The Obama administration has been somewhat cynical in its early days. The reasons: 
We have quietly entered a golden age in men's tennis. Gone is the era where the big servers dominated and the rallies usually lasted a few shots. In its place we have the best men's tennis rivalry since the 80s in Nadal/Federer. Each man has [...] 
Both Republicans and Democrats are regularly proposing seriously flawed tax proposals. The reason is that neither party has been willing to grapple with the nature of the skyrocketing costs of Medicare and Social Security, which is caused by our aging demographics and health care cost inflation.. As had been well [...]
This Wizards season is clearly lost. What next? The answer depends on two unknowns. First, the Wiz need to know what Gilbert Arenas is capable of. If he comes back as one of the NBA's best players like he was from '05-'07, the whole calculus changes and the team should' [...]
1. Do you believe that nuclear deterrence can continue to be an effective doctrine in the 21st century? What threats to the effectiveness of our nuclear deterrent do you envision?
2. America has only been directly attacked once in its history, yet America has fought many wars. Which of these [...]
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This has been a very complex and interesting conflict. A few things have become clear:
(1) The decisive factor limiting an American response in this instance was Russia's nuclear arsenal. A lesson nearby Iran has undoubtedly noted. Also a lesson that any non-nuclear nation who thinks that America has their [...]
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is one of the silliest policy devices ever created, yet I love it. Basically the AMT provides an alternative tax structure where a set amount (in 2007, $44,350) is tax exempt for most taxpayers, and after that, there is a flat tax on ordinary income [...]
Your July 5 editorial on "Iraq's Oil Surge" was unnecessarily deceptive. Your editorial page notes that the western oil companies, including flagship American companies Exxon and Chevron, received a short-term, no-bid contracts from the Iraqi government. Your editorial also correctly notes that there will be competitive bidding in two [...]
Obama has further "refined" his social security policy. He has ruled out any spending cuts, which in my view should be an essential portion of any social security fix. He has ruled out raising the retirement age. He has ruled out any plan that would invest an individual's payroll [...]
Because the flip flop charge was so politically effective against Kerry in '04, both McCain and Obama are attempting to label each other as flip floppers. Why is the flip flopping charge so politically effective? There are 4 reasons in my view. First, though Americans profess [...] I have not studied the 2nd amendment, and I loathe guns. But I am happy that after 217 years, the Supreme Court has finally clarified the meaning of the 2nd amendment. I do not have enough knowledge to seriously wrestle with the question of whether the 2nd amendment confers an [...]
When President Bush came to office, North Korea was violating its treaty commitment and secretly building nuclear weapons. This was a terrible situation, given how evil their Dear Leader is, how often North Korea has proliferated their weapons systems in the past, and the degree of brinksmanship North Korea has [...]
Take inflation into account when forming tax brackets and capital gains. In 1994, the top marginal ordinary income bracket of 39.5% began at $250,000. Yet Obama wants to continue to make this $250,000 the magic number for when someone suddenly becomes "rich". Why not index this number to inflation, and [...]
The Post rightfully rails against Jim Gilmore today. Few deserve it more. His gubernatorial reign was an unbridled disaster. Yet because the good ole boy Virginia GOP ran a convention instead of a primary, moderate Tom Davis was effectively precluded from running for Senate, and so Jim Gilmore will [...]
Though Democrats in '04 professed to want "anyone but Bush", they not only rejected the most moderate Democratic in the presidential race that year, they also booted him out of the party in '06. What were Lieberman's awful crimes? Like Kerry, Hillary, and Edwards, he voted for the war in [...]
Yesterday Obama delivered an unusually deceptive and silly speech on economics that just happened to ignore our nation's greatest economic issues (See graph for what these are). He criticized the corporate tax cute that McCain is proposing, even though this tax cut is the [...]
