BackboneAmerica

Last night I watched my first Oscars telecast since at least 2004.  I will admit to having developed a profound distaste for the event during the Bush years, (more…)

Bismarck, Prussia’s Iron Chancellor, once said, “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” In the case (more…)

By Tom Graham – Part 1

During a recent “Meet the Press” the host, with feigned indignation, asked a Senator, “You’re not calling the President a socialist, are you?” Without waiting for a response, he repeated the question for emphasis. This performance highlights the hijacking of political semantics. “Socialist” was replaced by “Liberal” which, in turn, became a pejorative, and now “Progressive” is preferred, and used in titles of dozens of political and welfare advocacy groups. Constantly morphing ideas and permutations of definitions make it hard to compartmentalize politicians. An accepted basic view is that Socialism advocates state or collective ownership of the means of production (more…)

By William Watson

When the Spanish first arrived in Mexico, they discovered that Aztec high priests sacrificed 10,000 still-beating hearts to the god Quetzalcoatl every December 22nd in order to cause the days to stop growing shorter. This religious belief was confirmed, as the days began to grow longer again. Al Gore is the high priest of our new religion, global warming. He insists that if we sacrifice our standard of living, our economy, and millions of American jobs, that we can save the planet (more…)

Can someone explain to me why the most vocal people in favor of legalizing marijuana are the same ones who made smoking tobacco (more…)

Rhetoric often manipulates our understanding through bias-laden misuse of language. We all have encountered such examples. (more…)

Frank Rich, the former NY Times drama critic turned left-wing opinion guru, has today written an opinion piece which provides a great window into how liberals view the world. (more…)

“Help America survive Republicans”? An odd crusade for the left to launch, just when Dems control everything and the GOP is sidelined. (more…)

In their public statements on health insurance reform, Democratic spokesmen have consistently dismissed those with objections to government health care as liars. (more…)

We all know that Barack Obama doesn’t think much of the Constitution.  And he certainly won’t let it get in the way of the government takeover of health care. (more…)

Polls are showing (and Town Halls and Tea Parties are reinforcing) that America may have finally woken up this summer to the error (more…)

As I noted last week, whenever a critic of Democrat policies uses the term “socialism,” Democrats bristle. But if a policy or measure gives ownership (more…)

Here we go again. Leave it to government, in this case the City of Seattle, to find new and creative ways to reach into your pocketbook (more…)

This month ABC’s crime drama Castle has emerged as the newest entertainment show used by the left-liberal political machine. (more…)

I’ve long argued that the basic premise behind liberalism is that you, as an individual, aren’t capable of taking care of yourself properly. (more…)