America in the Balance

Mexico And The U.S. Would Be A Great Deal Better Off If Mexico’s Government Minded Its Business Rather Than Ours
By
Ken Eliasberg

My respect for Arizona, already at a very high point, grows by the day. And not because of its new law on illegal immigration; that was a no-brainer. Indeed, all that it did was […]

A Tale Of Two Presidents: One An Audacious Hypocrite; The Other A Shameless Sellout — In Short, A Pair Of Real Phonies
By
Ken Eliasberg
While I have no wish to belabor the recent offerings of Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, I find them so outrageous as to be worthy of additional discussion. First of all, since when do […]

A Good Law Gets A Bum Rap: Arizona Comes To Its Own Defense And Is Excoriated For Doing So
By
Ken Eliasberg

Arizona, abandoned (one might go so far as to say, betrayed) by a derelict federal government and under siege by escapees from a narco state, took matters into its own hands — a seemingly understandable […]

Arizona’s New Immigration Law: An Exercise In Consummate Reasonableness — An Introduction

By
Ken Eliasberg

As is frequently my want, I love to introducea topic’s discussion by framing it with some humorous — but telling — emails that I have received from friends and colleagues. So, to set the stage for a discussion of Arizona’s recently […]

Israel & The Palestinians — An Interesting Argument & An Anomaly
By
Ken Eliasberg

If the reader thinks that my last columns presented an unduly pessimistic portrayal of the situation in the Middle East, and, more specifically, my appraisal of the prospect for either peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors or Israel’s future, then I refer […]

A Middle East Reality: Peace Between Israel And Its Neighbors? Forget About It — The Arabs Will Never Let It Happen

By
Ken Eliasberg

It is possible that no century produced more geopolitical conflict than did the 20th century. From the Russo/Japanese conflict of 1904 to the current conflagration in Afghanistan, there was almost no surcease. […]

The Flotilla Fiasco In Perspective — What’s The Endgame Here? Another Holocaust In The Making
By
Ken Eliasberg

Continuing with our discussion of the fall out from Israel’s recent encounter with the Turkey Trot, i.e. Turkey’s “innocent” effort to provide “humanitarian” aid to the oppressed occupants of the beleaguered territory of Gaza. What’s all the fuss […]

The Turkish Flotilla Fiasco: Israel “Guilty Until Proven Guilty”
By
Ken Eliasberg

The recent Israeli effort to prevent a Turkish vessel from running the blockade of Gaza has, as is now well known, ended in tragedy — a tragedy that will end, as do all Middle Eastern tragedies - with Israel being blamed for intemperate conduct. In […]

All Three Navy Seals Acquitted: Sanity Prevails — At Least For The Moment
By
Ken Eliasberg

I’m sure many of you have been following with some interest (and a substantial measure of disbelief) the court-martial progress of 3 Navy Seals who had the audacity to violate the integrity of an Islamic barbarian terrorist who orchestrated the killing […]

South Park, Fatwas And Freedom Of Speech III
By
Ken Eliasberg

This brings us back to our point of beginning — the South Park fatwa, which read as follows:
“An episode of ‘South Park’ that continued a story line involving the
Prophet Mohammad was shown Wednesday night on Comedy Central
with audio bleeps and image blocks reading ‘CENSORED’ after a
Muslim […]

South Park, Fatwas, And Freedom Of Speech (cont.)
By
Ken Eliasberg

It is important to continue with the case of Salman Rushdie and the Satanic Verses. Why? Certainly not because it was a great book; it wasn’t. What is important is to note not just the intensity of the reaction of Muslim extremists — their murderous rage […]

South Park Runs Afoul Of Islam: Score — Fatwas (And Sharia) 1, Freedom Of Speech 0
By
Ken Eliasberg

I hate to interrupt my 1-year report card on Obama, but so much of significance is happening and some of it requires immediate attention. I realize that at this rate, I’ll finish Obama’s 1-year report card just about […]

Obama’s Foreign Policy: Iran — A Touch Of Irony
 
By
Ken Eliasberg

Without intending to belabor our concern over, and treatment of, Iran — although it is a subject well worth belaboring — it raises too many important questions to allow of only brief treatment. And these questions are rife with irony. To all but our left-wing […]

OBAMA REPORT CARD V: How’s That “Fundamental Transformation” Doing? Too Well, I’m Afraid!
By
Ken Eliasberg
 
Let’s delve into the substance of Obama’s governance, i.e. less of who he appears to be and what he tells us about his plans and more of what he is doing, what he has done, and what he seeks to do (which, […]

Health Care Reform Passes: An Economic, Health Care, And Cultural Defeat For America

By
Ken Eliasberg

In my previous columns on this point I addressed the economic and health care (i.e. diminished quality) aspects of this measure. Here I would like to address the final point in the trifecta of my critique — the Bill’s effect […]

HEALTH CARE REFORM PASSES, AMERICA FAILS II

By
Ken Eliasberg

Having briefly looked at the economic effects of the recently enacted (jammed-down-our-throats) health care reform legislation, let’s take a look at the other 2 points I mentioned in introducing this subject, i.e. the effect on the quality of health care, and, even more important, the effect on […]

Health Care Reform(?) Wins, America Loses: It’s Worse Than That - America May Well Be Lost
 
By
Ken Eliasberg
 
We have just witnessed the final shot across America’s bow. No, correct that — this shot wasn’t across our bow; this shot landed right in the middle of our ship of state (where are ordinance is stored) and threatens […]

OBAMA’S REPORT CARD IV

By
Ken Eliasberg

Previous “report card” columns on Obama serve mainly as background, e.g., his style, his approach to governing, and his endless talkathon. In short, the “form” of Obama, and form is everything to and for Obama. Why? Because, as oft noted, that’s all he’s ever been — lots of talk […]

OBAMA’S REPORT CARD III

By
Ken Eliasberg

Before critiquing specific aspects of Obama’s first-year efforts, let me give you the bottom line. Over the years I have done a number of columns on who the Dems are — i.e. what the left is really all about — none either more precise or more profound than the two I […]

Obama’s 1-Year Report Card (cont.)

By
Ken Eliasberg

In grading Obama I believe a couple of introductory observations and/or disclaimers are in order. First, I have to give the devil his due; I think that, despite the complaints and protests of his supporters on the left -i.e. that he was insufficiently aggressive in pursuit of their goal, An […]

Death Of A Contemporary Benedict Arnold (And Hypocrite): Howard Zinn — 1922-2010

By
Ken Eliasberg

One month ago, on January 27th to be precise, Howard Zinn, history professor emeritus from Boston University, radical left-wing political activist, and Dean of America-hating members of the Academy, left us. I realize that, under the Judeo-Christian ethic by which most of us […]

Obama’s Phony Appeal For Cover (Oops, I Meant Bipartisanship)

By
Ken Eliasberg

I believe it was Stanton Evans who observed that we have two Parties - a stupid Party (the Republicans) and an evil Party (the other Party), and, every now and then, under the guise of bipartisanship the two get together and do something that is both […]

Obama’s State Of The Union Speech: Business As Usual And It’s All About Me, Your Savior

By
Ken Eliasberg

Permit me to interrupt my report-card effort on Obama’s first year in office, but his recent State of the Union speech warrants some scrutiny. Actually, the speech is really part and parcel of his first year — an exclamation […]

The Real Meaning Of Massachusetts — A Turning Point Or A Tempest In A Teapot??

By
Ken Eliasberg

After dealing with Health Care Reform — which now appears to be a fading Obama dream — it had been my intention to deal at some length with a report card for Obama with respect to his first year in […]

Health Care Reform — Finishing With A Touch Of Humor — Dark Humor
By: Ken Eliasberg

 
As in the case of my discussion of Socialism, I thought I’d finish up on Health Care Reform (at least for present purposes) with a touch of humor by sharing with you another email that I received from a friend. It […]

Health Care Reform: A Bibliography For Those Really Interested In The Facts (And Not Just Some Ideologue’s Unsupportable Opinion)
By
Ken Eliasberg

As most of my readers have discerned by now, I have an abiding interest in the truth, a goal that, while frequently illusive, cannot possibly be reached withouta concern for facts, logic, reflection, and scholarship. Thus, […]

Health Care Reform Suggestions II — Isn’t There A Better Way? I Think There Is!

By
Ken Eliasberg

Moving right along in our consideration of appropriate alternatives for health care reform, let’s take a look at another area of abuse in the existing health care system — fraud.
Fraud.- Recently,60 Minutes devoted a substantial segment of their Sunday night […]

Do We Really Need A 300 Million-Person Solution To A 15
Million-Person Problem? Health Care Reform, A Saner Approach
By
Ken Eliasberg

Having spent considerable time critiquing the current approach - the Obamaapproach - to Health Care Reform, what alternative would I recommend? As I observed at the outset, before I completely overhaul a system that may not require […]

Health Care Reform: Where Are We II?
By
Ken Eliasberg

Continuing with our interim report card on the Health Care Reform proposals wending their way through Congress, let’s take a brief look at a few of the other provisions on which the Dems rely to arrive at their position of cost neutrality.
The Dr. Fix.- Another feature of the […]

Health Care Reform: Where Are We?
By
Ken Eliasberg
 
Where are we today on our Health Care Reform journey? Somewhere between two 2,000+-page reform proposals — the one that was recently passed by the House, and the one currently under consideration by the Senate. In short, we are some way from passage of a final bill, but we […]

Health Care Reform — How About Flirting With Reality?

By
Ken Eliasberg

Again, calling upon common sense and invoking just a touch of caution, if not outright skepticism, let’s examine the proposed health care reform measure that emerged from the House against the background of certain clear realities. Here I want only to address the Bill in general […]

Health Care Reform — How About Flirting With Reality?
By
Ken Eliasberg
Again, calling upon common sense and invoking just a touch of caution, if not outright skepticism, let’s examine the proposed health care reform measure that emerged from the House against the background of certain clear realities. Here I want only to address the Bill in general […]

Health Care Reform — Some Introductory Thoughts And Observations

By
Ken Eliasberg

Using the approach suggested in last week’s column — i.e. suspension of judgment (at least temporarily),a clear grasp of the facts pertinent to the proposal under consideration, and the use of common sense in analyzing the likely effects of this measure — let’s begin to […]

Navy Seals Give Terrorist Barbarian A Bloody Lip And Face Court Marial: Have We Lost Our Minds??

By
Ken Eliasberg

Forgive me for once again interrupting my consideration of Health Care Reform, but, unfortunately, intervening events do happen, and some of them require attention. Once such event is the recent decision to court martial 3 Navy Seals who […]

Health Care Reform: Separating The Wheat From The Chaff (Or Fact From Fiction)

By
Ken Eliasberg

As we plunge further and deeper into the morass on which our health care journey is taking us, let’s keep a couple of things in mind - some eternal truths and the goal of reform. First, the eternal truths: (1) there is […]

Obama’s Enemies List Continued

By
Ken Eliasberg

Let’s look at the other 2 operations at the top of Obama’s “hit” list — The Chamber of Commerce and Fox News and Talk radio. But first a brief word about an enemies list, in general, and Obama’s approach to his alleged enemies, in particular. It is perfectly natural for a […]

Obama Is Going To War With Fox News, The Chamber Of Commerce, Insurance Cos., etc., But He Won’t Go To War With The Taliban!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

It seems that our “Commander-in-Chief (COC)” is having some difficulties with the manner in which he wishes to conduct the war that he has described as “the necessary war” — you […]

There Is No Health Care Crisis: There Is A Problem With Health Care Coverage

By
Ken Eliasberg

Before charging off in search of a solution to our alleged health care “crisis,” shouldn’t the appropriate place to begin our inquiry be to first identify our problem, determine its nature, size, and shape, and then attempt to arrive at an […]

Socialism vs. Capitalism: Some Humor To Make The Point

By
Ken Eliasberg
Concluding my socialism vs. capitalism discussion, I thought a bit of humor might serve to put things in relief. So, to begin with, let me share with you a couple of emails that I have received from friends. First, an illustration of government waste:
“I […]

Socialism vs. Capitalism V” : The Human Problem

By
Ken Eliasberg

Thus far we have looked at these competing philosophies — socialism and capitalism — from either a political or economic standpoint. The real differences cut much deeper; the left and right look at 2 things in a very different manner. What are those 2 things? Human nature […]

Central Planning (The Nanny State) vs. Free Enterprise (cont.)

