NYT Fires Opening Salvo Against Constitutional Challenges to ObamaCare

Very bright legal minds stand on both sides of the pending constitutional challenges to ObamaCare launched by state officials. The New York Times suggests here that concerned Americans who oppose new mandates shouldn't bother because precedent is not on their side. But since when do constitutionalists takes cues from the NYT... An opening salvo has been fired against state officials who are already moving against Obama-Care on constitutional grounds.  The bill would rewrite the relationship b...

Sen. Lindsey Graham Becomes the New Republican Media Darling

Obama's "cap and trade" bill is now dead in the U.S. Senate but South Carolina's sly Republican Senator is working to resurrect energy rationing legislation, even after  "climategate" has debunked scientific claims of man made global warming. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has emerged as the new favorite Republican among liberal media elites based largely his support of energy-rationing schemes rooted in faulty scientific data. With Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) moving to the right in an ...

Healthcare Coverage Oversells Concept of Bipartisanship

Both parties failed to find common ground in the healthcare debate and The New York Times is disappointed. President Obama ran on pledging a better environment for bipartisanship but this promise has fallen by the wayside. The Times should more carefully consider the actual history before it celebrates across the aisle exercises that result in unsustainable entitlements...  Once again, The New York Times elevates the concept of bipartisanship above the idea that principled opposition is neede...

Government Takeover of Healthcare Equated with Civil Rights

Just one day after the proponents of big government give final approval to an intrusive, anti-constitutional takeover of healthcare, The New York Times equates the regulatory scheme with civil rights... Statists and central planners who favor the government takeover of healthcare are the victims of an intense campaign of hatred and intolerance organized by small-minded private citizens, according to the New York Times. One day after the intrusive regulatory measure won congressional approv...

Pre-Reagan Republicans Earn Praise for Supporting Tax Hikes

Republicans should return to their austere pre-Reagan roots of moderation and accept tax hikes as a way of closing the growing deficit, the NYT intones here in its reporting. But a closer look at history shows that "moderation" as it is defined by the liberal media will not bring spending under control... Republicans who betray small government principles in exchange for bipartisanship are frequently rewarded with complimentary spreads in The New York Times. The most recent is Alan Simpson, t...