Mark Steyn hits it out of the park, as usual.

On Christmas Day, a gentleman from Nigeria succeeded (effortlessly) in boarding a flight to Detroit with a bomb in his underwear. Pretty funny, huh?

But the Pantybomber wasn’t the big joke. The real laugh was the United States government. The global hyperpower spent the next week making itself a laughingstock to the entire planet. First, the bureaucrats at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) swung into action with a whole new range of restrictions

Mark Steyn- read the whole thing.

An act of war, not a crime.

The great Thomas Sowell on the "terrorist trial"

This is why I love Reason...

A lawyer with no business experience wants the banks to loan more without making risky loans.  Hmm, how does that work exactly?

Obama and the Banksters Matt Welch

Byron York digs for the facts and thus drives some people crazy...

Byron York in the Washington Examiner on the WH search for a bad guy....

The President's speeches have some standard characteristics.

I find his speeches grating.  Some folks apparently love them.


Victor Davis Hanson on the President's Nobel Speech

The Obama administration is running a shell game...

A federal government deep in debt proposes to pay the bills for States heavily in debt.  Where will the money come from?  Oh, la dee da.... Don't Worry, Be Happy.


Governments Also Need to Adjust [John Hood]

The big problem I have with big government folks...

Is that whenever they see a problem they think there is a government solution but they don't see that government solutions lead to more problems!  In trying to solve a problem you have to look at the costs and benefits of a government solution.  Steven Den Beste on the subject:

Steven Den Beste: Government by Wishful Thinking

THIS is the most important thing to know about the Obama administration...

 

"Almost exactly one year ago, on a cold winter’s day, I met with my new economic team at the headquarters of my presidential transition offices in Chicago. Over the course of four hours, my advisors presented an analysis of where the economy stood, accompanied by a chilling set of charts and graphs, predicting where we might end up. It was an unforgettable series of presentations."

 Now follow this.  They made predictions to the President.  He found them "chilling".  Things got MUCH worse than predicted.  He congratulates himself.  That is just NUTS.

President Obama today...if you made this stuff up, no one would believe you.

Thank goodness for John Stossel...

John Stossel is one of the very few reporters who knows anything about market economics, and he is a national treasure.



Stop Insuring Mortgages The folly of government intervention in the housing market John Stossel

Proving once again the only thing more clueless...

Than the Republican Party is the Democrat Party.  Wait until they see the tea party response to this: (from The Hill)


Job proposals from Democrats could add $300 billion in new federal spending By Walter Alarkon

What, exactly does the White House fear?

In the strange case of the White House party crashers, the administration is stonewalling.  The truth is going to come out, no doubt by a Friday evening news dump.  However, there is something very embarrassing  out there- what the heck is it?


NRO: Obama v. Pelosi

A destructive tax.

The federal Estate tax is a seizure by the government of private assets.  One of the worst aspects of our tax system is the charitable deduction for the Estate tax.  Given a choice between giving money to the government and giving it to charity, wealthy individuals often make huge gifts to charity or create foundations.  These foundations then employ the decedent's descendents for generations at jobs which do not contribute to the U.S. economy. 



Kill the Death Tax [Dick Patten]