By
Ken Eliasberg

In continuing with the socialism vs. capitalism discussion, I want to make a couple of points clear. First, and foremost, I am making the case for limited government (a case which I believe is inherent in our founding); I am not making the case for no […]

Socialism vs. Capitalism III

By
Ken Eliasberg

Last week we looked at the more lethal consequences resulting from imposing a socialist form of government on a particular country — i.e. Russia, China, and Cambodia. This is not to say that every such governmental exercise ends in violence; in most, it just ends in bankruptcy, reminding us again of […]

Socialism vs. Capitalism II

By
Ken Eliasberg

In dealing with the “ism” schism that is the real issue that Americans have grappled with for some 80 years, I suggest that we address it in 3 separate contexts: (1) the reader’s personal experience with government, (2) an objective analysis of socialism as it has been institutionally adopted on the […]

The Ongoing Dispute — Government (Socialism) vs. Free Enterprise (Capitalism) — America’s Real “Ism” Schism

By
Ken Eliasberg

Below the surface of every political dispute thrust upon this country is the central and fundamental issue that divides and defines the Parties — capitalism vs. socialism, free enterprise vs. the welfare (or nanny) state. No matter what the […]

Israel: The Settlement Problem — Is It Still A Problem, And, If So, Is It Really “The” Problem In The Middle East?

By
Ken Eliasberg

Tying up some allegedly loose ends re the Arab/Israeli situation, let’s take a look at the concerns raised by Mr. Bayer in his August 6, 2009 piece entitled A New Look At Israel, […]

A Different Perspective On Israel’s Right To Defend Itself — Quality Reporting or Anti-Semitism (Cont.)

By
Ken Eliasberg

Picking up where I left off last week, let’s just finish with the notion of Israel’s having used excessive force in its retaliatory response in Gaza, i.e. its response was “disproportionate.” Along the lines of proportionality, Thomas Sowell, a Hoover […]

Some Sloppy Reporting On Israel — Bad Journalism, Faulty Reasoning, Or Anti-Semitism? You Be The Judge

By
Ken Eliasberg

Normally I hate to raise the specter of anti-Semitism; I do so only when it is so blatant that it requires a response. And let me hasten to concede that every disagreement with Israel, or any other position possibly […]

THE MIDDLE EAST PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL — DOES ISRAEL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXIST?

By
Ken Eliasberg

Recent dialogue in the Middle East is once again focused on the subject of peace — producing peace in that region seems to be a project that every outgoing President puts at the top of his list for a last […]

How Do You Reconcile Firing An I.G. Who Blew The Whistle On One Of Your Cronies With Ethics, Let Alone Transparency?

By
Ken Eliasberg

Almost every new Democratic Administration opens with the assertion that this will be the most ethical administration ever — and then proceeds quickly to put the lie to that bit of posturing. The Obama […]

What Happened To Transparency And Accountability?

By
Ken Eliasberg

The left is always making a big deal over transparency and accountability — except, of course, when it comes to their having to practice what they preach. Let’s take a peek at how this has operated in connection with providing helpful, if not essential, background information on Democratic presidential […]

The Real Significance Of Obama’s Global Grovel: Yielding To Global Multiculturism And The End Of American Exceptionalism

By
Ken Eliasberg

As Obama has groveled — oops, I mean apologized — his way around the world, putting his own country down in his search of greater numbers of acolytes, one might be understandably perplexed re how, if at all, […]

A Movie You Should See, And A Book That You Should Read

By
Ken Eliasberg

As I indicated weeks ago, I really didn’t want to write anything about Obama — for 2 reasons: (1) I wanted to give the man his honeymoon, and (2) I didn’t want to appear to be a sore loser, offering up sour grapes […]

House Passes Crap And Tax Bill In Record Time: I Fear For My Country!!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

In what will go down in history as an act calculated to make Benedict Arnold look like a true patriot, the House of Representatives — that’s our House of Representatives, lest any one be confused — passed a piece of legislation […]

A Looming Problem For Obama — No One Left To Apologize To!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

I must confess that I am a bit upset by American leaders who go abroad to engage in America bashing. For example, Clinton’s going to Africa and apologizing for slavery, and then going to the Middle East to lend credibility to the notion […]

What’s Wrong With Guantanamo Bay? Nothing!! On The Contrary, It’s The Only Arrangement That Makes Sense!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

The prison facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba GITMO) has received an incredible amount of media attention, most of which is an effort to make it a poster child for the character assassination, and, worse yet, the criminalization of […]

The Employee Free Choice Act AKA The Employee Intimidation Act

By
Ken Eliasberg

Permit me to make a preliminary observation: The enactment of either the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) or Obama’s Cap and Trade proposal would virtually destroy free enterprise as we know it. And the enactment of both would most assuredly bring America to its knees. […]

We Don’t Have A Revenue Problem: We Have A Spending Problem!!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

In former vocational incarnations I was charged at first with the task of advising folks on how to plan for the disposition of their estates, and later how to build them in the first place. That is I spent about 25 years as a […]

Torture Works, And, When The Circumstances Indicate That It’s Use Is Called For, We Should Not Hesitate To Employ It

By
Ken Eliasberg

To me — and most other rational human beings — two (2) things seem clear — that:
(1) In a war you do what is necessary to win it, and, in that vain, you cannot […]

Torture, Schmorture — You Do Whatever It Takes To Protect The Nation!!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

Much has been made lately — even a feeble bleeding-heart effort in this paper — of the brutal methods employed by our interrogators in their effort to protect the rest of us from the tender mercies of Radical Islamic Terrorists (oops, forgive me; […]

SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO WRITE, ANALYZE, AND/OR EVALUATE AN OP ED COLUMN

By
Ken Eliasberg

While it’s all well and good to pass off one’s literary efforts as “just my opinion,” other than a self-effacing gesture intended to ennoble its author, it really doesn’t tell you much. In fact, it tells you nothing. I am reminded of […]

Keith Olberman and Janeane Garofalo — A Marriage Made In Moron Heaven

by
Ken Eliasberg

Nature has a way of filling a vacuum; unfortunately she has yet to find a way to fill the ones that exist in the heads of MSNBC commentator Keith Olberman and his recent dangerously unstable guest, comedienne (?) Janeane Garofalo. Ms. Garofalo may […]

Obama’s First 100 Days: Progress? Like Beauty, I Guess It’s In The Eyes Of The Beholder

by
Ken Eliasberg

Progress.- In the case of Obama’s first 100 days, progress, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. If you favor central planning (SOCIALISM) and appeasement — i.e. if you are a radical — you have never seen […]

Obama’s Domestic Policy: Central Planning And Debt As Far As The Eye Can See

By
Ken Eliasberg

Obama’s domestic policy is, ostensibly, to “bail out”the country via a seemingly unending series of “bail outs,” most of which appear to reflect the Obama hope-and-change philosophy expressed while he was in campaign mode (which, judging from the multitude of proposals […]

Policy: Obama’s Foreign Policy Initiatives —Kiss Up, Suck Up, And Fold Up

by
Ken Eliasberg

Now let’s take a look at Obama’s policy positions starting with hisapproach to foreign policy.A word at the outset: I don’t remember a time in my life when foreign policy has been a matter of greater importance than itistoday. That said, I can’t […]

Transition Problems Continued: Query? Are Poorly Vetted Appointees Better Than No Appointees??

by
Ken Eliasberg

Process Continued.- In the last two columns I have addressed (barely scatching the surface) confirmation problems with respect to many of Obama’s appointees. A bigger problem may lie in those who have yet to be appointed. That is, what is our biggest problem […]

Obama’s First Few Months: Something Less Than A Seamless Transition

by
Ken Eliasberg

As I previously indicated, I had (and have) no desire to talk about Obama, partly out of a desire to extend him the courtesy of a honeymoon, and mostly out of a sense of real fatigue at even looking at anything to do with the […]

Obama: Less Than Three Weeks In Office And Hope And Change Morphed Into Fear And More Of The Same

by
Ken Eliasberg

I have to confess— I never for a moment thought that the bloom would so quickly come off the Obama rose. I thought he was just too smooth — not smart, butsmooth — for this to […]

Beheading In Buffalo — By A “Moderate” Muslim!

By
Ken Eliasberg

An unhappy husband decided to settle his marital dispute by beheading his wife; apparently more peaceful methods had either not occurred to him or didn’t seem to adequately express the intensity of his dissatisfaction with his wife’s decision to divorce him. While this had all the earmarks […]

Of Course Rush Limbaugh Wants Obama To Fail! Why? Because He Wants America To Succeed!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

I think that all of you know how much respect I have for Rush Limbaugh — he is, quite simply, the indispensable Republican and the backbone of the conservative movement in this country (and thus the backbone of the country […]

THE COMMON SENSE AND UNCOMMON DECENCY OF THE COMMON MAN

By
Ken Eliasberg

For some time I have been critical of the conspicuous limitations of those who populate our academic community — particularly those who make up the social studies departments of most of our institutions of higher learning. At best they are well intentioned, but profoundly misguided, […]

There’s A Fascist In The Classroom All Right, But It Sure As Heck Isn’t The Student!!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

Apropos our ongoing look at the deteriorating state of Academia, a recent local incident provides a clear indication of just how far along the deterioration process has gone. It involves Los Angeles City College, and a truly abusive professor. […]

Concluding The Defense of Scott Simon & America: Neither Needs A Defense - The Accuser Does!

