Poli-Wood from Creators Syndicate

Is Liberalism Dead? for 05/26/2012

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Maybe it's just me, but I find it hard to believe liberals believe in liberalism anymore.

With the obvious global meltdown of Keynesian economics, how could anyone remotely intelligent support the continued deficit spending that is driving the Western World into bankruptcy?

And yet a large proportion of our population still backs Barack Obama for a second term. Yes, some of this ...

Updated: Sat May 26, 2012

Preaching to the Choir for 05/16/2012

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

At PJ Media — the online media company where I am CEO — we preach to the conservative choir quite a bit.

It's not our fault for the most part. It's the way of the world these days. The left talks to the left and the right talks to the right.

Sure, we have some internal differences (gay marriage is one area), but PJM writers and readers largely agree on the big issues ...

Updated: Wed May 16, 2012

Obama's New Nomenklatura for 05/09/2012

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Socialism is a rich man's game.

Oh, sure, random overheated (sometimes impoverished) Occupiers agitate for their version of economic equality, possibly gumming up the works at the Lincoln Tunnel, but the real financial justice action comes from the wealthy — or so it would seem.

And I'm not just talking about Hollywood, where George Clooney is full steam ahead on a ...

Updated: Wed May 09, 2012

Grenell Named Romney Foreign Policy Spokesman -- What Does It Mean? for 04/21/2012

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Richard A. Grenell — a frequent contributor to PJ Media, where I am CEO — has been named "national security and foreign policy spokesman" for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Writes The Washington Post's Election 2012 Blog:

"Grenell brings foreign policy chops and more than a decade of political experience to the aggressive but relativel ...

Updated: Sat Apr 21, 2012

Why Liberals Are the New Squares for 04/14/2012

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

I was amused to read Maureen Dowd's recent column titled "State of Cool" in The New York Times, calling Hillary Clinton "cool," because I was about to write just the opposite — not just about Hillary, but about her (and my) whole generation of liberal-progressive-whatevers. They are anything but cool. They are the New Squares.

But allow Dowd to state her cool ca ...

Updated: Sat Apr 14, 2012

The Los Angeles Times Should Release the Khalidi Tape for Passover for 04/07/2012

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Passover 2012, which started at sunset on Friday, April 6, will not be a particularly auspicious one for the Jewish people.

Despite being superficially strong in many ways, Israel — the sole Jewish state — and Jews in general face more determined opposition than they have at any time since World War II. From terrorists in the South of France to professors at Boston's Northeas ...

Updated: Sat Apr 07, 2012

The Society for the Preservation of Racism for 03/28/2012

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

When Barack Obama asserted — in advance of a completed police investigation, let alone a jury trial or grand jury investigation — that he identified with young Trayvon Martin, the black teenager shot and killed in Florida, it was an extraordinarily reactionary moment with possible ramifications of interference with the justice system.

But it was not surprising.

Since o ...

Updated: Wed Mar 28, 2012

Romney Derangement Syndrome for 03/17/2012

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Psychotherapists often talk about the difference between "wanting to be right" and "getting what we want". Many of us, myself included, often prefer to be right — or what we believe to be right — even if it interferes with our larger goals.

This is the kind of behavior that destroys marriages. It can also have a detrimental impact on politics and ...

Updated: Sat Mar 17, 2012

Andrew Breitbart: A Whirlwind Dies for 03/03/2012

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

When a whirlwind dies, there is a sudden quiet. Los Angeles last Thursday was deathly silent.

Andrew Breitbart — the conservative gadfly-blogger-entrepreneur — died at the age of 43. He just crumpled on a Westwood sidewalk, in full view of other pedestrians.

Breitbart — besides being a unique media figure who in many ways changed the face of news — was a fr ...

Updated: Sat Mar 03, 2012

Lucky Obama Benefits From Capitalism for 02/22/2012

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

As Republicans gnaw at each other's throats, playing a desperate game of "I'm more conservative than you," something yet more depressing and deeply ironic is occurring: Capitalism is saving Obama.

In the spirit of 'no bad deed goes unrewarded,' the very system our president cut his teeth on despising — the unbridled free market — is on its way to securing him a seco ...

