Are Islam Bashers to Blame for Terror Threat?

By: Nick Ottens (Diary)  |  October 4th at 11:40 AM  | 

Whatever happened to Newsweek? In a recent article two of the magazine’s contributors suggest that the rise of anti-Islam parties throughout Europe is somehow connected with the raised terror alert on the continent. Not only do the authors fail to explicate a connection between the two; they fail even to substantiate this assertion. According to the magazine, people in Europe are “afraid, caught between terrorists | Read More »

Should Washington Leave Social Security Alone?

By: Nick Ottens (Diary)  |  September 5th at 12:22 PM  | 

Ezra Klein likes to think so. In Newsweek he urges lawmakers not to mess with Social Security in order to restore balance to the federal budget. Popular wisdom has it has Social Security is financially unsustainable. Klein disputes that. He notes that, over the next 75 years, the program’s shortfall will equal approximately 0.7 percent of GDP. That isn’t a crisis, he attests. “It’s a | Read More »