By
Ken Eliasberg

I have 2 thoughts in concluding this chapter in Academic Anti-Americanism: (1) The sadness I have in calling attention to the deterioration in our Academy in general and the “liberal” arts component, in particular; and (2) the anger I […]

In Defense of Scott Simon And America VII: The Facts — The Real Reason Why Scott Simon Requires No Defense

By
Ken Eliasberg

In last week’s column I dealt with the strained — to say the least — rationale behind the conclusion that the fellows who devastated Mumbai were not “evil.” On reflection, my effort was unnecessary because […]

In Defense of Scott Simon And America VI: And Now A Closer Look At The Reality Of Mumbai

By
Ken Eliasberg

Why are Mumbai terrorists not evil? The story — a rather shoddy, inaccurate, incomplete, and entirely misleading story at that - is that they are not evil because they are only responding to the greater evil that […]

In Defense of Scott Simon and America V: The Anti-War Movement and the Feminizing of America’s Men

By
Ken Eliasberg

Closely related to our effete Academy’s effort to turn our youth against their country are their anti-war efforts which result in emasculating our young men. At the outset, let’s make it clear that no one — at least […]

In Defense of Scott Simon And America IV: Anti-Americanism Is Not About Politics, It’s About Survival

By
Ken Eliasberg

The reader may wonder why I have lighted on this subject with such intensity and tenacity. Simple, we have no more pressing issue than this one — the pernicious effect of our left-wing professors on the continued viability […]

In Defense Of Scott Simon & America III: Anti-Americanism At Home And Abroad

By
Ken Eliasberg

To properly understand and evaluate the argument of members of our left-wing academy on the subject of America’s culpability in the “war on terror” or, for that matter, on almost anything that goes wrong on the geopolitical scene, you need to first […]

In Defense of Scott Simon and - AMERICA II

By
Ken Eliasberg

In responding to the very harsh and unsupported (and unsupportable) criticisms of America (and the concomitant defense of the indefensibly wicked and, yes EVIL conduct of your garden variety terrorist) by our sheltered academics, a few introductory observations are in order.
In establishing grounds for criticism wouldn’t […]

In Defense Of Scott Simon — And AMERICA!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

If you thought that Jeremiah Wright was a bit over the top when he described the events of 9/11 as “America’s chickens coming home to roost,” let me assure you that he
is not alone in his perverse thinking; he is in the company of much of […]

ONE OF THESE DAYS REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO POLITICS AS WELL AS GOVERNANCE

By
Ken Eliasberg

Republicans just took a complete drubbing, and they deserved it; they have completely squandered the gift that Hillary Clinton gave them in 1994. God, are they inept!!!! Watching Republicans do politics is, as the saying goes, a […]

The Too Silent Majority Has Produced The Rule Of The Minority

By
Ken Eliasberg

The recent reaction — violent protests - of the losers on the Proposition
8 measure bear fatal witness to significant developments in America’s evolution: (1) loss of civility in our public discourse, and (2) the complete imbalance in this loss. That is, when Republicans […]

WILL WE BAIL OUT DETROIT? ABSOLUTELY!
SHOULD WE BAIL OUT DETROIT? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

As all of you know, we are in serious economic straits, with the recent focus on the difficulties that the financial industry has been experiencing (so difficult as to have produced the bankruptcy of at least one financial giant, and the virtual […]

The Obama Children Go To School — Private School!!
Is There No Bottom to The Left-Wing’s Well of Hypocrisy?

By
Ken Eliasberg

We are constantly informed by our “academics” — particularly our local “authority” — that our public schools are in wonderful shape (an observation almost always accompanied, of course, by a request (a demand?) for more money, I […]

Palin In Context: Let’s Take A Closer Look At Her Competition, Joe Biden — An Intellectual Nonentity

by
Ken Eliasberg

In my last column I just addressed — fairly superficially, I might add - the essential unfairness of the treatment accorded Sarah Palin by an assortment of people, ranging from McCain staffers to some of the more distinguished […]

Salute To Sarah Palin: She Was The Only Thing That Prevented a Democratic Landslide

by
Ken Eliasberg

I don’t think that I need to remind you that this was to be the year of the Democrat; the Republican “brand” has been damaged (hopefully, not beyond repair), and Bush hatred was running amuck o’er the land. There was almost […]

The 2008 Election: Some Additional Observations

by
Ken Eliasberg

The 2008 election was like none other that I have experienced; there were either more new developments or exaggerated forms of old ones. At the outset, let me take a step back from my column of November 5th in which I was a bit too harsh with each of […]

President Barack Obama: Gird Your Loins, the U.S. Is Going Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel!!

by
Ken Eliasberg

The Democrats have gotten just what they wanted — a perfect Democratic storm; the presidency, a solid majority in the House, and very close to a filibuster-proof Senate (all that they need is a couple of linguini-spined Republicans, and […]

THE 2008 ELECTION CHOICES: THE
UNTEACHABLE vs. THE UNTHINKABLE

By
Ken Eliasberg

In his regular column in Townhall.com (6/5/08) Thomas Sowell, a Hoover Institute scholar who I admire and frequently cite, summed up my feelings about our 2008 presidential choices as follows: “[N]ot since 1972 have we been presented with two such painfully inadequate candidates. When Election Day […]

THE RIGHT CAN BE COUNTED ON TO DEFEND AMERICA AGAINST ITS ENEMIES: TO THE LEFT, AMERICA IS THE ENEMY — THAT’S WHY I’M VOTING FOR JOHN McCAIN

By
Ken Eliasberg

The 2008 election is not about John McCain or Barack Obama. What then is it about? It is about you, your children, your grandchildren, and the kind of […]

Who Is The Real Barack Obama? A Radical, A Racist, And A Political Fabrication Who Engages In Endless Fabrications!

By
Ken Eliasberg

Until now we have engaged in a sort of piece meal examination of Barack Obama, dealing with fragments of the man, which, when taken together, form the mosaic that is the totality of Obama. In this […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 2008 ELECTION (CONT.)

By
Ken Eliasberg

Last week we looked at the importance of the 2008 election in a foreign policy context. This week, let’s examine the domestic-policy implications of the election. If I had to use but 2 words to dramatize the importance of the election, I would select SUPREME COURT. If I […]

WHY THE 2008 ELECTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF YOUR LIFETIME
(AND THAT OF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL)

By
Ken Eliasberg

As you know, I don’t like hyperbole, let alone histrionics or melodrama, to make a point. That said, I don’t think that I am exaggerating in the slightest when I say that the 2008 election is the […]

Let’s have that long overdue Race Dialogue!!! (Cont.)

ByKen Eliasberg

At the outset let’s take this charge of being a racist society head on — on what basis is it made? Is there any evidence that qualified blacks are being deprived of any opportunity in favor of a less qualified member of another race? And that evidence […]

Obama and Race: Don’t Criticize him or you’re a Racist! — Let’s have that race dialogue that Obama has called for.

ByKen Eliasberg

In a previous column I commented on Obama’s effort to avoid any criticism (in his terms, “swift boating”; in mine, offering up legitimate criticism). In his comment at the time, he was suggesting that […]

Barack Obama’s Experience — What Experience??

By Ken Eliasberg

Having looked at Obama’s “feisty” wife and given some preliminary attention to his racial concerns (with lots more to come), let’s look at the other quality he informed us that Republicans would examine as part of their “fear and smear” campaign — his experience, i.e. he’s “risky” (his […]

Who is Barack Obama? The Sum Total of his “Snippets,”“Distractions,” and “Associations”!!

Have you noticed that whenever Obama’s Pastor, wife, terrorist friends, corrupt cronies, or other assorted glimpses into his personal life are mentioned, Obama tries to change the subject by suggesting that these references are distractions or snippets and/or efforts to tarnish his otherwise impeccable […]

HILLARY CLINTON R.I.P. — AN END DEVOUTLY TO BE DESIRED

Well now that the Democratic Convention is over, and Obama has been officially installed as the Democratic nominee, we can, at least for the nonce, say goodbye to Hillary Clinton (although I remain of the view that, regrettably, we have not seen the last of her […]

HILLARY CLINTON’S FUNDAMENTAL INCOMPETENCE REVEALED (CONT):

Moving right along and putting the frosting on Hillary’s fallen Arkansas cake, we have her dishonest and disastrous treatment of education in Arkansas. Arkansas has always hovered near the bottom of America’s education barrel, and Clinton decided to improve the State’s educational prospects. The idea was commendable; the choice of […]

HAVE WE SEEN THE END OF HILLARY CLINTON? HECK, WE’VE NEVER SEEN THE BEGINNING!! - THE WORLD’S SMARTEST WOMAN HAS ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGMENT

I know, I know, some of you may think why are we talking about Hillary Clinton, when she has thrown in the towel with respect to her candidacy for this year’s Democratic presidential […]

THE GANG OF 10: THE REPUBLICANS REALLY ARE THE “STUPID PARTY”

Some time ago, someone — I believe that it was Stanton Evans — came up with the expression that we have 2 Parties, the Stupid Party (the Republicans) and the Evil Party (you guessed it, the Dems), and now and then they get together and, […]

BIG OIL IS NOT OUR ENERGY PROBLEM — BIG GOVERNMENT AND BIG STUPIDITY ARE!!

In dealing with almost any economic issue, I always like to preface the discussion with some reference to the left-wing’s bete noire of the day — BIG something or other. Currently, it is BIG OIL. The bad guy of choice when Hillary’s […]

ANOTHER CARTOON CONTROVERSY? THE PROBLEM: SOME PEOPLE CANNOT RECOGNIZE, LET ALONE APPRECIATE, GOOD SATIRE

The cover of the July 21st issue of the New Yorker magazine, an acknowledged left-wing journal, has created a bit of a brouhaha. The picture shows Obama in Muslim attire, his wife with a machine gun (and thus a terrorist), the American […]

WHO’S DRIVING McCAIN’S POLITICAL VEHICLE, STEVIE WONDER?

By
Ken Eliasberg

In the film Die Hard, Bruce Willis’s character makes the comment, “who’s driving that car, Stevie Wonder?” referring to the directionless manner in which a police vehicle was meandering about. I get the same impression as I watch the McCain campaign (if one could call it that) in […]

ODE TO RUSH LIMBAUGH — POET LAUREATE OF THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

By
Ken Eliasberg

I noticed the other day that Rush Limbaugh, one of the few idols I have in life, signed a new multi-year contract, and I was heartened by the prospect of being entertained and enlightened for another 8 years by this paragon of pundits. My […]

PLAYING THE YOUTH, INEXPERIENCE, FEISTY WIFE, AND RACE CARD: OBAMA FIRES A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE

By
Ken Eliasberg

Recently, the change-and-hope fellow, Barack Obama, advised an audience that the Republicans would endeavor to run a fear and smear campaign against him — you know, the kind that the Dems routinely run. They would do this, he informed his audience, […]

IN AMERICA IT IS “OBSCENE” TO LABEL “OBSCENE” ANY PROFIT LEGALLY PRODUCED

By
Ken Eliasberg

When I listen to these left-wing nut cases ranting on about the “obscene” profits produced by American oil companies — you know, BIG OIL — I some times wonder if I’m still in America. Do we not live in a society that not […]

TWO TERRIBLE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, ONE IN D.C. AND ONE IN CALIFORNIA — THANKS TO “REPUBLICAN” JUDGES

By
Ken Eliasberg

It never ceases to amaze me how inept Republicans are at politics — in an era when the courts have called the shots, and in an arena where the Dems have had their way with us, what do […]

WHAT’S CHARACTER, AND DOES IT COUNT? AND HOW MUCH PRIVACY, IF ANY, SHOULD WE AFFORD PUBLIC OFFICIALS?

By
Ken Eliasberg

In recent years, much has been made of character as a consideration in evaluating our public officials. Actually, character has always been a quality that voters consider in making their selection; the difference is that character concerns were […]

THE SCOTT McCLELLAN IMBROGLIO: MUCH ADO ABOUT A LESS-THAN-NOTHING GUY
By
Ken Eliasberg
The noise made by Scott McClellan’s recently released book only slightly surprises me—the slight part being attributed to the fact that I never saw him as a snake, merely as an incompetent. And I so advised the President in a letter I wrote him in […]

HILLARY CLINTON: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING — CONCLUSION

By
Ken Eliasberg

Last week, as you will recall, we discussed 2 of Hillary’s most significant accomplishments, i.e. personally delivering a Republican Congress for the first time in 40 years (plus a majority of State Legislatures and Governors), and demonstrating her legal brilliance by getting her husband impeached. […]

HILLARY CLINTON: THE GIFT THAT JUST KEEPS ON GIVING — TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

Hillary Clinton has indeed accomplished many things, unfortunately none of them benefited her Party. Let me point out her 3 most significant accomplishments: (1) She almost single-handedly produced a Republican Congress (for the fist time in 40 years); (2) she single-handedly […]

THE BELL CASE: SHARPTON WANTS TO SHUT DOWN NEW YORK - I HAVE A BETTER IDEA, SHARPTON OUGHT TO SHUT DOWN HIS MOUTH

By
Ken Eliasberg

Few people have been as racially destructive as Al Sharpton — using race-baiting at the drop of a hat. Of course, this is understandable since Sharpton makes a living on the backs […]

THE BEST BOOK THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF
THE RADICAL LEFT’S CURRENT WAR WITH AMERICA

by
Ken Eliasberg

I want to take time out from my election coverage to commend an outstanding book to your attention. As most of you know, I am a great fan of David Horowitz. Why? Because, in […]

HILLARY’S ALWAYS BEEN A LIAR — WHY ALL THE FUSS ABOUT HER SNIPER KERFUFFLE?

