Atran’s Silly Thesis

Max Boot "He adopts the “accidental guerrilla” thesis propounded by Dave Kilcullen, which holds that it is American military action that is driving the Pashtuns into the Taliban’s hands. This flagrantly ignores the historical record which shows that the Taliban were far more powerful back in the 1990s when there was not a single American soldier on the ground in Afghanistan. In those days, too, the Taliban cemented a close alliance with al-Qaeda, which they have never renounced even though it would have been to their advantage to do so."

Needless climate regulation

Dick Morris "But while the world divides into those who demand global regulation to fight climate change and those who say it isn’t happening, there is now an inconvenient truth — the market is taking care of the problem on its own."

Political Cartoons by Scott Stantis

Townhall

Socialism in Stages

NRO "If the hard socialism of Communism produces economic and societal collapse quickly, Mises theorized, the soft, incremental socialism of the West ...would produce poverty in stages. Every bureaucratic intervention in the market reduces long-term wealth creation, even if it provides a temporary boost to the economy. In time, this reduction of wealth is blamed on the inefficiencies of the remaining “unfettered” market, which provokes calls for greater intervention, ad infinitum."

Senate Health Care Bill Would Force Some Middle Class Families to Pay $15,200 Yearly Insurance Fee, According to CBO Analysis

CNS News "A family of four—two parents and two children—earning $88,200 would be at 400 percent of the poverty level this year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A family of four earning $88,201, therefore, would not be eligible for a federal subsidy to buy insurance under the Senate health-care bill."

"Law & Order" trashes ACORN videos

Big Hollywood "Perhaps 20 years is too long for any series, but “Law and Order” has devolved into the cheapest form of left-wing paranoid delusion. It is so obvious, it gives left-wing propaganda a bad name. Maybe Karl Rove planted a mole. I now watch it for its comedic satirical value, as one would watch “Saturday Night Live.”"...."But the real action is how “conservatives” are portrayed and characterized. As implied above, the show makes more sense as a parody of the left-wing view of the right than it is effective propaganda for the left."

Massachusetts Second-Grader Suspended, Ordered to Under Psychological Evaluation Because He Drew a Picture of Jesus on the Cross

Weasel Zippers "Being Massachusetts, if the boy drew a picture of [gay sex] it would be celebrated as a model of diversity.... "

THE DEBT LIMIT: When Is Enough Enough?

Heritage "Government borrowing reduces resources available for private investment, leading to lower productivity, wages, and economic growth."

Obama team picks Illinois jail

Politico "The Obama administration has settled on the Thomson Correction Center in Illinois as a destination for a "limited number" of Guantanamo detainees, an administration official confirmed Tuesday."

FIGURES LIE AND LIARS FIGURE

Neal Boortz "The left is getting desperate. This "hundreds of thousands of people" dying shows just how desperate. How did the statists come up with that number? Glad you asked. I just happen to have the answer. Well .. .Michelle Malkin actually did the work here, I'm just going to summarize it for you:" More here. "Oh ... and don't expect to read any of this in The New York Times or see it anywhere on television other than on the Fox News Channel. "

Political Cartoons by Glenn Foden

Townhall

Jobs or Snow Jobs?

Thomas Sowell "But government creates no wealth. Ignoring that plain and simple fact enables politicians to claim to be able to do all sorts of miraculous things that they cannot do in fact. Without creating wealth, how can they create jobs? By taking wealth from others, whether by taxation, selling bonds or imposing mandates."