Category Archives: Politics

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (December 2011 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, January 6, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bush vs. Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 28 Comments

Protecting Stupid People from Themselves at Taxpayer Expense

Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

On Wednesday, President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “without Senate approval under the constitutional provision for making appointments when lawmakers are in recess.” This appointment begs an obvious question. In an era of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Policy, Politics, Taxes | Tagged CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Cretinous Fool Protection Bureau | 42 Comments

Promises, Promises: Why Hope Is Not a Method

Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Many Democrats continue to blame President Bush for the painfully slow economic recovery. This scapegoating persists despite the facts that Democrats controlled both houses of Congress from 2006 to 2010, and that the country is three years into the Obama … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Leadership, Policy, Politics, Predictions | Tagged Christina Romer, Democrats, President Obama, Recovery Act, Republicans, Stimulus Bill, Unemployment | 6 Comments

The Young, the Pragmatic, and the Ideological

Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Early entrance polls from CBS show a three-way race among Ron Raul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. According to the network, Paul’s supporters tend to be “male, younger, and many are first-time caucus goers.” Romney’s voters care most about electability, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Leadership, Politics | Tagged Democrats, Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul | 24 Comments

Communitarian vs. Free Market Conservativism

Posted on Saturday, December 31, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Yesterday, David Brooks posted an interesting column where he suggested there are two great poles of conservatism: communitarian conservatism and free market conservatism. In this column, Brooks presents communitarian conservatism as a tradition “that goes back to thinkers like Russell Kirk … Continue reading →

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Posted in Leadership, Policy, Politics | Tagged 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Communitarian conservatism, David Brooks, Free market capitalism | 5 Comments

Top 10 Predictions for 2012

Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Last year, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of the year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right 50% of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Central Asia, China, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Investing, Leadership, Media, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War | Tagged 2012 Predictions, Barack Obama, Decision 2012, Democrats, Iran, Iraq, Kim Jong Un, Mitt Romney, North Korea, Oil, Republicans | 4 Comments

The Conflict over Iran’s Nuclear Program Continues

Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

On December 20th, I cataloged several incidents that occurred during the past two years, indicating that a covert war between the West (including Israel) and Iran was well underway. In recent days, several prominent American defense officials have begun signaling that the conflict … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, Terrorism, War | Tagged Amir Mirzai Hekmati, Covert War, Fereydoun Abbasi, GCC, General Martin Dempsey, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Iran's nuclear program, Isfahan, Leon Panetta, Majid Shahriari, Nuclear proliferation, Obama Administration, OPEC, UAE, United Arab Emirates | 3 Comments

ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part VII): A Strong National Defense Is the Cornerstone of a Robust Republic

Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing | Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR | 5 Comments

Liberal Hypocrites and Their “Fair Share”

Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I discovered the following Daily Caller video courtesy of American Elephants. The video highlights wealthy Democrats who are advocating for the top 1% in income to pay their “fair share.” When the Daily Caller reporter in this video provides these … Continue reading →