News Digest

Krauthammer on whether the United States has become "ungovernable": Nonsense - the systems works. Read here.

Mark Steyn on "Why the West is going down the drain."

Thomas Sowell: how the government can conrol our lives "if we sell our freedom cheap." ◙

News Digest: Krauthammer

Simply put, I think Charles Krauthammer is the best political commentator around. I don't agree with him all the time (on abortion, for example; he's pro-choice), but even when I don't, I recognize that he brings up points that need to be considered.

It's generally recognized that he is the Obama administration's prime critic; that is, the one of whom they need to be most careful. Between his penetrating analysis and his pungent, often tart, criticism, he is a very dangerous man for the left. And, as a licensed psychiatrist, when he says that a politician is suffering from paranoid delusions, he knows what he's talking about!

Here's his lecture yesterday at the Heritage Foundation, as he discusses Obama: the "first anniversary of the Second Coming."

News Digest: Sowell

By Mitchell Hadley

People often ask me about the news sources we rely on - the columnists we read, the websites we browse, the books we own, and so forth.

Thomas Sowell is as good to start with as anyone. I've long admired Sowell as one of the most brilliant minds around. He's particularly good in analyzing economic issues, and there aren't many phonies he can't see through. Most of all, he understands the general humanity of today's world, and our place in it.

This week, Sowell writes about the meaning of Scott Brown's Massachusetts victory. The biggest message: that as long as we have a vote, we're not entirely powerless. Read the whole column here.