Tag Archives: washington

Don’t blame capitalism for the terrible tragedy in Bangladesh

04/30/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
The media has been having a field day with the recent collapse of a clothing factory complex in Bangladesh that has killed 400, with many more dead still buried in the rubble. Since the mills inside the complex made garments…

The Battle Continues

04/29/2013 Published on Forbes.com
It is bad enough that former Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar was unfairly convicted and jailed last summer for four years after being charged with misusing property and government power. And that prior to his conviction he was imprisoned so as…

Protecting The First Amendment

04/09/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Hearings in the James Holmes trial are underway and a trial date has been set for February 2014. There has been much discussion of the prosecution’s decision to seek the death penalty – a decision made in consultation with the…

How to get serious about North Korea

04/05/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
Even experienced North Korea watchers are wondering if this time the annual Kabuki dance in which the country’s dictator threatens war in order to win more food and foreign currency concessions from us and the South Koreans, might not actually…

A conflicted Democrat’s take on the GOP autopsy and CPAC

03/20/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
After attending the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, I read the Republican National Committee’s “autopsy report” on the state of the party. ;As a progressive who pretty much wants to see the conservative movement and…

The Public Has Got It Wrong

02/28/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Tomorrow is a big day. The sequester will automatically come into effect and we will see across the board spending cuts. What the actual impact of the sequester on the average American has been hotly debated. The President has been…

The Age of Disruption

02/26/2013 Published on Forbes.com
We seem to be always in crisis these days. Paralysis, gridlock, partisanship, and stale thinking from our political class abound. Politicians cling to their party lines with no vision for how they are actually going to get anything done. The…

Rubio trumps Obama as both men offer competing visions of America’s future

02/13/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
If we needed a reminder as to the greatness of our country, we had to look no further than our televisions or computer screens Tuesday night. Two men of modest beginnings—born to immigrant fathers, and both with a personal drive…

Obama’s Night, But Nothing Has Changed

Published on Forbes.com
In his call for smarter government, President Obama was consciously trying to move away from the positioning that was ascribed to him after his inaugural address, that of adopting a new liberal agenda. That being said, with the President’s calls…

The stunning secret the media missed in Eric Cantor’s AEI speech

02/07/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
Feb. 5, 2013: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. gestures as he gives a major policy address entitled: “Making Life Work.” at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington. ((AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)) The liberal-leaning media didn’t think too…