Virginia Right!

The New York Times published this fascinating article on the benefits of going to church.  That’s right, the Times.  This is an encouraging development for the people like me who have usually in the past virtually always took the opposite tack on things published in the Old Gray Lady. This article actually has a paragraph [...]

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How do you like this headline in the New York Times: German Elites Drawn to Anti-Euro Party, Spelling Trouble for Merkel I certainly like it.  Along with the wonderful commentary calling for a surgical strike on North Korea, it’s been a good week for the Times!  (Or a bid week for Sandy!) Here’s the article [...]

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I read in the New York Times last week about the Chilean movie NO, a film based on the successful upset effort to force General Pinochet from power in his country.  (NO has been nominated for Best Foreign Film and I must warm my readers that it is rated R, probably for political violence, and [...]

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I am ready to take my stand on economic sanctions.  Unless they are necessary and specifically targeted to affect the group or persons whose behavior who we seek to change, they are immoral.  Here’s an article in the New York Times on the sanctions against Iran.  I was chilled by this quote: Obama administration officials [...]

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With news reports today noting that in fiscal cliff negotiations President Obama is “sticking to the liberal line and frustrating Republicans on the other side of the bargaining table,” “offering nothing new to rein in spending and overhaul entitlement programs,” and that his unserious offer last week “is attracting praise from the left for his [...]

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In an editorial today, The Wall Street Journal editors takes a top Senate Democrat to task for a speech staking out a position that would sink tax reform efforts. They write, “The polls say voters want more bipartisanship, and one possibility in 2013 is tax reform that trades lower rates for fewer loopholes. Well, so much for that. [...]

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The New York Times writes today, “The 112th Congress is set to enter the Congressional record books as the least productive body in a generation, passing a mere 173 public laws as of last month. . . . Appropriations bills, once the central function of the legislative branch, have been ditched in favor of short-term spending [...]

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The New York Times reports today that Moody’s “warned that it would downgrade the government’s debt if no solution [to the fiscal cliff] was found by year’s end. . . . The Moody’s warning comes a year after its rival, Standard & Poor’s, downgraded the United States’ credit worthiness after the protracted stalemate over raising the [...]

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  The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. Even taking into consideration the normal high level of quality in both the Council and Non-Council entries, this was a tough call with some exceptional pieces to choose from, and the close vote [...]

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Yesterday, The New York Times reported, “The new health care law is known as the Affordable Care Act. But Democrats in Congress and advocates for low-income people say coverage may be unaffordable for millions of Americans because of a cramped reading of the law by the administration and by the Internal Revenue Service in particular. Under rules proposed [...]

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The New York Times reports today, “A rising number of manufacturers are canceling new investments and putting off new hires because they fear paralysis in Washington will force hundreds of billions in tax increases and budget cuts in January, undermining economic growth in the coming months. Executives at companies making everything from electrical components and power systems to [...]

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Two Years After Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Crowed That America Is ‘On The Road To Recovery,’ The Economy Continues To Sputter   SEC. TIM GEITHNER: “Welcome to the recovery … a review of recent data on the American economy shows that we are on a path back to growth … on the road to recovery” (Sec. Geithner, [...]

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The Hill writes today, “Two-thirds of likely voters say the weak economy is Washington’s fault, and more blame President Obama than anybody else, according to a new poll for The Hill. It found that 66 percent believe paltry job growth and slow economic recovery is the result of bad policy. Thirty-four percent say Obama is the most [...]

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In his address at AEI on threats to the First Amendment, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell warned, “[I]f disclosure is forced upon some but not all, it’s not an act of good government, it’s a political weapon. And that’s precisely what those who are pushing [the DISCLOSE Act] have in mind. This is nothing less than [...]

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The New York Times reports today, “On David Axelrod’s New York City itinerary for Monday: to meet privately with potential donors to a ‘super PAC’ supporting President Obama’s re-election, then publicly declare that if that re-election happens, Mr. Obama will stop at almost nothing to undo the ruling that made super PACs possible. Days before the Supreme [...]

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Poll: Most want Supreme Court to overturn individual health care mandate By Leigh Ann Caldwell  CBS  June 7, 2012   CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.   A new CBS News/New York Times poll reveals that nearly seven in ten Americans [...]

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Another embattled Obama administration official is stepping down this morning. The New York Times reports, “Gregory B. Jaczko, whose three-year tenure as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been marked by bitter battles with colleagues and with Congress, announced Monday that he would step down as soon as a successor was confirmed.” The AP [...]

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I suppose it should be flattering to find that the New York Times reads Virginia Right! and actually linked to us on their Editorial Page in an Opinion piece by Andrew Rosenthal. But it never ceases to amaze me at how they twist everything Conservatives say into some type of hate mongering. (And to be [...]

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CNN Money sums up today’s Labor Department report for April: “Hiring slowed in April and workers dropped out of the labor force in droves — not a good sign for the job market going forward.”   According to The New York Times, “The United States had another month of disappointing job growth in April. The [...]

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