David Harsanyi
David Harsanyi
David Harsanyi is an American political pundit. He is a nationally syndicated columnist and senior editor at The Federalist. He is a former editor of Human Events and opinion columnist at The Denver Post. His writings on politics and culture have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, National Review, Reason, Christian Science Monitor, Jerusalem Post, The Globe and Mail, The Hill, Sports Illustrated Online, and other publications...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive power - not by a longshot. But he has to be the first president in American history to overtly and consistently argue that he's empowered to legislate if Congress doesn'€™t pass the laws he favors. It's an argument that's been mainstreamed by partisans and cheered on by those in media desperate to find a morsel of triumph in this presidency.
Obama acknowledges his overreach openly every time he argues that he intends to do the job of an obstinate Republican congress.
Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging offensive ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.
A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike.
Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy.
I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more suffering than it alleviates.
Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.
In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination.
Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.
Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level.
Are you sick and tired of these moralizing moralizers imposing their morality on the rest of us? I know I am.
Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their critical thinking.
Washington has a mysterious power to turn perfectly reasonable, wholesome, well-meaning human beings into equivocating crooked gasbags.
The deepest mystery of Twitter is why celebrities and elected officials take part. After all, we all know they can't write their own lines.