The Right calculates its response to the Left’s smears. GOP strategist Mary Matalin calls the Left’s reaction to the Tucson shootings a symptom of Palin Derangement Syndrome. “ is a longtime byproduct of the inability to defend or advocate an agenda,” she says. “No honest, sane person would think anyone other than a [Continue]

If you can’t find a Tea Party connection to Jared Loughner, the right-wing climate of hate will have to do. Once the shock of the Giffords assassination attempt had worn off, the next-most-amazing thing we beheld was the unembarrassed gloating with which the American Left, in its many forms, pointed a pompous and hysterical finger [Continue]

He was all the way to the left, but he believed in honest debate. Several years ago, at the height of the debate over Pres. George W. Bush’s proposal for Social Security reform, I was invited to deliver a talk on the merits of personal accounts to a group of retired federal employees. This was [Continue]

Claims that Obamacare will reduce the deficit are breathtakingly naïve. The new Republican House majority took power vowing to repeal Obamacare, despite the fact that their bill has no chance of gaining the president’s signature. The highlight of the debate, thus far, has been an unlikely one. For liberals aren’t accusing Republicans [Continue]

We should focus less on insurance and more on outcomes. ‘I am happy to say that she is holding her own.” So said Dr. Michael Lemole, section chief of neurosurgery at University Medical Center in Tucson, on Tuesday, characterizing the condition of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. “She is able to generate her own breath.” So these [Continue]

Blaming the Tucson massacre on Sarah Palin is absurd; blaming it on U.S. gun laws is merely misguided. We’re not surprised that liberals are using this horrific bloodbath as proof that America needs tougher curbs on firearms and ammunition. We just wish they would keep their facts straight. #ad#Here’s what we know about accused killer [Continue]

The origins of Jared Loughner’s delusions are clear: mental illness. What are the origins of Paul Krugman’s? Washingto – The charge: The Tucson massacre is a consequence of the “climate of hate” created by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Obamacare opponents, and sundry other liberal bêtes noires. The [Continue]

If rhetoric is to blame, then what shall we do about it? In the wake of the horrendous shooting rampage in Tucson, why isn’t anyone talking about banning Mein Kampf? Or The Communist Manifesto? Or for that matter, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Phantom Tollbooth? After all, unlike Sarah Palin’s absurdly infamous [Continue]

We have seen this kind of political Keystone Koppery before — notably in the Beltway sniper attacks of 2002. There are many heroes who showed indomitable courage and grace under fire during this weekend’s horrific Tucson massacre. Blowhard Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was not one of them. If the White House has any sense, [Continue]

A gun-free zone wouldn’t have prevented Saturday’s tragedy. Judging by the information that’s currently available, there is virtually no gun-control law that could have stopped Jared Lee Loughner from killing six and wounding 14 on Saturday. He bought his gun legally, and he’d had no serious brushes with law enforcement or the [Continue]