Perhaps the most egregious example of the finger-pointing is a recent piece from TIME's Kevin O'Leary, moaning that "Before Prop 13, in the 1950s and '60s, California was a liberal showcase." He insists that "at the root of California's misery lies...]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Once, California was known as the "Golden State." No more. It's struggling with a fiscal crisis of epic proportions. And voters are so disgusted with the ineptitude and waste of a state legislature dominated by liberal Democrats that they are poised to vote down a $16 billion tax increase and a slew of propositions allegedly intended to beat back fiscal Armageddon.

If residents of the other 49 states haven't focused on California's plight yet, they should. In a real sense, California has become liberalism's "canary in the coal mine." It is an instructive - and frightening - warning of the toll exacted by the kind of leftism now in vogue in Washington, D.C.

Put simply,...]]> Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Preparing to fill the Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by David Souter, President Obama has announced that he wants a judge with "empathy." According to the President, his nominee must understand "justice" to be "about how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives -- whether they can make a living and care for their families, whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation."

As a former constitutional law professor, surely the President understands that possessing "empathy" in the abstract is an absolutely meaningless criterion for a judge. When a President emphasizes the importance of "empathy," the more proper question becomes not whether a...]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 How can energy stocks prosper, given Obama's embrace of cap and trade legislation - which, studies show, would result in electricity prices jumping by 5-15% by 2015, natural gas prices up by 12-50% by 2015, and gasoline prices up by 9-145% by 2015? How can bank stocks stabilize and rise when the administration allows talk of nationalization? And when the President suggests that health care reform might be outsourced to a Congress led by Nancy Pelosi, what does anyone expect that to do to health care and insurance industry stocks?

President Obama's budget continues the assault on the market. The significant cuts he's ordered in national defense are bound to drive defense industry...]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 If McCain is going to have a chance at winning, he must make sure that the public becomes thoroughly acquainted with the real Barack Obama - the most radical presidential nominee ever. And because the press evidently intends to abdicate its responsibility to acquaint voters with the less-popular parts of Obama's record, he'll have to rely on paid advertising to do it.

For starters, McCain should consider running a series of "Did You Know" ads about Barack Obama. He should ask voters, "Did you know that:

Barack Obama has multiple ties to those responsible for the present economic crisis?:

Franklin Raines, the immediate past CEO of Fannie Mae - who has...]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500