By
Ken Eliasberg

As indicated in the title to this column, why, after a lifetime of lying (oops, excuse me — misspeaking), is her whopper with respect to her Tuzla airport landing creating such a stir. I suppose the real question is why, all […]

BARACK OBAMA’S 20-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MINISTER CONSTITUTES A GOOD DEAL MORE THAN A CASUAL CONNECTION

by
Ken Eliasberg

Last week we took a look at Senator Obama’s efforts to explain (wish) away his continued presence in the home of a vicious and dangerous racist, Jeremiah A. Wright. As then noted, Obama’s initial response was to lie; then, […]

WHAT DO MICHELLE OBAMA AND JEREMIAH A. WRIGHT TELL YOU ABOUT BARACK OBAMA? ALL THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

By
Ken Eliasberg

Some time ago I did a column pointing out how the Democratic candidates spouses were not helping them very much; indeed, each seemed to be doing his or her very best to sabotage their spouse’s campaign. […]

HILLARY CLINTON LIES? SURELY YOU JEST

By
Ken Eliasberg

Hillary’s latest effort at “embellishing” (actually it’s called inventing or fabricating) on her visit to our troops in Bosnia while a war was going on there comes as no surprise. She was merely trying to inform us of her foreign policy experience (which, as it turns out, was […]

BILL CLINTON AND MICHELLE OBAMA: A CASE OF POLITICAL SPOUSAL ABUSE

By
Ken Eliasberg

Elections are always fascinating, if only for the phenomena and anomalies they produce. One of the more curious anomalies to me with respect to our current effort is the deleterious effect that the Democratic candidate’s spouses have had on their respective campaigns. And, frankly, […]

BILL CLINTON, GERALDINE FERRARO,GLORIA STEINEM & ED RENDELL: WHO’S PLAYING THE RACE CARD NOW — THE DEMS OR THOSE MEAN OLD REPUBLICANS?

By
Ken Eliasberg

I really enjoy watching the sophistries in which the Dems engage as they constantly try to portray themselves as the tolerant people that they are not. Their latest effort in this regard is […]

OBAMA AS KEN STARR? — HE SHOULD ONLY BE SO LUCKY!!!

By
Ken Eliasberg

There were many things — many, many things — that distressed me about the manner in which the Clintons conducted business during the 8 scandalous years that they reigned over our glorious country. And many of these things were not just serious, but criminal […]

BILL CLINTON AND MICHELLE OBAMA: A CASE OF POLITICAL SPOUSAL ABUSE

By
Ken Eliasberg

Elections are always fascinating, if only for the phenomena and anomalies they produce. One of the more curious anomalies to me with respect to our current effort is the deleterious effect that the Democratic candidate’s spouses have had on their respective campaigns. And, frankly, […]

HAIL TO THE N.Y. TIMES — THEY DID SOMETHING THAT JOHN McCAIN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DO. WHAT’S THAT? BRING CONSERVATIVES BACK INTO THE FOLD!

By
Ken Eliasberg

I grew up in New York, and, while I rarely read the N.Y. Times, I had great respect for its journalistic credentials. Indeed, the N.Y. Times was, until the last […]

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FRAGMENTEDAND FRACTURED: YOU KNOW WHAT CAN REPAIR IT? HILLARY CLINTON

By
Ken Eliasberg

I think my readers know my feelings about the Clintons — they are ruthless, vicious, despicable, and lacking in even the tiniest particle of integrity (and these are their good qualities). That said, as I have often observed, they are the […]

THE LONG POLITICAL WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT

By
Ken Eliasberg

This has been the longest political season of my life time, and while probably the most unpredictable (although I do remember the Dewey-Truman imbroglio quite vividly), it has gotten tedious at times. I hesitate to use the term boring because it certainly has not been that. But it […]

POST-ELECTION ISSUE COVERAGE — CONCLUSION

by
Ken Eliasberg

Concluding my pre-election summary coverage of critical issues - in-depth consideration of which I shall, in all likelihood, suspend until after the 2008 election - I’ll round out this baker’s dozen with these four:

9. Election Reform
10. The U.N. — What to Do With It or About It
11. Capital […]

PREVIEW OF POST-ELECTION ISSUE COVERAGE (CONT.)

By
Ken Eliasberg

Continuing with my summary treatment of post-election issues that I intend to cover later in considerable depth, let’s take a look at 3 or 4 more of the major problems confronting America, and what I think should be done about them with respect to a solution. Last […]

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HYPOCRISY? BILL CLINTON GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE TERM!

By
Ken Eliasberg

Forgive me for interrupting my omnibus-issue columns (of which there will be three), but one of Slick Willie’s latest effusions was just too irresistible to pass up. As previously noted, I had intended to, and will, spend the next 6 months […]

A PREVIEW OF POST-ELECTION COVERAGE — THE ISSUES RATHER THAN THE PERSONALITIES

By
Ken Eliasberg

In recent months I have spent a considerable amount of time focusing on either (1) the coming election and the cast of characters involved (or at least one of them, my favorite - HIILLARY, (2) Islamofascism and the War on Terror, and (3) […]

BILLARY—TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE? NOT REALLY, IT’S TWO HALVES OF A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL WHOLE

by
Ken Eliasberg

It is always fun to kinda psyhcoanalyze couples you meet—you know what are they doing together, what makes their marriage work, etc., etc. You’re probably wrong more often than you’re right, but, nonetheless, it’s harmless fun, and we all […]

HILLARY CLINTON—THE ANTI-WOMAN: SHE’S NEITHER FEMININE NOR A FEMINIST

by
Ken Eliasberg

One aspect of the current political season that I find particularly interesting, if somewhat exaggerated, is the emphasis being placed on electing the first female president. Don’t get me wrong, I think this may be an idea whose time has come (and, then again, it may […]

HILLARY HITS A SPEED BUMP AS WIFE OF AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT: ANDREW YOUNG’S COMMENTS AND THE OPRAH EFFECT

by
Ken Eliasberg

Okay, I give up—it’s just impossible to stay away from Hillary—she generates so much buzz, and this week was no different. A couple of noteworthy happenings pertain to her ability to capitalize on her being the […]

HILLARY’S FAUX APOLOGY TO OBAMA—LOOK OUT, IT’S ABOUT TO GET REALLY DIRTY

by
Ken Eliasberg

As noted last week, Hillary’s campaign has, as predicted, turned dirty,resulting in some of Hillary’s representatives calling attention to Obama’s flirtation with drugs (a happening which Obama himself had mentioned in his book), his alleged use of a “slush” fund, and the composition […]

HILLARY COMPLAINING ABOUT A FUND-RAISING VIOLATION AND BILL COMPLAINING ABOUT MEDIA COVERAGE? GIVE ME A BREAK!
by
Ken Eliasberg
I know that you’ve heard this before, but it’s true—I did not want to get into Hillary (and/or Bill) until after the primaries when she will have become the Democratic Party’s designated candidate (as I am certain that she […]

WHY IS ABC HOLDING BACK THE DVD ON PATH TO 9/11? AND WHY WAS KATHLEEN WILLEY’S HOUSEROBBED? BECAUSE THE CLINTONS CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH

By

Ken Eliasberg

The Path to 9/11 was a docudrama that was written and produced by Cyrus Nowrasteh for ABC. As its name indicates, it purported to deal with events leading up to 9/11, […]

HILLARY’S LATEST EXPLANATION FOR HER DECLINING POPULARITY - REPUBLICAN DIRTY TRICKS: WHY?BECAUSE THEY’RE AFRAID OF HER- NONE THAT I KNOW OF: WE’RE PULLING FOR HER
By

Ken Eliasberg

Hillary has been taking a bit of a heat lately, due to her pathetically inept handling of the question dealing with driver’s licenses for illegal aliens (and for good reason—the […]

BILL TRIES TO TAKE RAP FOR HILLARYCARE—ISN’T IT A BIT LATE FOR MARITAL GALLANTRY? OR, FROM WHITEWATER TO WHITEWASH
By

Ken Eliasberg

As I have oft noted, the Clintons never cease to amaze me; their capacity for chutzpah is without either limitation or parallel. As I have also pointed out, they don’t just insult your intelligence—they assume you […]

IF HILLARY CLINTON CAN’T STAND UP TO TIM RUSSERT, HOW’S SHE GOING TO DO AGAINST AHMADINEJAD, PUTIN, KIM JUNG IL AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS WHO POSE A PROBLEM FOR THE U.S.A.?
By

Ken Eliasberg

Continuing with last week’s theme—i.e. Hillary Clinton’s pathetic performance in the recent Democratic debate, and her need to have her husband come to her […]

THE ONE REAL BENEFIT OF A PROLONGED ELECTION PERIOD IS THAT IT PROVIDES AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR HILLARY TO IMPLODE—AND, DON’T LOOK NOW, SHE JUST DID
by

Ken Eliasberg

The Clintons are an amazing couple in that few people can be as evasive and continue to occupy a place in the public dialogue. Bill did it in such a […]

MAINSTREAM MEDIA - GOOD NEWS IS NO NEWS: DEMOCRATS—GOOD NEWS IS BAD NEWS

By
Ken Eliasberg

By now most of you, I’m sure, have been advised of ABC’s assessment of a trouble-free period in Iraq, i.e. via Charlie Gibson they advised us that there was no news from Iraq because no one was killed. Now one could write […]

IF WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER, WHAT’S THE QUESTION?

By
Ken Eliasberg

Bleeding heart left-wing wackos never cease to amaze me with respect to the lunacy of their positions. My favorite concerns one of their popular bumper stickers, War Is Not The Answer. Of course, most of the left-wing’s positions never amount to more than a bumper […]

AHMADINEJAD AT COLUMBIA & LYNNE STEWART et al AT HOFSTRA: HAS ACADEMIA COMPLETELY TAKEN LEAVE OF ITS SENSES?

