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Alan Caruba

Editor's Note: Alan passed away on June 15, 2015. He will be greatly missed

Alan Caruba: A candle that goes on flickering in the dark.

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Political Twilight Zones

Those of an older generation may still remember the popular television show, “The Twilight Zone.” It featured spooky stories every week about people encountering events that defied reality.
- Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Tell me again. What is this Election About?

This was supposed to be a campaign decided by the issue of bringing troops home from Iraq. That had been Barack Obama’s theme over months of campaigning in the primaries.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Democrats Want to Add More Than a Half-Million Foreign Workers

At a time when the official unemployment rate has reached 6.1%, the highest since September 2003, the Democrats in Congress want to add 550,000 more Green Card holders, above the one million immigrants they already plan to welcome. That’s the word from NumbersUSA.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008

United (Nations) Deceptions

The British newspaper, The Observer, had an article about the views of Dr. Rajendra Patchauri, the chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “UN says eat less meat to curb global warming” was the headline.
- Monday, September 8, 2008

Democrat Deceptions about Oil

Lost amidst the many speeches delivered at the Democrat Convention was one by Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada. He is the Senate Majority Leader and, as such, controls the legislative agenda in that upper house of Congress. Harry Reid hates oil, but then, so does the Democrat Party.
- Sunday, September 7, 2008

The GOP Morning After

Republicans woke up on Saturday morning with the realization they have nominated one of the most liberal candidates for President in decades. After eight years of George W. Bush who didn’t veto a single spending bill until after the GOP lost control of Congress in 2006, and after ballooning budgets and deficits, Republicans in Washington, D.C. have become Democrats.
- Saturday, September 6, 2008

Voter Fatigue

When the Republican convention concludes with a speech by John McCain, a lot of people from both parties or no parties are going to heave a great sigh of relief. We all will have had two weeks of the most intense media concentration on matters political and it induces fatigue.
- Thursday, September 4, 2008

AhMADinejad

Mamoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, was bouncing off the walls in August. Hardly a day went by without his getting crazier and crazier about Zionism, Israel, and Jews in general. The last guy who talked like this was Adolf Hitler and he started World War Two.
- Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Pesticide-Free Does Not Mean Pest-Free!

In my home State of New Jersey we have a woman going around convincing one city and town after another to pass “pesticide free” resolutions and regulations in the name of protecting children in schools or people using parks for recreation or relaxation.
- Wednesday, September 3, 2008

A Palin Family Problem

Let’s face it. A lot of born-again Christians are going to have to swallow hard to find any good news in the report that Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant.
- Tuesday, September 2, 2008

A Message from Mother Nature,

Hurricane Gustav is just another example of Mother Nature’s basic message to mankind.
- Monday, September 1, 2008

Playing God with “Endangered” Species

In mid-August Barack Obama had this to say about a White House decision regarding the Endangered Species Act: “After over 30 years of successfully protecting our nation’s most endangered wildlife like the bald eagle, we should be looking for ways to improve it, not weaken it.
- Sunday, August 31, 2008


Women Who Rule

If you think about it, the U.S. is decades behind other nations that have been led by women. The United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, comes rapidly to mind, along with her extraordinary partnership with Ronald Reagan. Then there’s Indira Gandhi who led India for while and, of course, Israel’s Golda Meir.
- Saturday, August 30, 2008

Some Speeches are Better Than Others

Some speeches are better than others. Sen. Barack Obama knows how to deliver a speech, but his acceptance speech was familiar stuff to anyone who has been listening to politicians as long as I have. Permit me a bit of cynicism because sometimes it allows you to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- Friday, August 29, 2008

Obama’s Incredibly Shrinking Voter Base

As we watch the Democrat Convention with its divisions and disappointments, it strikes me that Barack Obama’s voter base is shrinking. Considering that he is locked into a virtual tie so far as polling results are concerned, by November we well may be looking at a Democrat shut-out, at least at the top of the ticket.
- Thursday, August 28, 2008

Thirty Years of a Failed Democrat Energy Policy

Millions will tune in to hear Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech as the Democrat Party’s choice to be the next President of the United States. For Americans, the need to pay particular attention to his speech is essential if we are to escape thirty years of a failed Democrat energy policy.
- Thursday, August 28, 2008

Michelle Loves Barack

I am happy to report that Michelle Obama loves her husband, Barack, and their two girls. She loved her father and, although her mother was in the audience, did not once say she loved her too.
- Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Tonight’s TV Schedule. What to Watch?

Decisions, decisions. What to watch tonight? Turns out that, starting on Monday, all the television networks have decided that 10 PM is soon enough to go live at the Democrat Convention. This means most viewers will still be able to watch NBC’s “Deal or No Deal.”
- Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Change ‘Till You Barf!

In the run-up to the opening of the Democrat convention Monday evening, I listened to the usual Democrat politicians being interviewed on the Sunday shows and it did not take long until it occurred to me that I was, in fact, watching a group of automatons who had been programmed to say “change” as often as possible.
- Monday, August 25, 2008

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