Rich: John McCain Is Unpatriotic

Want to know how much the Left hates the Right? Here's a good example: Frank Rich accuses John McCain of being unpatriotic. John McCain, a man who spent years in a N Viet Nam prison camp and has served in Congress for two decades is unpatriotic? Has any mainstream conservative accused Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid of being unpatriotic? 
 

A Cat Who Can Predict Death in Nursing Home

This is an amazing and fascinating story. This cat can predict when someone in the nursing where he lives is going to die. How do you explain it? 
 

Barnes: Spending Cuts and Tax Cuts Best Way to Stimulate Economy

Fred Barnes quotes two Harvard economists in this Weekly Standard piece to explain that cutting government spending and cutting taxes is much more effective than increasing government spending and increasing taxes in stimulating the economy. 
 

WSJ: SEC Demands Companies Disclose Global Warming Risks

Now companies have to disclose any financial risk they might incur because of global warming. Does anybody think is going to do anything but create a new avenue for lawsuits? If it wasn't so serious, it would be funny. 
 

Freedom European Style

Laws requiring women on company boards have spread across European continent.  Has this helped the companies in any way --just the opposite. But so what, the idea is equality of outcomes, not equality of opportunity. 
 

Tom Sowell -- Intellectuals and Society

Dennis talks to Thomas Sowell, widely read syndicated columnist, best selling author and scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His important new book is Intellectuals and Society.
 
 

Nine Minutes on National Security

President Obama spent nine minutes on national security, less on that issue than any SOU in recent memory. 
 

Here's an Environmental Group That's Honest

No economic growth is possible if we are to save the planet, says an environmental group. At least, they're honest.
 
 

View from Left:Thomas Frank Finally Gets to MA

Thomas Frank, the liberal columnist for the WSJ, has some advice for President Obama:  move further Left. That's where his real friends, intellectuals, academics and the "working class" are. 
 

Leon De Winter on the Wilders Trial

Dennis talks to Leon de Winter, columnist for the Dutch magazine, Elsevier, about the trial of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. Wilders’ criticism of Koran has gotten him in trouble with the Dutch government. Here is Leon's excellent piece on the trial in the Wall Street Journal.
 
 

Pro Life Super Bowl Ad Stirs Controversy

Football star Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, have made a pro-life ad sponsored by Focus on the Family for the Super Bowl. Dennis admires the content of the ad, but is this opening a Pandora’s Box?  Now the door is open to the Left to put on ads to promote same-sex marriage or single-payer insurance. 
 

Is the American University a Source of Pride or Shame?

Dennis talks to Jonathan Cole, the John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia. His new book is The Great American University
 

50 Fire fighters and a Helicopter to Save a Dog

50 firefighters and a helicopter are sent to save a dog. Worth it? What if the firemen were suddenly needed for a fire or the helicopter needed for a rescue? 
 

British Press Is Cracking Global Warming Sham Wide Open

Every day there's something new in the Global Warming charade. Amazing. Here's the latest.  
 

Senators Want Christmas Terrorist Given Military Justice

Senators Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins want Muttalab transferred to military custody. Works for me. And, The Wall Street Journal wonders how we can feel secure when such egregrious mistakes are made -- like reading the Christmas Terrorist his Miranda rights when he was clearly ready to spill his guts. .