By
Ken Eliasberg

Picking up where we left off last week with what happened at Columbia where a seemingly mild mannered genocidal maniac bested the best that Columbia has to offer (a scary thought to be […]

AHMADINEJAD SPEAKS AT COLUMBIA, AND, IN LETTING HIM DO SO, COLUMBIA SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE STATE OF MORAL (AND INTELLECTUAL) DECAY IN ACADEMIA

By
Ken Eliasberg

I was appalled, but not the least bit surprised, by Columbia’s idiotic and, to say the least, unpatriotic, decision to let a monster address their faculty and student […]

HILLARY CLINTON AND THE WILLING SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF—THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME
by
Ken Eliasberg
Hearing Hillary Clinton’s comment to General Petraeus re the “suspension of disbelief,” not only reminded me of the woman’s almost limitlessly brazen chutzpah, but it also reminded me of just how fundamentally indecent she really is. It also […]

CHINAGATE—A WRAP (AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING)
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week’s summary treatment of Chinagate was condensed and compressed in the interests of abbreviating the discussion; a more expansive approach to the situation would actually reveal that it was (and apparently remains) much worse than it sounds. For those of you sufficiently interested to […]

IS HSU JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE CLINTON’S CHINESE CORRUPTION CAPER? CHINAGATE REVISITED
by
Ken Eliasberg
I had no desire to deal with the Clinton’s many fundraising scandals, or, for that matter, any of the numerous other scandals that marked the 8 years during which we had to endure the Clinton-Gore assault on the integrity […]

BILL CLINTON’S “SHOCKED” AT A FUNDRAISING IRREGULARITY IN HILLARY’S CAMPAIGN - AND, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, I’VE GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU
By
Ken Eliasberg
What caught my attention the other day was a statement by Bill Clinton that he was “shocked” —shocked, I tell you—that a Clinton (in this case, Hillary, that paragon of honesty) had […]

HIROSHIMA REVISITED: IT WAS THE CURE NOT THE DISEASE
by
Ken Eliasberg
Over 60 years have gone by since the power of nuclear energy was employed to bring a great cataclysm to a rather speedy conclusion, and still self righteous and ill-informed critics argue that our use of such a force was a violation of some […]

THE “FORGOTTEN MAN” IS AN UNFORGETTABLE BOOK—ONE THAT I URGE YOU TO READ
by
Ken Eliasberg
I love the study of history, particularly when it’s conveyed by someone who really has a grasp of his (or, in this case, her) subject matter. I have just read one of the best books that I have ever read […]

SEX AND THE MARRIED DEMOCRAT—DOES MARRIAGE REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?
by
Ken Eliasberg
I stopped paying close attention to the sexual behavior of our rambunctious politicians soon after Bill Clinton lowered the bar so far that a snake could clear it. Nonetheless, sometimes events make it necessary—or at least fun—to re-examine areas that you had previously […]

BAD POLITICAL THEATRE: PREPARING THE DEMOCRATIC BASE FOR GOOD NEWS IN IRAQ
by
Ken Eliasberg
The Democratic Party has become the Party that actually prays for bad news—from any corner, but preferably from Iraq—and when it looks like they’re not going to get it, they’ll invent it. Ergo, George Bush is the cause of the […]

BILL CLINTON SAYS THAT HIILLARY WON’T BE “SWIFT BOATED” —HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS, IT’S REALLY GOING TO GET DIRTY
by
Ken Eliasberg
I still remember that scene on the White House lawn the day Bill Clinton was impeached. As usual with the Clintons, it was political theatre.
Bill, always the actor (flexing his mandibles to […]

WHO’S BEHIND PALESTINIANS KILLING OTHER PALESTINIANS IN GAZA? ISRAEL AND AMERICA, OF COURSE
By
Ken Eliasberg
I knew that it was only a matter of time before some clown came forward to tell the world that the problems in Gaza are Israel’s fault (and the U.S.’s as well). And I had a pretty good idea as to who […]

PIROZZI THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR SUPERIOR COURT: STATE BAR’S EVALUATION COMMISSION BOTH PARTISAN AND INCORRECT
By
Ken Eliasberg
I was both surprised and delighted when Governor Schwarzenegger demonstrated the good judgment to appoint Elia Pirozzi to the San Bernardino County Superior Court. I was surprised because Pirozzi, a good friend of mine, is a “conservative,” and the Governor […]

by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week week we opened a discussion of the “Fairness Doctrine,” noting in the course of doing so the essential unfairness of the doctrine and the reasons for the left’s seeking to restore its viability, i.e., their inability to offer arguments that are competitive with conservative thinking. And I suggested that the doctrine was […]

THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE CONTINUED
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week week we opened a discussion of the “Fairness Doctrine,” noting in the course of doing so the essential unfairness of the doctrine and the reasons for the left’s seeking to restore its viability, i.e., their inability to offer arguments that are competitive with conservative thinking. And […]

WHY WE DON’T TRUST THE DEMOCRATS WITH
NATIONAL SECURITY
by
Ken Eliasberg
The question comes up more than occasionally as to whether the Dems can be trusted to vigorously and appropriately attend to matters of National Security (rather than just merely defer to the United Nations). A friend, knowing of my interest in politics, sent me an email that […]

THE REAL PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON RIGHT OR WRONG RATHER THAN RIGHT OR LEFT
by
Ken Eliasberg
Most political discussions seem to center on right or left. I think that you can gain great insight into politics, in general, and a useful political lexicon, in particular by concentrating on not what’s right or left, […]

DOW SOARS PAST 13,000: REMEMBER WHEN
THEY TOLD US IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID –
WELL, IT IS, ONLY THEY HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH IT
by
Ken Eliasberg
Several weeks ago the Dow hit a new high – soaring above 13,000, an event that seemed to attract almost no attention from […]

READER ALERT
9/11 IS UPON US, AND TO
COMMEMORATE THIS TRAGIC
OCCASION, ABC IS OFFERING
A WONDERFULLY INSIGHTFUL, FAIR,
BALANCED, AND THOUGHT PROVOKING
DOUCMENTARY – “THE PATH TO 9/11”
TO AIR ON THE EVENINGS OF 9/10 AND
9/11, I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY
THAT IS A MUST SEE DOCUMENTARY,
AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT
YOU DO […]

Professor Shaffer in flexing his muscles about the L.A. Times, argues that the Times is not really that liberal because it calls Hugo Chavez a thug.
Since when is stating the obvious a sign of political orientation; what were they supposed to call him – a sweetheart? Wait a minute, didn’t Nancy Pelosi come up […]

WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE N.Y. TIMES? –
DON’T BUY IT!!
by
Ken Eliasberg
Only 2 points are left to deal with regarding the treachery of the Times in exposing the SWIFT program – (1) an evaluation of the pathetic defense offered up by one of their columnists, the Bush-hating, left-wing flack, Paul Krugman, and […]

NEW YORK TIMES: WHAT WAS IT
THINKING? I MEAN REALLY THINKING
by
Ken Eliasberg
What do you think the Gray Lady had in mind when it took upon itself to declassify the government’s monitoring program? What greater good was it serving? Could we possibly be safer by virtue of this noble gesture by the Times […]

NEW YORK TIMES’S TREACHERY (CONT.)
By
Ken Eliasberg
Before going through the sequence of events following the Times’s revelation of what they labeled as a “Secret” program dealing with our government’s efforts to track the financing of terrorist groups, I think it’s important – indeed, essential – to evaluate the significance of what […]

DISAPPOINTMENT – YES: DEFAULT AND
DEFEAT – NO!
by
Ken Eliasberg
An election is on us – one that may prove to be one of the two most meaningful in your lifetime (the other being 2008). And there is more than a little disappointment abroad. And when I say that I feel your pain, I […]

THE CALL TO REVIVE THE “FAIRNESS DOCTRINE” - AN ADMISSION THAT THE LEFT CANNOT COMPETE IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS
by
Ken Eliasberg
The Fairness Doctrine for those of you who are not familiar with it (its having been removed from the scene by Ronald Reagan in 1987) is nothing more than an exercise in censorship. Let me […]

THE CALL TO REVIVE THE “FAIRNESS DOCTRINE” —AN ADMISSION THAT THE LEFT CANNOT COMPETE IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS
by
Ken Eliasberg
The Fairness Doctrine for those of you who are not familiar with it (its having been removed from the scene by Ronald Reagan in 1987) is nothing more than an exercise in censorship. […]

IMMIGRATION BILL DEAD—AT LEAST
FOR THE MOMENT: DEMOCRACY
TRIUMPHS—POWER TO THE PEOPLE
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week we had a tangible demonstration that Democracy—at least the American version—is alive and well. The Amnesty Bill that President Bush and some members of Congress tried to palm off on us as a cure to our illegal immigration problems was shot down—by […]

IMMIGRATION BILL DEAD—AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT: DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHS—POWER TO THE PEOPLE
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week we had a tangible demonstration that Democracy—at least the American version—is alive and well. The Amnesty Bill that President Bush and some members of Congress tried to palm off on us as a cure to our illegal immigration problems was […]

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE HELP FROM
MEXICO WITH OUR IMMIGRATION
PROBLEM??
by
Ken Eliasberg
In my previous dealings with Immigration, I briefly noted that illegal immigration is much like illegal drugs, i.e. it is a supply-demand problem. In both instances, the U.S. provides the demand, and Mexico is the supplier. That being the case, why should all enforcement efforts be […]

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE HELP FROM MEXICO WITH OUR IMMIGRATION PROBLEM??
by
Ken Eliasberg
In my previous dealings with Immigration, I briefly noted that illegal immigration is much like illegal drugs, i.e. it is a supply-demand problem. In both instances, the U.S. provides the demand, and Mexico is the supplier. That being the case, why should […]

THE REAL PROBLEM WITH IMMIGRATION
REFORM: NO ONE BELIEVES THAT THE
LAW WILL EVER BE ENFORCED
by
Ken Eliasberg.
At the outset let’s stipulate that both Parties vigorously support “immigration” —after all, aren’t we all either immigrants or descendants of immigrants. This country was settled by immigrants. Moreover, I strongly believe that neither Party’s constituency supports illegal immigration. Finally, […]

THE REAL PROBLEM WITH IMMIGRATION REFORM: NO ONE BELIEVES THAT THE LAW WILL EVER BE ENFORCED
by
Ken Eliasberg.
At the outset let’s stipulate that both Parties vigorously support “immigration” —after all, aren’t we all either immigrants or descendants of immigrants. This country was settled by immigrants. Moreover, I strongly believe that neither Party’s constituency supports […]

WHO’S BEHIND PALESTINIANS KILLING
OTHER PALESTINIANS IN GAZA? ISRAEL
AND AMERICA, OF COURSE
By
Ken Eliasberg
I knew that it was only a matter of time before some clown came forward to tell the world that the problems in Gaza are Israel’s fault (and the U.S.’s as well). And I had a pretty good idea as to who that clown […]

THE FLYING IMAM CONTROVERSY:
ISLAMAPHOBIA OR ISLAMIC INTIMIDATION?
By
Ken Eliasberg
Recent developments in the ongoing nonwar (“non,” at least according to former Senator John Edwards) indicate both the tack that Islam is taking as well as how far the doctrine of “political correctness” has taken us down the road of America’s potential undoing. By now, most […]

IF YOU KNEW THEN WHAT YOU KNOW
NOW, WOULD IT CHANGE YOUR
THINKING IN ANY WAY?
By
Ken Eliasberg
I was reflecting on something that Brit Hume said on Fox News when I opened my email to find the interesting communiqué that I set forth below for your consideration. Before doing so I want to let you know what […]

DEMS POLICIES AND DEFENSE THEREOF II
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week I described the current policy positions of the Dems; this week I want to finish up their foreign policy position and address their typical approach to defending (explaining?) their positions.
Tidying up their foreign policy position, I believe it is safe to say that their position is one […]

DEM’S POLICIES - SOCIALISM &
SURRENDER: DEM’S DEFENSE OF
POLICIES—HOT AIR & HUBRIS
by
Ken Eliasberg
In the last 2 columns I reprised my reaction to liberalism at the time of Bush’s election. Since that time, my reaction has changed only in that I have had 6 more years to see not only just how bankrupt the left is, […]

