel-Palestinian relations.
Government Money
In the free market, money made you king. But under socialism, money just buys you access and leverage.
Visiting a Friend
Unlike some of his biggest detractors, I believe that the President actually likes Israel and values the friendship of the Israeli people.
The Shadow of the Gun
Schools across the country are banning not the gun, but the idea of the gun.
Unanswered Questions About Susan Rice
Ambassador Rice touted the notion of a spontaneous mob action for several days after the event despite the evidence to the contrary. On what basis did Ms. Rice promote the false storyline?
Pour the Concrete and Build the Houses
When I visited the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem a couple of years ago, it was a brutal reminder of what happens when politicians make decisions that don’t involve their brains.
Giuliani Still Being Slighted by Media Elites
Even as he left office in January 2002 on a note of unprecedented triumph and popularity, the tone of the New York Times’s editorials and most of its news coverage was startlingly jaundiced.
A Cup of Soda in Hell
Social thinking is not concerned with solving problems by tackling them, but by transforming society so that the problems no longer exist.