Radley Balko at Reason concerning the firing of NPR’s Juan Williams over comments he made about being weary of Muslims at the airport: Which brings me to the Clarence Thomas Rule. It goes something like this: When a black person expresses views that liberal elites have deemed unacceptable for black people to hold, it is […]

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Fear not progressives: Obama is that condescending to everyone. In the view of the ruling class, you too are the little people, not one of the Best and Brightest™. You can only hinder their progress towards even greater power.

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As an overtly conservative outlet I tend to disagree with The American Spectator fairly often, and sometimes vehemently, but this post concerning America’s refutation of Obama and his back-asswards progressive policy is spot on: I’ve written that progressivism as an ideology has trouble admitting that the majority oppose their ideas on principle. Progressives have dreamed […]

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Angelo M. Codevill in his seminal piece “America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution” at The American Spectator describing the new American political dichotomy of the Ruling Class and the Country Class: Its attitude is key to understanding our bipartisan ruling class. Its first tenet is that “we” are the best and brightest […]

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*BARF*

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Krissah Thompson via The Washington Post on a new grass roots movement to promote progressivism and combat the tea party (as if the Obama administration needs help with signing in to law progressive bills): In an effort to replicate the tea party’s success, 170 liberal and civil rights groups are forming a coalition that they […]

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