WHAT’S A LEFTY?—PART II
by
Ken Eliasberg
In my last column I suggested that liberalism, as traditionally constituted, can most appropriately be understood and analysed in 3 separate and distinct contexts, i.e. emotional, political/economic, and consequential. In that earlier column I dealt with the emotional component; in this one, I want to take a look at the remaining […]

WHAT’S CONSITUTES LIBERALISM IN
2007?
by
Ken Eliasberg
Some years back, after I had seen the light, politically speaking, I did a couple of columns for the paper that I wrote for at the time on what being a liberal is all about. I would like to reprise (and update) them here for the benefit of my San Gabriel […]

NO SURRENDER, NO RETREAT—TOM DELAY’S POLITICAL ODYSSEY, AND A
BOOK WELL WORTH READING
by
Ken Eliasberg
I have just finished reading Tom DeLay’s autobiography, and I found it a compelling read. Compelling not merely because DeLay is a man for whom I have the greatest respect, but because it is one of best expositions of the 1994 revolution […]

MOST MUSLIMS ARE PEACEFUL PEOPLE:
BUT SO WERE MOST GERMANS,
JAPANESE, RUSSIANS, AND CHINESE
By
Ken Eliasberg
What I love about the Examiner is its very open-minded approach to debate; it is always ready to entertain views from either side of the aisle, no matter their nature or the energy […]

VIETNAM & IRAQ: AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON & A CRITICAL SIMILARITY
by
Ken Eliasberg
The left has 2 rallying cries that they fall back on whenever they need red meat for their base; where domestic policy is concerned, every scandal, real and imaginary, is linked to Watergate—thus the unending number of
“gates” we have witnessed over the years (the most […]

THE DON IMUS/AL SHARPTON DUST-UP:
FROM FOLLY TO FARCE TO FIASCO
by
Ken Eliasberg
Let’s concede the obvious at the outset—Don Imus’s recent reference to members of the Rutgers ladies basketball team as “nappy headed hos” was more than merely tasteless—it was both inexcusable and stupid (and certainly deserving of some form of punishment). Reasonable men and women […]

SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A TWIG:
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN IS BEGINNING TO
LOOK POSITIVELY COURAGEOUS
by
Ken Eliasberg
There can be no clearer sign of the end of the British Empire than in Britain’s incredibly timid response to Iran’s latest effort to thumb their nose at the West. Why did Iran take such a gamble? Because they figured they could get […]

A HILLARY CLINTON PRESIDENCY:
AMERICA’S WORST NIGHTMARE
by
Ken Eliasberg

A. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS: GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS
AND AN ASSESSMENT
Good News.- Let me give you the good news first, and, while there
is very little of that, whatthere is is significant: HILLARY HAS
BEEN AN INCREDIBLE GIFT TO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.-
She, more than any one else or combination of others, gave
us a Republican […]

MESSAGE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTION ON THE WAR
TO OSAMA—HANG IN THERE, WE’RE
DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO HELP YOU!
by
Ken Eliasberg
Before adjourning for Easter recess, the Senate passed a resolution calling for a deadline for our withdrawal from Iraq, thus joining their bretheren in House in this despicable act of political theatre. It must […]

THE U.S. ATTORNEY KERFUFFLE—MUCH
ADO ABOUT LESS THAN NOTHING
by
Ken Eliasberg
Democrats are determined to follow Oscar Wilde’s old suggestion of never focusing on the necessary when the irrelevant is available. Of course there are obvious reasons for their ceaseless effort to find a scandal where none exists—one is that they have nothing else to offer, and the […]

SANDY BERGER IS A FELON—IF HE
WERE A REPUBLICAN, HE WOULD BE
DOING 10 TO 20 YEARS OF HARD TIME
by
Ken Eliasberg
Sandy Berger, Clinton’s National Security Advisor, admitted that he removed national security documents from the Archives and destroyed some of them. Which documents did he destroy? We’ll never know because they were original documents, and there was […]

WHY WAS SCOOTER LIBBY ON TRIAL,
AND WHY ISN’T SANDY BERGER IN JAIL?
by
Ken Eliasberg
Recent prosecutions have left me with a feeling that Lewis Carroll has taken over our justice system. As I watched 2 Border Patrol agents go to jail while a drug smuggling illegal alien, who they were attempting to apprehend, gets immunity to […]

MILTION FRIEDMAN—1912-2006: DEATH
OF A GIANT
by
Ken Eliasberg
Rarely are you fortunate enough to be in the presence of one of the best minds of this century or any other. I’ve been around a long time, and, during that time, it has been my good fortune to be in the company of the best and the brightest […]

THE 2006 ELECTION AND THE
WAR IN IRAQ: SOME LOOSE ENDS
by
Ken Eliasberg
Regarding elections and why Republicans lost the last one, and why they lose elections that they could otherwise have won—they do an unbelievably lousy job of public relations. This has always been a source of both curiosity and frustration to me. In my opinion, […]

THE 2006 ELECTION: REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE
SUFFERED A DEFEAT, BUT CONSERVATIVE
PRINCIPALS ARE STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week I took a brief look at the the recent election, making passing reference to the sad and sorry state of the Republican party (which, for the sake of the country, I hope is an easily remediable situation). […]

WHAT’S WRONG WITH ACADEMIA, AND
WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT?
By
Ken Eliasberg
What happened to academe? Granted, that it has always had a liberal bent—and very possibly, this is at it should be; idealism is not a bad gift to our youth (as long as it falls short of complete propaganda, and as long as they are […]

HOWARD ZINN—THE MOTHER OF ALL
AMERICA-HATING USEFUL IDIOTS
by
Ken Eliasberg
Perhaps more ubiquitous than even Noam Chomsky is Howard Zinn, professor emeritus (of American history, or at least his version of American history) from Boston University. Author, as previously noted, of A People’s History of the United States. In this Stalinist version of our history, Zinn catalogs […]

MORE ON NOAM CHOMSKY
by
Ken Eliasberg
Chomsky in his own words.- Perhaps a statement that captures the man’s sentiments, as well as his capacity for both duplicity and his flair for exaggeration, is this one of Chomsky’s gems with respect to 9/11:
“The terrorist attacks were major atrocities. In scale they may not
reach the level of many […]

CHOMSKY & ZINN II
by
Ken Eliasberg
I want to spend some time on these 2 guys because it is important that you be aware of them. Why? Because as alluded to last week, in my opinion, no 2 people have done more to try to destroy America than these 2 scholarly academic types To them, the one […]

NOAM CHOMSKY AND HOWARD ZINN:
TWO GUYS WHO MAKE BENEDICT
ARNOLD LOOK LIKE A PATRIOT
by
Ken Eliasberg
You may think that the men and women described in my previous 3 columns are atypical, i.e., the degree of their anti-American sentiments do not represent the vast body of academics that populate the humanities departments in our universities. I only […]

SCHOLARS (?) FOR 9/11 TRUTH (?): AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE UNBELIEVABLY
LOONY ACADEMIC LEFT
by
Ken Eliasberg
Some time back, I was reviewing FrontPageMag. Com which, as you know, is my favorite website, and the first one I go to in the morning, when I came across a column by Tony Rafael, entitled Axis of Lunacy (August 5th). Intrigued […]

THE ALICE-IN-WONDERLAND WORLD OF
ACADEMIA, OR PATRIOTISM THROUGH
THE LOOKING GLASS OF AN ACADEMIC
by
Ken Eliasberg
As you know, I have, from time to time, made it clear that I am less than impressed with many academics, and frankly this saddens me. I grew up with a very healthy respect and high regard for education, in general, […]

A MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS WHEN AN
APOLOGY IS APPROPRIATE
by
Ken Eliasberg
What I love about Democrats is their total inability—no, their unwillingness - to deflect any criticism aimed at America; on the contrary, they seem almost always to buy into any expression of America hating. Either that or they are busy demonstrating our abundance of humanity by […]

LIBERTY FILM FESTIVAL—A BREATH OF
ENTERTAINTAINMENT FRESH AIR
by
Ken Eliasberg
Is it possible that a politically conservative (but honest, accurate, and thoughtfully put together) film can emerge from the miasma of Holllywood? Until fairly recently I would not have bothered to even ask the question, let alone answer it in an affirmative manner. Yet, it is not only […]

HATRED IS NEITHER AN AGENDA NOR A
POLICY: IT IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE
by
Ken Eliasberg
I knew even before the election of George Bush in 2000 that the Left no longer had a policy that was either sound or realistic. In general their position, after even a simple examination of their statements, was that U.S. foreign policy […]

ANOTHER NIGHT AT THE CANDLELIGHT:
“ANYTHING GOES” IS EVERYTHING GOOD
by
Ken Eliasberg
Every now and then I need a break from my beat of politics and world affairs, and the entertainment outlets that I find most satisfying in this regard are theatre, music, and sports (and, of course, literature). And, as many of you know, one of my […]

DEMOCRATS HAVE NO AGENDA—AT
LEAST NOT ONE THEY’RE PREPARED TO
TELL YOU ABOUT
By
Ken Eliasberg
Since George Bush took office in 2003, have any of you seen a positive substantive proposal from the Democrats on any issue? Let me help you—NO. All you hear from the Dems is what they’re against (which is anything that George Bush is […]

POLITICIZING 9/11 AND THE WAR ON
TERROR—PUULLEEASE!!
by
Ken Eliasberg
On December 7, 1941, a day, according to FDR, that will live in infamy, we lost about 2,800 people in Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, a port area in Honolulu, Hawaii, a then American possession (territory). The attack, while sneaky, was aimed at our fleet docked in Pearl […]

WAKE UP AMERICA II
by
Ken Eliasberg
As I indicated last week (and in several other preceding columns), we are at war. Some have chosen to define it in more precise terms, i.e.
WWIII (Newt Gingrich) or WWIV (Norman Podhoretz; he considers the cold war as WWIII). In this regard, I strongly recommend Podhoretz’s article in the September, 2006 […]

WAKE UP AMERICA, “RADICAL” ISLAM IS
CALLING, AND ITS CALLING CARD IS AN
INVITATION TO YOUR WAKE
by
Ken Eliasberg
In a previous column I referred to the current period as a possible 1938 redux, and please bear in mind that I am both positve and optimistic by nature and take a dim view of using melodrama, theatrics or hyperbole […]

WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL? THE
SAME THING THAT APPEARS TO BE
HAPPENING TO AMERICA
by
Ken Eliasberg
After the recent bit of unpleasantness in the Middle East, friends have frequently asked me what happened to Israel “where was their indomitable spirit, their military invincibility, their strategic brilliance, etc., etc.? My answer is simple—the same thing that is happening to us; […]

“PATH TO 9/11” - WHAT WAS CLINTON
AFRAID OF? - THE TRUTH!
by
Ken Eliasberg
As most of you already know, the Clintonistas raised quite a ruckus about ABC’s 5-hour docudrama, Path to 9/11 which aired on September 10th and 11th. They bombarded ABC with requests to cancel the program, culminating in letters from Clinton’s lawyer, Bruce Lindsey (requesting […]

CEASEFIRE II—WHO CARES AND WHO’S KIDDING WHO
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week we looked at winners and losers. This week let’s look at where this all leaves us, i.e. where we are, where we appear to be going, and speculate as to what the long term prospects for the region might be. While we can briefly look at […]

ANOTHER MIDEAST CEASEFIRE—WHO
WINS, WHO LOSES, WHO CARES, AND
WHO’S KIDDING WHO?
by
Ken Eliasberg
Does anyone recall how many ceasefires we have had in the Mideast; I don’t, but it seems to me they’re about as regular as the spring equinox and just about as transitory. Rather than a period at the end of a violent sentence, […]

