Helping the Poor

Kerby Anderson  "What is the reason for this reduction in poverty? The biggest factor is the emergence of middle classes in previously poverty-stricken China and India. And as capitalism has spread to other countries, there has been a similar impact."

Rumsfeld’s Rebuttal

Victor Davis Hanson  "What the book does not leave in question is Rumsfeld’s life before age 68, which at long last is made clear to the reading public. Only a dozen or so Americans in the latter twentieth century saw more, did more, and thought more about the advancement of American society at home and the interests of the United States abroad than did Donald Rumsfeld, and fewer still had more success and satisfaction doing it, and ruffled so many feathers in the process."

Judge Vinson’s New Order in the Mandate Litigation

Volokh Conspiracy  "UPDATE: According to this story, DOJ is willing to abide by the 7 day deadline Vinson imposed, so my hypotheticals above may be only of academic interest. And commenter Joe has a pretty good explanation of why: After DOJ complies with Vinson’s order, the case will be in the Court of Appeals and Judge Vinson won’t have any control over the pace of the case. Sounds sensible."

BOMB THREAT at Scott Walker News Conference–Leftist Protester Arrested!

Big Government  "Amazing!  A bomb threat was called in on a Walker rally and the media doesn’t report on it?"

Liberals: not evil, not stupid…just 100% wrong!

Bookworm Room  "If the core premise is correct, then I say there is no way to overcome this gulf and, perhaps, it would be best if we lived apart from one another. Why? Because I fear that the endgame of this Liberal world view can only be an epic global disaster. This Liberal view not only cannot survive (Darwin), but is the enabler of its/our own destruction."

The most excellent article cited above: Why Modern Liberals (AKA progressives)Are 100% Wrong About Everything  "The reason people listen to tripe such as “Imagine” is that, even back in the 1960s and 1970s, America’s youth had already been exposed to a great deal of leftist indoctrination. Otherwise, they would have voted with their wallets by refraining from purchasing that recording. Sayet explains how this indoctrination works:"

Why America Will Stay on Top

Wall Street Journal  ""The big change in principle came under Kennedy," Mr. Johnson writes. "In the autumn of 1962 the Administration committed itself to a new and radical principle of creating budgetary deficits even when there was no economic emergency." Removing this constraint on government spending allowed Kennedy to introduce "a new concept of 'big government': the 'problem-eliminator.' Every area of human misery could be classified as a 'problem'; then the Federal government could be armed to 'eliminate' it."" BRIAN M. CARNEY
Then after celebrities and activists got on the bandwagon, the nation began to devour itself. But then he adds:

Pessimists, he points out, have been predicting America's decline "since the 18th century." But whenever things are looking bad, America "suddenly produces these wonderful things—like the tea party movement. That's cheered me up no end. Because it's done more for women in politics than anything else—all the feminists? Nuts! It's brought a lot of very clever and quite young women into mainstream politics and got them elected. A very good little movement, that. I like it." Then he deepens his voice for effect and adds: "And I like that lady—Sarah Palin. She's great. I like the cut of her jib." I agree that she would make a great vice-president.

Wisconsin: "It’s the sort of behavior that you’d think a civility institute would thrive on. Yet we haven’t heard a peep from the two ex-presidents and their Arizona initiative."

Althouse  "And remember when President Obama said: "At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do, it’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.""  Read the rest of Ann Althouse's coverage of the Wisconsin union protests here.

But one man — who did not agree with the protesters — decided he would occupy the central spot. To the consternation of the others, he invited people to come talk to him one-on-one.