Government sponsorship of alternative energy development is a great idea for a number of reasons, but the following argument– which has been repeated ad nauseam by high-profile alternative energy proponents, most recently Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry in Friday’s Washington Post– is clearly invalid and thus does not help matters. To refute the claim that [...]
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This Has Got To Stop
July 26, 2009 – 9:19 pm
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Tagged alternative energy, Boxer, drill, Kerry, petroleum, Washington Post
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Proposition 8: America Has a Long Way to Go
November 7, 2008 – 3:48 pm
Barry Slaff
The election of Barack Obama marks a major step forward for America. We now have a president who can restore our country’s image in the world, get our economy back on track, judiciously exercise his powers as Commander-in-Chief, and continue to inspire millions of new participants in the political process. With any luck, last [...]
Joe the Plumber: McCain Lies Shamelessly
October 20, 2008 – 5:38 pm
Posted by Barry Slaff
Today, John McCain’s presidential campaign sent its internet subscribers an email message which harps on McCain’s supposed advocacy for all America’s “Joe the Plumbers,” a demographic recently named after plumber Joe Wurzelbacher, whose hard work and economic woes McCain referenced numerous times at the third presidential debate. McCain’s email alleges that “this [...]
“It’s NOT Demeaning to Women”
September 2, 2008 – 5:53 pm
Posted by Barry Slaff
In a recent article, Amy Morton takes Sarah Palin apologists to task by showing what kind of treatment actually demeans women. Here’s the punch line:
“Unlike Presidential candidates who must survive a grueling primary process and endless vetting by the public and the press, Vice Presidential candidates get little scrutiny. We rely on [...]
John McCain: a Straight-Talker No More
September 1, 2008 – 10:28 am
Posted by Barry Slaff
Michael Kinsley’s August 31 op-ed titled “No Experience Necessary” (originally published here) absolutely nails the biggest problem with John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. In Kinsley’s words:
…The important point about Palin’s lack of experience isn’t about Palin. It’s about McCain. And the question is not how his choice [...]
Obama vs. McCain: Obama is the Candidate with Substance
August 19, 2008 – 9:11 am
By Barry Slaff
Obama has no substance. He’s an idealist without specific ideas, a freshman policymaker without policies– so his critics have insisted throughout both the primaries and the beginning of the general election season. Yet the contention that Obama has no substance is simply bogus; in fact, Obama offers many more specific policy suggestions on [...]
Democrats Will Lose Unless They Answer Republicans on Energy
June 23, 2008 – 8:32 pm
By Barry Slaff
This past week, the Republican Party revealed its strategy for winning elections this November: gasoline, gasoline, gasoline. Democrats everywhere should watch out.
Democrats have become increasingly complacent in recent months, and it is easy to understand why. Polls everywhere show that Democrats– already the majority party– should make landmark gains in the [...]
Excuses, Excuses: Why Hillary Lost
June 10, 2008 – 3:32 pm
-By Barry Slaff
In her June 5 New York Times column “Woman in Charge, Women Who Charge,” Judith Warner laments the supposedly misogynistic “zeitgeist” that accompanied the fall of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Of the first 25 or so comments on the article, at least 20 supported Warner’s analysis, but one finally hit the nail on the [...]
Daily Pennsylvanian Endorses Shallow Politics
April 18, 2008 – 10:06 am
By Barry Slaff
While we might not reasonably expect any unit of the press to hold a high analytical bar, yesterday’s DP endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination exemplifies the deplorably shallow reasoning too common in politics. As an avid Obama supporter I would have taken issue with any endorsement of Clinton, [...]
Abortion Protest Misses the Point
October 18, 2007 – 9:39 am
On October 23, Stand True will observe its fourth annual Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity. The official event website, silentday.org, instructs each participant to don a conspicuous red armband and to spend the day in silent mourning for “children who have their lives taken in the name of choice.” This protest demonstrates the anti-choice [...]
