Obama is talking to voters as though he is their boss, or their principal, or their father. He is not any of those things. He is their employee. And employers don't like it when their employees yell at them - even if their employees have it right. John Podhoretz bosemployeeemployer share on social
Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else. John Podhoretz businesscentercreation Change image and share on social
Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an occasion for ludicrous artistic posturing - and now to something very close to parody. John Podhoretz artisticclosegrief Change image and share on social
Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president. John Podhoretz accuseelectorateinsult Change image and share on social
The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't. John Podhoretz backborrowfuture Change image and share on social
Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change. John Podhoretz changeculturepop Change image and share on social
This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne. John Podhoretz attackflingfray Change image and share on social
I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion. John Podhoretz altermancivilityeric Change image and share on social
Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what is happening and what may happen. John Podhoretz contestdesperateelectoral Change image and share on social