ISLAMOFASCISM IS THEIR NAME—
TERRORISM IS THEIR GAME
by
Ken Eliasberg
I was delighted to see President Bush, in response to the British Muslim terrorist conspiracy to blow up some 12 planes that were to make the transatlantic run from Britain to the U.S., finally come out and identify the name of our enemies—ISLAMOFASCISTS. After all, how can you […]

CAN WE TALK? : THE JOAN RIVERS
APPROACH TO DIPLOMACY -
NEGOTIATE WITH WHOM? ABOUT WHAT?
by
Ken Eliasberg
At the outset let me make it clear that I wholeheartedly believe in diplomacy—words before war always. That said, what’s the track record of dealing with terrorist governments or terrorists, i.e. how well have peaceful overtures fared when dealing with demonic […]

MIKE WALLACE PROVES THAT THERE IS
INDEED NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL
by
Ken Eliasberg
When I first heard that Mike Wallace was going to interview the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I was surprised; I didn’t realize that Mahmoud was such a social creature (on the other hand, given his religious beliefs, he might have felt […]

LEBANON: ISRAEL’S LOST OPPORTUNITY?
IT WILL BE IF THEY DO NOT CRUSH
HEZBOLLAH
by
Ken Eliasberg
In an earlier column on the current conflagration in the Middle East, I urged Israel to do everything—and when I say everything, I meant (and continue to mean) everything short of nuclear warfare to destroy Hezbollah. My reasoning was extremely simple. Israel is faced […]

CALIFORNIA’S APPROACH TO EDUCATIONAL
TESTING GETS ITS DAY (OR TWO) IN COURT
by
Ken Eliasberg
Our educational system—at all levels—has been sinking like a stone into the waters of abysmal ignorance, spurred on by left-wing egalitarian efforts to confuse equal opportunity with equal results, another arrow in the quiver of multiculturism. This bleeding heart sentiment has led us […]

MASSACRE IN MUMBAI: THE WAR ON
TERROR - A RECAP
by
Ken Eliasberg
On Tuesday, July 11th, radical Islam continued its assault on our sensibilities by savaging hundreds of innocent civilians (yes, professor, there are innocent civilians) in multiple bombings along the commuter railroad system in Mumbai (until recently more commonly known as Bombay). Approximately 150 people were […]

ARABS PROVOKE A WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
AND THE U.N. BLAMES ISRAEL: WHAT’S
WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? THE U.N.
by
Ken Eliasberg
Hostilities have once again broken out in the Middle East. Why? For any number of reasons, not the least of which is that Israel has once again made a substantial peace gesture. What might that […]

THE SUMMERS DEBACLE: A POST MORTEM
by
Ken Eliasberg
From previous columns I’m certain that the reader has no problem in figuring out where I stand with respect to what transpired at Harvard—four square behind Larry Summers—which is really four square behind the cause of higher education (which, over the past 40 years, has almost become an oxymoron—“higher” […]

THE TRAVESTY AT HARVARD: SUMMERS
THROWS IN THE TOWEL
by
Ken Eliasberg
Was Summers’ collision with West his last accident? Unfortunately, no—his next was a real gender bender. No sooner had he been severely chastened by the racial aspect of political correctness, when he ran into the next leg on the stool of politically correct radical liberalism today—feminism!
Speaking at […]

CINDERELLA—A FANTASY COMES TO LIFE
AT THE CANDLIGHT PAVILION
by
Ken Eliasberg
As most of you know, I am a great fan of the Candlelight Pavilion, a cultural center worth its weight in gold. Musical theatre is a luxury that many suburban areas never experience. Good musical theatre is a treat. And the Candlelight Pavilion is, more often […]

THE TRAVESTY AT HARVARD (CONT.)
by
Ken Eliasberg
Picking up where we left off last week with Cornel West, I have to confess to a more personal experience; I actually forced myself to endure one of his presentations to make certain that I was not doing him an injustice. But again, I get ahead of myself. I have […]

ACADEMIA: THE INMATES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ASYLUM OR LARRY SUMMERS
DOES HARVARD
by
Ken Eliasberg
For some time now I have wanted to address the plethora of issues that concern us domestically but have felt compelled to give priority treatment to the “War on Terror.” Why? Because all else pales into insignificance when the stakes of that […]

GOODBYE EUROPE - HELLO EURABIA
by
Ken Eliasberg
From my previous columns one might get the impression that France’s problems were unique. Quite to the contrary, France is merely in the vanguard of decline of what is now not uncommonly referred to as “old Europe.” The overall decline, like that of France, is due to the combination of […]

ABU MUSAB al ZARQAWI IS DEAD—IS IT
THE END OF THE BEGINNING?
by
Ken Eliasberg
June 7, 2006 may turn out to be an historic event in the life of Iraq’s budding democracy. On the very day that the last 3 cabinet positions of Iraq’s newly formed government fell into place, a sworn enemy was removed, thereby considerably strengthening […]

FRANCE’S TURMOIL—FINIS
by
Ken Eliasberg
To wrap up our look at France (which as previously noted, is itself in the process of wrapping up), let’s take a look at socialism (which France has actively practiced, off and on, and which is really at the core of the Democratic party’s domestic agenda in this country) as a contributing factor […]

FRANCE IN TURMOIL II
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week we provided an overview of the causes of France’s downward spiral; let’s take a closer look at her problems (and, in doing so, I want to remind you that her problems could become our problems if we yield to the demands of the left; indeed, they are already becoming […]

TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT FRANCE—AND
PRAY THAT YOU ARE NOT LOOKING
AT YOUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE
by
Ken Eliasberg
France is in turmoil, very possibly experiencing the end of Western Civilization as they (and we) have come to know and enjoy it. Why? A combination of factors, not the least of which is; (1) the path of socialism that […]

THE SILENT MUSLIM MAJORITY- WHERE’S
THE OUTRAGE?
by
Ken Eliasberg
From 9/11 to the present time we have frequently been admonished not to engage in any act of intolerance toward the Muslim community: That Islam is a religion of peace. And I believe that this is as it should be. After all, we are a tolerant people, and […]

ANOTHER NIGHT AT THE
CANDLELIGHT
by
Ken Eliasberg
I am not the Examiner’s theatre critic or culture commentator, but I do like to share with my readers some of themore delightful benefits of being an American. It’s important to analyze our fight with radcial Islam, to be sure, but every now and then it’s just as mportant to keep […]

IRAQ: FINALE—WHAT WOULD THE
DEFEATOCRATS DO DIFFERENTLY?
by
Ken Eliasberg
Let’s assume that everything on which I have opined is wrong, how would the Democrats have handled Iraq? Now you know what they would do because you know what their foreign policy position is. What’s that? Apologize, appease, and surrender. In short, turn everything over to the United Nations, […]

IRAQ: PROGRESS AND PROGNOSIS
by
Ken Eliasberg
Having gone through at great length (too great, I’m sure, for many of my “friends” on the left) various aspects of the War in Iraq, where are we with that war, and where are we going?
Progress.- Where are we? In a far better place than I’d ever thought we’d be, but, […]

IRAQ: AT WHAT POINT DOES CRITICISM
BECOME SEDITION?
by
Ken Eliasberg
While I have gone on at great length in addressing the assorted criticisms that various agents of the left have leveled against the Administration re either the inappropriateness of the manner in which the war in Iraq is being waged, or, worse yet, the war itself, I do […]

A MEMORABLY EXCITING NIGHT AT THE
HAUGH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
by
Ken Eliasberg
Taking a moment away from my treatment of the war in Iraq (don’t worry folks, I’m almost done—just need to put some finishing touches on the project), I want to share with you a most delightful evening that I, my wife, and some friends spent at […]

WHY THE WAR IN IRAQ IS NOT JUST THE
RIGHT WAR, BUT A CONFRONTATION
THAT WAS LONG OVERDUE
by
Ken Eliasberg
Setting aside 9/11 as the occasion (or excuse, depending on one’s perspective), for our involvement in Iraq, let’s just take a look at our last 25 or 30 years in the Middle East. Also, let’s set aside, at […]

IRAQ: THE LEFT’S CRITICISMS VII—SOME
ODDS AND ENDS
by
Ken Eliasberg
In previous columns, I addressed most of the left’s significant criticisms (and, in referring to these criticisms as significant, I realize that I’m being extremely generous). In this column, I would like to clean up the various bits and pieces of the left’s alleged concerns. You know, stuff […]

IRAQ: THE LEFT’S CRITICISMS—VI
by
Ken Eliasberg
Moving right along with our evaluation of the left-wing’s attack on the war in Iraq (which, as previously noted, is no more than a thinly veiled attack on Geroge Bush; God help us if these guys are ever placed back in charge of National Security), let’s take a look at a […]

IRAQ: THE LEFT’S CRITICISMS—V
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week, in dealing with the left’s “substantive” complaints as to how the war in Iraq is being waged we focused only on the alleged inadequacies of the “plan.” This week let’s take a look at a few more of these threadbare substantive complaints—specifically, (1) our losses, (2) the absence of […]

IRAQ: THE LEFT’S CRITICISMS—IV
by
Ken Eliasberg
Having dealt with the criticism of the left directed to the validity of the war—i.e. the appropriateness of our engaging in it—let’s take a look at their criticism directed to the manner in which the war is being conducted. Here again, there is no shortage of criticism, and, here again, it […]

WAR—IF YOU’RE IN IT, WIN IT!!:
LOSING IT WOULD BE A CATASTROPHE
by
Ken Eliasberg
As I pointed out last week, we have not been fighting this war to win it; our effort has been more one of containment than one whose goal is victory. And here we run into the definitional problem raised by the not so loyal […]

IRAQ: THE LEFT’S CRITICISMS III
by
Ken Eliasberg
Up to, and including, now, I have been concerned exclusively with those criticisms of the war—all of which are spurious in my opinion - which are directed essentially at the war’s validity. That is, those criticisms which address the form of the war, rather than its substance. We’ll finish those […]

IRAQ: THE ISG REPORT AND THE “SERGE”
- SHOULD EITHER BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY?
by
Ken Eliasberg
The major issue confronting the country today—and the principal reason for the recent Republican defeat—is the war in Iraq. The President, correctly, in my opinion, believes that Iraq is an integral part of the war on terror, while the Dems seem to […]

IRAQ: THE LEFT’S CRITICISMS—II
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week we looked at the left’s assertions regarding oil as the basis for our Iraqi excursion, and, at least to my satisfaction, found them lacking in any probative value. Let’s take a look at a few of the other arguments that the left has offered up as a basis for […]

IRAQ: THE LEFT’S CRITICISMS - I
by
Ken Eliasberg
From 9/11 onward, even before our movement into Afghanistan, let alone Iraq, the radical left has constantly sounded the alarm about the dangers of a misadventure in the Middle East (one can’t help but wonder, is there any war that they are prepared to fight—except, of course, their unrelenting […]

IN A WMD ERA, PRE-EMPTION MAY BE
OUR ONLY REALISTIC OPTION
By
Ken Eliasberg
After clearing the WMD hurdle—at least to my satisfaction, as well I believe, to the satisfaction of any objective, sentient human being—the next obstacle that the defeatocrats put in the path of toppling Iraq is that of pre- emption, i.e. it is unseemly for the […]

IRAQ: WMD II
by
Ken Eliasberg
Last week we looked at various statements and events pointing clearly to the fact that Iraq was in possession of WMD. Let’s continue and conclude the WMD facet of the war in Iraq. Before looking at other events, I want to remind the reader of the Kenneth Pollack book (The Threatening […]

