Thursday Links!

A most excellent article from the Heritage Foundation, which gives a brief history of the conservative movement, discusses the poles within the movement and suggests a way forward.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Thought/hl1120.cfm

 

Arlen Specter, tale of his turn-coat maneuver from his local paper

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPECTER_SWITCH?SITE=RIPAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

…and commentary (from RedState.com)  http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/29/blackballing-toomey-and-hating-demint/

…and more commentary (from the National Review)

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjFlNDlhM2JmYjkwMTE2YmQ3NTA3YzYxNzExYjEyMzM=

 

Gov. Mark Sanford pens another excellent op-ed http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/localvoices/story/825030.html

 

RNC Chair Michael Steele’s editorial assessment of Obama’s first 100 days http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31603&s=rcmp

 

Just a curiosity: Obama’s first 100 days, as reported by the Arab News

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=122023&d=29&m=4&y=2009

 

A grim economic assessment from my favorite periodical http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=13527685

 

Let’s regulate those evil farmers markets!  How safe could farm-fresh produce picked a couple hours ago actually be?  We need the FEDERAL government to keep an eye on these folks!!! (sadly this is exactly what H.R. 875 will do) http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/003784.html

 

Monetarism is dead. LONG LIVE MONETARISM!  http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_2_economist-anna-schwartz.html

 

Senator Tom Coburn (also an M.D.) co-authors an excellent article on the dangers of  the  Democrats current direction for health care reform http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-tom-coburn/health-care-reform-that-w_b_191730.html

 

Years of gov’t interference in the market may have led to a shortage of doctors.  Now the gov’t is worrying about why there’s not enough doctors for their expansive plans: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/health/policy/27care.html?_r=2&hp

 

Just a little fun: a YouTube video from “Red State Update” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZq-IANznlE&feature=channel_page

~ by maddmedic on April 30, 2009.