Tag Archives: current events

Obama’s Philosophy Of Government

Posted on October 28, 2012 by alsanblog

With the election rapidly approaching, liberals are working to convince voters to support Obama. Some of the arguments amount to nothing more than saying that Obama is the candidate most likely to put and keep 315 million Americans squarely under the thumb of centralized government. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | Tagged auto bailout, big government, capitalism, central planning, current events, election, free stuff, Jonathan Cohn | Leave a comment

Heavy Taxation Of The Wealthy

Posted on October 23, 2012 by alsanblog

Richard Posner is one of the great jurists and legal scholars of our time. No matter what topic (he is a prolific writer on many subjects), Posner can be counted upon to make thoughtful and interesting arguments, usually from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | Tagged budget deficit, capitalism, current events, economy, politics, Richard Posner, taxation | Leave a comment

Hiding The War On Women

Posted on October 21, 2012 by alsanblog

At least someone is speaking out about the real war on women being waged in the Mideast. In an op-ed article, Roya Hakakian explains how misogynists in the Mideast have adopted Ayatollah Khomeini’s tactic of using the chaos created through anti-Americanism, and the resulting reluctance of American leaders … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics | Tagged current events, foreign policy, human-rights, Middle East, misogyny, politics, war on women | 1 Comment

Normalizing Misogyny

Posted on October 19, 2012 by alsanblog

On the front page of its October 19, 2012, edition, the Washington Post published a photo of two Saudi women wearing burqas – clothing which leaves visible only the eyes of the women. The photo accompanies an article that mentions one of the women, Batoul … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics | Tagged current events, liberals, Middle East, misogynists, misogyny, war on women, Washington Post | 1 Comment

Women Do Not Earn Less Than Men

Posted on October 18, 2012 by alsanblog

Every few years, liberals push the claim that women are the victims of discrimination, earning only 78% (or some comparable percentage) of what men earn. This is just another fake issue – women who have the same education and experience as men in … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | Tagged current events, gender discrimination, war on women, women | 1 Comment

The Libya Debate Question

Posted on October 17, 2012 by alsanblog

The question about Libya and the answers given during the second presidential debate raised several interesting points. First, Obama continues to lie about the events in Benghazi that caused the deaths of four Americans, including our ambassador to Libya. We all … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics | Tagged Benghazi, Candy Crowley, current events, debate, Hillary Clinton, liberal bias, Mitt Romney, presidential debates | Leave a comment

Decline Of Free Speech

Posted on October 14, 2012 by alsanblog

If anyone is looking to be depressed, check out Jonathan Turley’s recent article on freedom of speech, the first line of which is: Free speech is dying in the Western world. Most of his examples come from Europe and Canada, but even … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged current events, free speech, human-rights, politics, religion | Leave a comment

Break Up The Big Banks

Posted on October 14, 2012 by alsanblog

There may be some hope for the economy after all, but only if Romney wins the election and takes George Will’s advice to break up the big banks. The top ten banks now account for 61% of the commercial banking assets in … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | Tagged big banks, business, capitalism, current events, too big to fail | Leave a comment

Attacking Paul Ryan

Posted on October 13, 2012 by alsanblog

So now liberals have decided that one way to attack Paul Ryan is to paint him not only as a hypocrite on deficits, but one who is managing to get away with it. For example, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post claims that Ryan’s record on … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | Tagged budget deficit, current events, deficit, Paul Ryan | Leave a comment

Liberals Unhinged

Posted on October 11, 2012 by alsanblog

Chris Matthews leads the spittle flying liberals (at least among the MSM crowd) as they attack Republicans for being racists and conducting a racist campaign. But now Matthews is facing competition from Slate’s Ron Rosenbaum who is establishing himself as … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged current events, dog whistles, racism, Republican party, Ron Rosenbaum, Slate, society | Leave a comment