SHOULD HAPPINESS guide public policy?
Why am I reminded of Brave New World? Soma, perhaps?
Friday, September 07, 2012
PEGGY NOONAN: on the DNC's 'soft extremism'.
There was the relentless emphasis on Government as Community, as the thing that gives us spirit and makes us whole. But government isn't what you love if you're American, America is what you love. Government is what you have, need and hire. Its most essential duties—especially when it is bankrupt—involve defending rights and safety, not imposing views and values.Which, I think, has -- or will -- turn the American voters off.
OBAMACARE IN A SINGLE SENTENCE:
Two sentences, actually.
This definition of 'disappointment' is almost as good.
Two sentences, actually.
This definition of 'disappointment' is almost as good.
YEAH, RIGHT: Government gives 'superior benefits' compared to private charity. Especially when it's with other people's money....
It's a perfect example of the Democrats' 'we all belong to government' philosophy.
It's a perfect example of the Democrats' 'we all belong to government' philosophy.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Tortise and the Hare. "Barring a real recovery or a sudden war, the steady, plodding Romney tortoise is ever so slowly winning the race against the flashier -- surging, yet always fading -- Obama hare."
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