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David Harsanyi
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Recent Articles
- Say No to Democracy - February 10, 2010
- If you've been paying attention to the left-wing punditry these days, you may be under the impression that the nation's institutions are on the verge of collapse. Or...
- Really? Are We That Thin-Skinned? - February 5, 2010
- White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is notoriously profane and uncouth. So it's not surprising that The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Emanuel had...
- Our 'So-Called' Leader - January 29, 2010
- Of the many tall tales spun by President Barack Obama during the State of the Union address this week, there is one -- and perhaps only one -- that most Americans...
- Obama's Rhetorical Retreat - January 27, 2010
- Tax credits? Spending freezes? Deficit commissions? The president is starting to sound a lot like one of those fiscal he-devils the Democrats have been warning the...
- The Idea Is the Problem - January 20, 2010
- Generally speaking, would you favor smaller government with fewer services or larger government with more services? Fifty-eight percent of those polled by The Washington...
- I Forgive You, Mark - January 15, 2010
- Tucked in among the compelling news items focusing on Tigers Woods' prodigious appetite for female companionship was a nugget relaying how the greatest golfer of all...
- Faux Recovery - January 13, 2010
- One glorious day, all of us will awaken in our mixed-use neighborhoods, rustle up nutritious garden-grown breakfasts and pedal our bikes to "green-collar" jobs using...
- Flying With the Enemy - January 6, 2010
- When comedian Joan Rivers was booted off a flight from Costa Rica to Newark, N.J., this past weekend, it was not because she had perpetrated crimes against the human...
- Stripping Freedoms, One Piece of Clothing at a Time - January 2, 2010
- A few years back, an aerospace executive quipped that every time he flew and was forced to remove his shoes, he was grateful Richard Reid was not known as the Underwear...
- A Bill of Goods, Maybe - December 23, 2009
- For many, the health care reform debate has only reinforced a number of richly deserved stereotypes regarding the workings of Congress and the synergetic crookedness of...
- Obama's Imaginary Consensus - December 18, 2009
- President Barack Obama grimly warned America this week that if his health care plans fail, the nation will go "bankrupt." Sure, adding another trillion-dollar...
- Hide the Decline ... and More - December 16, 2009
- In this country, even a global warming denialist with a carbon fetish and bad intentions has the right to see the inner workings of government. Or, at least, he...
- Win One for the Griper - December 11, 2009
- Congress is at it again, battling unfairness wherever it pops up. This time, it's taking on college athletics, a world in which a conniving cartel spins backroom deals...
- Our Way or ... Well, Our Way - December 9, 2009
- We don't need a cap-and-trade deal. What we need is a RICO trial. Every now and then, apparently, history challenges us with a crisis far too important to be left to the...
- We-Don't-Want-to-Talk-About-It-Gate - December 4, 2009
- Americans honor the courageous informant, the gutsy citizen who stands against the savagery of the profit-mongering conglomerate. Well, sometimes. It appears, believe it...
- A Reason To Be Skeptical - December 2, 2009
- Who knows? In the long run, global warming skeptics may be wrong, but the importance of healthy skepticism in the face of conventional thinking is, once again,...
- The Palin Experience - November 18, 2009
- These days, where you fall on the crucial issue of Sarah Palin tells the rest of us all we need to know about your character. You're either A) a scum-sucking,...
- C'mon, Admit It. Twitter Is Useless - November 13, 2009
- Not long ago, Meghan McCain, maverick progeny and rising media star (because, no doubt, of her impressive intellectual gifts), posted a cleavage-intense picture of...
- 'Choice', 'Freedom' and the Democrats - November 11, 2009
- If liberals are so disturbed by Congress' dictating whether abortion is a legitimate health care issue or not, it only makes sense that they should be equally troubled...
- Can It Be? A Party for Capitalism? - November 5, 2009
- For perhaps the first time in American history, seemingly rational adults will sit down and spend significant time dissecting the off-off-year elections in Virginia, New...
- Washington 'Shall' Control Your Healthcare - October 30, 2009
- The King James version of the Bible runs more than 600 pages and is crammed with celestial regulations. Newton's Principia Mathematica distilled many of the rules of...
- The Rise of the Mob Economy - October 23, 2009
- What's more infuriating, a government "pay czar" who can dictate the salaries of private-sector citizens or some corporate welfare queen who has the nerve to complain...
- Fox News Is Biased? So What? - October 21, 2009
- Those of you paying even the slightest attention these days realize that President Barack Obama has been the target of a near-criminally biased and antagonistic mass...
- In Praise of Doing Nothing - October 20, 2009
- No. Normally used to express the negative of an alternative choice or possibility. No. A super way to convey negation, dissent, denial, or refusal. No. Republicans-the...
- They're Tragically Delicious - October 14, 2009
- How can Americans be expected to wrestle with the myriad dangers that confront them each day? Insalubrious cereal? Unregulated garage sales? Pools of death? Sometimes...
- Max's Adventures in Wonderland - October 9, 2009
- For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous. If you've been watching noted alchemist Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., conjure up...
- The Doers vs. The 'Thinkers' - October 7, 2009
- This week, New York Times columnist David Brooks introduced readers to his imaginary friends, Mr. Bentham and Mr. Hume, as a way of highlighting the nation's...
- Rosemary's Crybabies - October 2, 2009
- There are a number of ideas in this world that never should be introduced to each other; "Christian" and "rock" are one example. "Movie" and "wholesome" are certainly...
- Leave Them Kids Alone - September 30, 2009
- Children can be irritating -- especially your children. That is why the notion of a school year extending 12 months is not completely revolting. But alas, the government...
- How To Lose Friends... - September 26, 2009
- The United States does not negotiate with terrorists - but we insist Israel do without preconditions. We will not get entangled in the distasteful internal politics of...
- Civility is Overrated - September 19, 2009
- If you've been paying attention lately, you may be under the impression that the United States is spiraling into mass incivility. The evidence keeps mounting: Rep. Joe...
- Why Can't We All Just Get Along? - September 16, 2009
- C'mon, everyone knows the hullabaloo surrounding President Barack Obama is bigotry in action. The administration's policy initiatives couldn't possibly provoke any...
- No Bickering or Thinking. Just Do It. - September 11, 2009
- Those who claim that President Barack Obama's speech on health care this week wasn't a glorious success are fooling themselves. A Washington takeover of health care...
- A Free Press Is an Ugly Press - September 9, 2009
- Why did The Associated Press -- and newspapers across the country -- run the controversial and disturbing images of an American Marine dying in Afghanistan? The AP said...
- How Can I Help, Mr. President? - September 4, 2009
- Why would anyone want to deprive impressionable school-age children of hearing the inspiring wisdom of the president? Barack Obama is determined to impart his knowledge...
- George Will is Right - September 2, 2009
- This week, prominent conservative pundit George Will wrote a column advocating the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. His piece, not surprisingly, was met with...
- This Point Cuts Both Ways - August 28, 2009
- Forget death panels. If you're really interested in putting a stop to the public option (and some truly entertaining town hall meetings), let's talk circumcision...
- Code Red: DC Open for Business - August 26, 2009
- One of the more ridiculed schemes to emerge from the Bush administration was the color-coded terror alert system. But the idea isn't totally useless. First implemented...
- What Would Jesus Do? Ask Obama - August 21, 2009
- "For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light shall we see the public option." Yes, it's finally come to this. We've dragged the Almighty Lord into the debate....
- Ante Up Against Government Intrusion - August 19, 2009
- Not long ago, a district judge in Colorado declared that poker is a game of "gambling" rather than "skill" because "while poker ... might involve some skill, these games...