American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Thank goodness for the intermediate step

A bit hokey in the execution, but funny reasoning.

Pragmatically inspirational
/ inspirationally pragmatic

The changes needed in this country are straightforward enough, but there are always partisan reasons to take an easy way out. There are always special interests that will fight against any challenge to the status quo. And there are always those who will worry more about their next election than the health of our country.
These [...]

Why should we mourn the passing of William F. Buckley?

I was an Objectivist through high school and for the first year of college. At that time I was a devoted follower of Buckley’s Firing Line and read the National Review regularly.
What struck me most about Bill Buckley was that he was passionate but restrained. He was never less than polite, [...]

Health Questions for the Presidential Candidates

[ This opinion piece appeared in the Wall Street Journal on February 20. It is reprinted here with the permission of author Betsy McCaughey Ross, a former lieutenant governor of New York, currently serving as an adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute (the original "think tank"). ]
On March 4, voters in the [...]

Watch as George Bush sells out Justice

I hear that the Justice Department is conducting an investigation of the lawyers who justified waterboarding for the Bush Administration in the bad old days following 9/11. I have a suggestion about why it is being done now.
First let us turn to the Cinema. There is an interesting scene in the last [...]

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