Media Critique and News Commentary
3
Sep
2009
In the company of liberal media elites today, while watching one of the final town hall meetings of the Congressional August recess, I listened as one elderly fellow citizen after another was mimicked by these so-called elites in exaggerated southern accents, without regard for whether they were from the south. The media members called these [...]
19
Mar
2009
By a vote of 328 to 93, the U.S. House of Representatives today voted to tax the bonuses of A.I.G. executives (and any bonuses being paid by companies in receipt of TARP funds) at a rate of 90 percent. Riding a wave of populist fury, the very people entrusted to uphold the constitution are passing [...]
3
Feb
2009
Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and I’m relieved not to have to tolerate another tax evader in the upper echelons of government. But I’m still angry. While this move saves the former Senate Majority Leader endless hours of talk show and public poll criticism, it doesn’t go [...]