Glenn Beck’s people have it totally wrong
More than a century ago, William Jennings Bryan’s populists saw government as the protector of the little guy. Today, Glenn Beck and his followers see government as the peoples’ oppressor.
Bryan’s people got it right. Becks’ don’t.
GOVERNMENT PROTECTS THE LITTLE GUY
Tags: conservatives, Democrats, Glenn Beck, politics, populists, Republicans, Wall Street, Washington
Democrats pay price for health-care circus
Democrats would be so much better off today had they given up their fruitless quest for bipartisanship last year and nailed down the health-care reforms two months earlier.
DEMOCRATS MADE THEIR OWN LUMPY BED
Tags: Democrats, health care, politics, Republicans, Washington
The economy without government
Two leading economist put out a study describing what might have happened had the government not taken extraordinary actions following the financial meltdown.
My take in
WASHINGTON SAVED OUR ECONOMIC HIDE
Tags: economy, politics, Republicans, Washington
Weighty Canada — economic and otherwise
Marketwatch’s Canada expert, Bill Mann, makes note of my recent column praising Canada’s bank regulation as a boon to its economy.
Tags: banks, Canada, economy, health care, Washington
Canada’s balmy economy
Has anyone noticed that smart government regulations can help the economy? It’s all there to see in Canada.
REGULATION MADE CANADA FAT AND HAPPY
Tags: Canada, economy, politics, right wing, Washington
Jim Webb gets it right on race-based policies
Tough Liberals have long been frustrated by the Democratic leadership’s periodic ventures into racial preferences — even as they abhor Republicans’ not-so-subtle appeals to prejudices among white voters. I express such displeasure toward the end of a recent column.
Virginia Sen. Jim Webb hits the nail on the nuanced head, when he criticizes racial preferences as they’ve evolved since the Civil Rights era. A long-time defender of poor Southern whites, he makes his case against laws that, in effect, discriminate against them in today’s Wall Street Journal.
By the way, Webb’s book, “Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America” is both informative and a wonderful read.
Tags: culture, Democrats, Jim Webb, race, Republicans, Virginia, Washington
Thank you, Richard Reeves…
for generously praising my recent primal scream on what peoples’ answers to the pollsters’ questions really mean.
Hint: Being angry over ” the direction of the country” does not necessarily translate into support for the Republican Party. It may well mean the opposite.
Tags: Democrats, Obama, politics, polls, Republicans, Washington
Democratic rout no sure thing
Do we like the direction of the country? No. Are Republicans the answer? Hell no.
REPUBLICAN VOODOO PUT US ON THIS PATH
Tags: conservatives, Democrats, politics, polls, Republicans, Washington
Hear me in Jacksonville….
To my comrades in Florida and everyone else, hear me at 3:45 pm EST on the Brother Stan Labor Show. Subject: immigration reform.
“THE BROTHER STAN LABOR SHOW”Wednesdays, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDSTLIVE — ON AIR AND ON THE WEB!FM 105.3 (WJSJ) in Jacksonville — Streaming Worldwide: www.radiofreejax.comAND ON REPLAY! /// THE SAME DAY!10:00 PM – 12:00 Midnight /// Same Station and Website!LISTEN IN! — CALL IN!Call-In Number = 854-8255 (854-TALK) — Area Code = 904
Tags: Arizona, Democrats, immigration, Republicans, Washington
More on Financial Reform
My new column expands on an earlier blog about the romantic conservative belief in ordinary Americans’ ability to bushwhack through the market for complex and tricky financial products, much less the outright frauds.
Here is
HEAVEN MUST WAIT FOR MONEY-SAVVY PUBLIC
