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David Harsanyi
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Recent Articles
- Can It Be? A Party for Capitalism? - November 4, 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...
- Hey, How About a 'Private' Option? - August 14, 2009
- It's about time we conceded that proponents of the "public option" in health care reform have offered up a tremendously constructive idea. In his pitch to the masses on...
- The Rubes of Engagement - August 12, 2009
- They own the bully pulpit. They enjoy a mandate. They can move the votes. They dictate the debate. They write the legislation. They monopolize the coverage. When it...
- New Rules for Radicals - August 7, 2009
- If you're a virtuous and patriotic American, you may find this column either offensive or misleading. If so, please forward it to White House authorities at the...
- Little Bitty Bang Bang - August 5, 2009
- Here's an idea: Let's give $50,000 to anyone looking to upgrade to a brand-spanking-new, environmentally friendly home. All we ask in return is that you burn your...
- What Happened to the Hope? - July 31, 2009
- A new poll claims that nearly 1 in 2 U.S. voters believes that the nation's best days are behind it. This is the highest level of whining on this question in a year,...
- Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind - July 29, 2009
- Science fiction writer Damon Knight once claimed that the popularity of conspiracy theories could be explained by our "desire to believe that there is some group of...
- Pay Up! Utopia Ain't Free, Ya Know - July 17, 2009
- If government-run health care holds such wondrous possibilities for the nation, why don't we all "invest" in this magical cure? Why only the rich? President Barack Obama...
- Obama's Science Fiction 'Czar' - July 15, 2009
- Dr. John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy -- better known as the "science czar" -- has been a longtime prophet of...
- What If Palin Were President? - July 10, 2009
- Can you believe the gall of these Sarah Palin cultists? Presidential aspirations? This is a woman who named one of her kids "Track," for God's sake. (Well, if it really...
- Unsafe at Any Speed? - July 8, 2009
- Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood can't be serious. Or, at least, I hope not. When I had the chance recently to meet him at The Denver Post, where I work, I was...
- Welcome to the "Hope" Economy - Denver Post - July 4, 2009
- After being asked when the public should begin judging the success of the nearly $800-billion stimulus plan, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answered, "I think...
- Let's Do Something -- Anything - July 1, 2009
- Facts. Costs. Consequences. Who cares? We're in the middle of pretending to save the planet, baby. If it's about helping "the environment," suspend reason and salvation...
- How To Lie With Statistics -- Again - June 26, 2009
- Did you know that about 300 million Americans went without food, water and shelter at some point last year? I am a survivor. If you were blessed with the prodigiously...
- Preventive Care is a Sick Idea - June 24, 2009
- Despite the extraordinary energy exerted in trying to delay the inevitable, the inconvenient fact is we all die. So it is no surprise that "preventive" health care, that...
- Teaching Dads About -- Sh-h-h- -- Sex - June 19, 2009
- Though I am a barely competent father of two young daughters, I do plan to excel at one of my patriarchal duties: avoiding any dialogue with my kids about sex, dating or...
- What's the Big Hurry? - June 17, 2009
- Weren't we promised some methodical and deliberate governance from President Barack Obama? What happened? The president claims that we must pass a government-run health...
- Twitter Will Set Them Free - June 10, 2009
- On his recent trip abroad, President Barack Obama declared that the United States could not impose its values on other nations. But what if we were actually complicitous...
- Taxpayers Should Look to Colorado - June 5, 2009
- Across the country, Americans are suffering at the hands of out-of-control state governments and spending. But guess what? There exists an immunization that helps...
- Save the Motherland; Buy GM! - June 3, 2009
- For those of you who carefully have avoided piddling away your hard-earned dollars on a General Motors vehicle, resistance is futile. You're a majority "investor" now....