Updated: Wed Feb 22, 2012

Can the Republicans Avoid a Debacle? for 02/17/2012

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

To say the least, things do no look good for the Republicans at this moment. Rasmussen polls released Tuesday showed Mitt Romney trailing Barack Obama at 49 to 42 percent and Rick Santorum lagging even further behind at 41 percent. No word on Newt Gingrich, but it's hard to be optimistic.

According to the pollster: Among unaffiliated voters, the president leads Romney by 10 and Santorum ...

Updated: Fri Feb 17, 2012

The Santorum Surprise for 02/10/2012

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Rick Santorum — a man who lost his last election in his home state by 18 points — is suddenly threatening the front-runner status of Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. He, not Newt Gingrich, is emerging, at least for the moment, as the conservative alternative to Romney, having won decisively in three state contests this week.

Things are looking good for ...

Updated: Fri Feb 10, 2012

In Memoriam: Zane Greyhound for 02/01/2012

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Our family put our beloved greyhound Zane to sleep Friday evening about 6 p.m. A veterinarian who does such things for a living came to our house and gently administered a lethal injection. She was followed immediately by a tall, muscular man from Pet Care who carted the inert 80-pound dog to a pickup truck and then on to the crematorium.

Zane was an extraordinary dog. Of course, all dog ...

Updated: Wed Feb 01, 2012

The Political Debate as Reality Show for 01/21/2012

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

It was the debate that was over in less than five minutes.

Although the setting was more dramatic as the numbers dwindled down to a precious few, the Thursday Republican debate in Charleston was another meaningless discussion signifying nothing. Once again, all the candidates, with the exception of course of Ron Paul, essentially agreed on everything of significance. And there was nothin ...

Updated: Sat Jan 21, 2012

Never Trust a Pundit -- Especially Me for 01/13/2012

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

OK, I don't really consider myself a pundit-pundit, but I owe my readers an apology:

I am a lousy judge of character. Don't ever trust me again — or at least vet me extremely carefully.

I fell for Rick Perry, a man less qualified, it turns out, to be president than my dead grandmother. Yes, I had gone shooting with him in Austin and then to the NASCAR races, and thought he w ...

Updated: Fri Jan 13, 2012

Why Paul Really Lost in Iowa for 01/05/2012

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

After listening to so many Republican debates that I can no longer count them, one thing became clear: There were almost no significant policy distinctions between the candidates in the domestic arena. All were basically minor differences, although often inflated for political purposes. What set the candidates apart were qualities of personality, electability and experience, not the issues.

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Updated: Thu Jan 05, 2012

Trump, Ego and the Presidency for 12/24/2011

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

It was only a week or so ago that I made a short video titled "What Do We About the Donald?" (available on YouTube). It was intended to be a goof, riffing on Trump's supposed presidential ambitions and suggesting a better use of his abilities — i. e., to take over the United Nations and turn that useless institution into the "Trump U.N.," a potentially hugely successfu ...

Updated: Sat Dec 24, 2011

Explaining Newt for 12/14/2011

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

A good portion of the right-wing punditocracy, Beltway sorts especially, appears to harbor a deep dislike of Newt Gingrich. They can't believe he is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination and are doing everything in their power to enlighten the great unwashed about the multiple inadequacies of this man and knock some sense into them (us) before it is too late.

Now, I am ...

Updated: Wed Dec 14, 2011

Obama to Iran: Enjoy Your Nukes for 12/08/2011

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Barack Obama and his minions — Hillary Clinton, who these days disses Israel every chance she gets, and Ambassador Howard Gutman, who thinks Islamic anti-Semitism began at a Tel Aviv falafel shop a week ago Thursday — love to put pressure on our supposed ally ... but on Iran's despicable mullahs, not so much.

So it should be no surprise that our president is pushing back on l ...

Updated: Thu Dec 08, 2011

The Mystery of Herman Cain for 12/01/2011

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Here's a question it doesn't take a zen master to figure out: If Herman Cain was willing to hide a 13-year relationship — "friendship," call it what you will — to a woman (to whom he made repeated financial payments!) from his own wife, as he has now admitted, should he be trusted to be candid with the American public?

Well, duh. Falsus in uno, falsus i ...

Updated: Thu Dec 01, 2011