“I’m a fiscal conservative, but a social liberal.” The Epitaph for America’s Future?

By: Ausonius (Diary)  |  February 27th at 09:47 PM  | 

Many have read a version of the following statement from “moderates,” defined here as people who want to seem high-minded and objective by staying “above the fray.” “I’m a fiscal conservative, but a social liberal.” The goal in this essay is to demonstrate the illogicality of such an oxymoron. For ultimately fiscal conservatism will be impossible, if you support social liberalism. How does one define | Read More »

MAObama’s Coördinated Media Blitz for Hell-th Care: Coming Soon!

By: Ausonius (Diary)  |  December 31st at 02:38 PM  | 

You know this is coming: leftist pundits and politicians have signaled that between now and the State of the Union Address there will be another media blitz, like the failed one last summer, to convince everyone that the Hell-th Care Bill is a really, really, really good idea for America. Like the one last summer, there will be a coördinated media extravaganza pushing some specific | Read More »