The Debt Ceiling Argument is the Wrong Conversation
ByDan KennedyWhile we have been arguing about how many more trillions to borrow - and spend as fast as we can - based on the asinine premise that taking on more debt should be reassuring about our...
View ArticleWhat the Food Stamp Explosion Says
ByDan KennedyIn a letter to the editor, published in the Northern Wyoming Daily News, Bruce L. Hargraves, USN Retired, wrote: "I object and take exception to everyone saying that Obama and Congress...
View ArticleThe Truth Greenspan Knows
ByDan KennedyOn Sunday, August 7's "Meet the Press," of everybody at the table, only Alan Greenspan came close to truth, and host David Gregory quickly moved the conversation away from it. read more
View ArticleOf Mice & Media
ByDan KennedyThis past week President Obama unveiled his two best ideas for ending our economic crisis and unleashing a job creation tsunami. Apparently he has been keeping these powerful plans in...
View ArticleStupidity and Thievery at Two Government Levels
ByDan KennedyHere are two under-reported, outrageous news stories. One a general story, one a business story - both are very bad news of the same kind. The first should anger you, the second should...
View ArticleObama's New Ivy League Goat
ByDan KennedySad to say, this isn't shocking news. The pesident's first official, post-vacation act on Monday was nominating Alan Krueger, a Princeton academic, to head his council of economic...
View ArticleDisputed Definitions
ByDan KennedyThe pundit universe was afire this past week over Gov. Perry's characterizing Social Security as a Ponzi scheme, one of the oldest forms of financial fraud, well-defined.The Boston Globe,...
View ArticleShort 'n Sweet, My Tweet
ByDan KennedyIf you're a Tweeter, here's the Charlatan-In-Chief's speech last week in the Twitter idiom:No News. Lie More. Spend More. Tax More. Borrow More. Print More. Four Years More.84 characters...
View ArticleCon Jobs the Media Falls For
ByDan KennedySaturday, October 1, Fox News and other media outlets reported that 27 states owe the federal government $40-billion they had to borrow to pay the extension after unfunded extension of...
View ArticleThe No-Jobs Plan
ByDan KennedyThe Gap has announced it is closing 20 percent of its stores in the U.S., and not opening any new ones. Instead, it's focusing its investing in Asia. It made this announcement before the...
View ArticleAll Accusers Are Not (Treated as) Equal
ByDan KennedyDoes the name Gennifer Flowers ring a bell? When Flowers came forward to describe her long-running sexual relationship with Bill Clinton, the mainstream media was quick to doubt her,...
View ArticleIn Entitlements, We See Evil on the March
ByDan KennedyOn "Meet The Press," Grover Norquist, keeper of the pledge some legislators and presidential candidates have signed not to raise taxes, succinctly stated the Democrat position. read more
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Disenfranchised Voter
ByDan KennedyThis past week, MSNBC has repeatedly advanced the claim that this year as many as 5 million voters will be disenfranchised by unjust state laws requiring them to produce government-issued...
View ArticleFor the Defense: Mitt Romney
ByDan KennedyIf it must be Gov. Romney, let him defend himself and his career forcefully. We are already seeing how Romney is being demonized because he is rich and successful and owns multiple homes...
View ArticleDefaults? Depend on it.
ByDan KennedyThe lead financial story January 20th's USA Today was headlined "Are corporate defaults set to rise?" My answer, before reading, was: of course. As are government defaults - directly, at...
View ArticleThe Dog That Didn’t Bark
ByDan KennedyThere is a question David Gregory didn’t ask California Gov. Jerry “Déjà vu” Brown on NBC’s “Meet the Press” this past Sunday. Gov. Brown said that the solution to our porous southern...
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Losing the Keys to Prosperity
ByDan KennedyHere is a simple story any news media type could manage or a candidate like Governor Romney should be able to tell.read more
View ArticleAs People Disregard Information, the Best Liar Will Win
Who benefits most from an ignorant electorate? ByDan KennedyThe ignorance of the general public was on display during the April 1 “Meet the Press.” During that broadcast, a very recent AARP...
View ArticleA Simple Question about Voter IDs
ByDan KennedyI have a simple question for the media:The hand-wringing and protestations about states forcing or attempting to force people to show photo ID before voting continues. It is loudest and...
View ArticleBill, Barry and Fear-Driven Advertising
ByDan KennedyAn ad hit the airwaves this week featuring Bill Clinton talking about Obama’s moment of courage, in ordering the “get Bin Laden” operation. What does it signify?read more
View ArticleMSNBC’s Moment of Honesty
ByDan KennedyYou might want to sit down for this. At 11:14 a.m. EST, Friday, May 25, something remarkable happened on the very left leaning MSNBC. If you missed it, you missed a rare and momentous...
View ArticleGambler-in-Chief
Obama rolls the dice. We lose. ByDan KennedyThe president’s Ohio bus tour slogan was “Betting on America.”Imagine if the Romney campaign had shown the poor judgment to snare this slogan. The media...
View ArticleObama’s Tall Tales, Whoppers and Fish Stories
Oh, he’s done plenty of story-telling. ByDan KennedyIn a CBS interview this past week, the president remarkably asserted that, in his first term, he has gotten all the policy right. His only mistake...
View ArticleObama's Game is Afoot, Hidden From View
The free market is dying the death of a thousand regulatory power-grabs. ByDan KennedyObama’s executive branch is by-passing Congress again.read more
View ArticleTeachers, Teachers’ Unions and Truth
Facts are missing from the education discussion. ByDan KennedyIn light of the Chicago school teacher strike, I would like to quote a few paragraphs from a Wall Street Journal article from February of...
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