THE 2006 ELECTION: DEMS DIDN’T WIN, REPUBLICANS LOST - AND THEY
DESERVED TO LOSE
By
Ken Eliasberg
I postponed any effort to deal with the recent election because I was more concerned with what’s happening, or, on a less positive note, what’s already happened, to our educational system. It tells you a great deal about what’s happening in our […]

THE SORRY STATE OF ACADEMIA: SOME LOOSE ENDS AND CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT

by
Ken Eliasberg
Setting aside the issues of either bias and/or competence in the hallowed halls of our universities’ humanity departments, there is the more fundamental question of whether our kids are learning anything—which, after all, is the bottom line of any inquiry […]

IRAQ: THE RIGHT WAR, IN THE RIGHT PLACE,
AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND APPROPRIATELY CONDUCTED BY THE RIGHT POWER—AMERICA
by
Ken Eliasberg
For some time I have been promising—some might say threatening -to deal more completely with the war in Iraq. Specifically, to demonstrate that not only did we do the right thing, but, more to the point, […]

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: A LOOK AT OUR OPTIONS
by
Ken Eliasberg
While we have discussed this topic at some length, dealing with the problem, the costs, the benefits, some proposed reform measures, there remain significant questions as to both the will for reform and the appropriate form that such reform would take. Let’s examine our options, and let’s do […]

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: COSTS AND SOME
PROPOSED REFORM MEASURES
by
Ken Eliasberg
One could write endlessly about the problems associated with illegal immigration, and, indeed, they have—just enter “illegal immigration” or “illegal immigration reform” under google and you will find13,500,000 entries under the former and 3,790,000 under the latter. Unfortunately deeds have been slow to follow words. Nonetheless, this […]

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION + MULTICULTURISM =
THE DESTRUCTION OF A NATIONAL IDENTITY
by
Ken Eliasberg
A problem one encounters with immigration in general, and illegal immigration in particular, is the ability of the host country to absorb the immigrant into its mainstream, i.e. that the immigrant transfer his loyalty from the country of origin to the […]

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED—
EXECUTE TOOKIE WILLIAMS
by
Ken Eliasberg
In evaluating the Tookie Williams execution, two things should be kept in mind: (1) A decided majority of the American people believe in, and approve of, the death penalty, and (2) to postpone punishment to a point when the original crime is almost beyond memory undermines the […]

IMMIGRATION: WHAT PART OF “ILLEGAL”
DON’T OUR LEADERS UNDERSTAND?
by
Ken Eliasberg
Next to national security, the issue that figures to play a major—if not determinative—role in the election of 2008 (and, very possibly, the one in 2006) is immigration. Illegal immigration, to be more precise. And that point should be made early and often in any discussion: […]

MIERS - THE CRITICS AND THEIR CRITICISM:
HOW WILL IT PLAY OUT WITH ALITO?
by
Ken Eliasberg
As previously indicated, the Miers selection brought forth a torrent of criticism—FROM HARD CORE MEMBERS OF BUSH’S BASE! The unusual aspect of this nomination was that the left never even got into the picture (they were having too much fun watching the […]

RESULTS OF SPECIAL ELECTION:
PUBLIC UNIONS WIN—CALIFORNIA LOSES
by
Ken Eliasberg
I was brought up to be a gracious loser, but when that loss is the result of total and complete dishonesty, graciousness doesn’t even begin to describe my feelings re this election, the results of which are both distressing and deplorable. California’s public unions spent well over […]

ALITO: BUSH SNATCHES VICTORY FROM THE
JAWS OF DEFEAT
by
Ken Eliasberg
I cannot tell you how delighted I am—and how fortunate the country is (or will be, once the Democrats have finished with their temper tantrum, provide us with a little kabuki theatre, and been forced to yield to the inevitable)—with Bush’s recent nominee to the Supreme Court, […]

MIERS REVISITED: WHAT WAS ALL THE
FUSS ABOUT?
by
Ken Eliasberg
As previously indicated, many Republican columnists and commentators were, to say the least, deeply disappointed in the nomination of Harriet Miers And these are men and women who are typically quite restrained in voicing criticism of this president and very measured on those occasions when they feel […]

MIER(’S) REMORSE: CRONYISM, COWARDICE
AND CAPITULATION OR JUST INCREDIBLY
BAD JUDGEMENT?
by
Ken Eliasberg
The selection of Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O’Connor tells us virtually nothing about Ms. Miers, but it may tell us a great deal about George W. Bush - perhaps a great deal more than many of us conservatives wanted to know. Let me make […]

PROPS. 74-77 - A WRAP UP: A YES VOTE IS A NO-
BRAINER AND AN ABSOLUTE MUST
by
Ken Eliasberg
Perhaps the simplest way to validate an affirmative vote on Props. 74 through 77 is to remind yourself of why we are going through this special election process. Why should you be called upon to do the legislature’s job? […]

PROP. 76: WHAT PART OF LIVING WITHIN YOUR
MEANS DOESN’T ORGANIZED LABOR
UNDERSTAND?
by
Ken Eliasberg
Before we take a look at the details of Prop. 76, commonly referred to as The Live Within Our Means Act, it might be helpful if we once again recall where we are and how we got here. That is, why did we have […]

PROP. 74: TENURE FOR TEACHERS ONLY AFTER
A REASONABLE TRIAL PERIOD IS ONLY
REASONABLE
by
Ken Eliasberg
Based on the completely over-the-top ranting that the Teacher’s Unions are spewing all over the media, one would think that this proposition—prop. 74 - was coming up with some outrageous test that a teacher-in-training would have to meet before she(he) secured a virtual […]

PROP. 75: PAYCHECK PROTECTION INTENDED TO ELIMINATE PAYCHECK EXTORTION
by
Ken Eliasberg
Proposition 75, commonly known as the paycheck protection proposition, is simple and direct. It merely empowers a member of a public union to authorize the union’s use of that portion of his union dues relegated to political action of some sort—i.e. lobbying for a political […]

THE UPCOMING SPECIAL ELECTION: A KEY AS TO HOW MUCH ABUSE CALIFORNIANS WILL
TOLERATE
By
Ken Eliasberg
In the next four or five columns I want to take a close look at some of the measures that Californians are being asked to pass upon in November. In doing so, I implore you to take a careful look at […]

THE FAR EAST: SOME INTERESTING, AND
POSSIBLY TROUBLING, DEVELOPMENTS
By
Ken Eliasberg
Within the last 60 days a couple of things have happened which, while I consider noteworthy, seem to have passed entirely under the media radar screen. Two in particular seem significant—(1) South Korea has expressed its acceptance of North Korea’s interest in developing its nuclear capacity […]

JANE FONDA AND THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT “
WHAT ARE THEY ALL ABOUT?
by
Ken Eliasberg
I always get a kick out of the term anti-war; it suggests that there are some people who are pro-war almost without regard to the circumstances. Or, conversely, there are some people who are against war, whatever the circumstances. And there are. There are […]

CINDY SHEEHAN DOESN’T SPEAK FOR ME OR,
THANK GOD, FOR MOST OF AMERICA
It is not my custom, nor that of this paper, to have columnists praise one another with respect to a particular column. It is a custom that I would have honored, had it not been for a guest column by a Professor Schaffer taking […]

JANE FONDA—ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR: THIS IS ONE OLD DOG THAT
REFUSES TO LEARN A NEW TRICK
by
Ken Eliasberg
She’s baaaack—and picking up right where she left off in the early

A POLITICAL PARADOX—DEMOCRATS CAN’T HANDLE BEING LOSERS, AND REPUBLICANS CAN’T SEEM TO ADJUST TO BEING WINNERS
By
Ken Eliasberg
Watching the John Bolton episode unfold I couldn’t help but think that this was some form of parody of a bad soap opera. Actually, Bolton was just the frosting on the cake of Democratic obstructionism. Whether it was judicial […]

AMERICA IS NOT JUST A GREAT COUNTRY, IT’S A GOOD COUNTRY
by
Ken Eliasberg
Every day I wake up energized by the realization that I reside in the greatest civilization in the history of the world. I can accept—though less than tolerantly—the criticism from abroad. This is mere jealousy, either due to the decline and fall of their […]

THE AMERICAN FIGHTING MAN—SOMEONE WHO REMINDS US DAILY OF WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT AMERICA
by
Ken Eliasberg
I never cease to be amazed at the uncommon decency of the common man—there is something noble about him (or her, as the case may be). And, nowhere is this nobility more manifest than in our young men and women who […]

CANDICE JACKSON’S “THEIR LIVES” -A LOOK AT HOW THE CLINTONS AND N.O.W.
REALLY FEEL ABOUT WOMEN
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Ken Eliasberg
When we looked at Ed Klein’s recent exposition of Hillary Clinton, we dealt with the What and When of what Hillary knew as well as the lengths that she (and her husband) would go to get her […]

MORE KLEIN ON THE REAL HILLARY CLINTON
by
Ken Eliasberg
Continuing with our discussion of Ed Klein’s recent biography of Hillary Clinton—which, again, I cannot recommend too strongly—let me make several observations, which I believe reflects the gist of Klein’s excellent effort to capture the “real” Hillary. Taking off from the title “i.e. What She Knew, When She […]

ED KLEIN ON HILLARY CLINTON -“
A MUST READ BOOK
By
Ken Eliasberg
I’m sure that by now almost all of you have heard of the new biography on Hillary Clinton by Ed Klein. It’s entitled The Truth About Hillary—What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She’ll go to Become President.
And it is, in every […]

TO RICHARD NIXON - A BELATED APOLOGY
by
Ken Eliasberg
For six weeks in May and June I had the good fortune to attend a seminar on America’s role in the world. It was sponsored by the Richard Nixon Library, facilitated by Bruce Herschensohn, and populated by an exceptional group of bright, involved, and interesting people. Thanks to […]

MARK FELT AND LINDA TRIPP: A DICKENSIAN
TALE OF TWO STANDARDS
by
Ken Eliasberg
Well, now we know who “deep throat” is - does anyone really care? Deep throat has not only lost all of his historical value, but the revelation of his identity has purged his name of any heroic quality with which his persona had been […]

TENSIONS IN THE FAR EAST ARE TROUBLING
by
Ken Eliasberg
With most of the world’s attention understandably focused on the Middle East, it is not surprising that the media has been less focused on another trouble spot—the Far East—where tensions could ultimately prove to be both more disturbing and more dangerous. My last column on this topic (4/6/05) […]

CHINA’S SABER RATTLING CAUSE FOR CONCERN
by
Ken Eliasberg
It has been some time since the Far East’s “sleeping giant,” China, awakened, and since then she has not always been friendly in her state of wakefulness. Recently, she has stepped up her saber rattling behavior in a disturbing, and certainly menacing, manner. Two of her recent efforts warrant […]

DID BUSH LIE ABOUT WMD IN IRAQ? NO!
by
Ken Eliasberg
A popular and oft-repeated rant by the radical, anti-american far left crowd is that Bush lied about Iraq being in possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). I’m sure you’ve all heard the now familiar bromide—Bush Lied, Men Died. Actually, in a different, saner era, a statement […]

A PRELUDE TO A DISCUSSION OF THE WAR
IN IRAQ: A MESSAGE TO DEFEATOCRATS
by
Ken Eliasberg
In ensuing columns I intend to deal with the war in Iraq in considerable detail. But, by way of a tongue in cheek introduction to the topic, I would like to share an email that I received from a friend. While […]