Alan Caruba

Cold and Colder

Joe Bastardi, the Chief Long-Range Forecaster at AccuWeather, has released his 2008-09 Winter Season Forecast addressing issues of average temperature and precipitation that will impact the nation.

A Dangerous Place for Jews

The world has always been a dangerous place in which to be a Jew.

Who Actually Votes?

Given that we know the mainstream media is utterly devoted to electing Barack Obama, virtually everything they report and interpret will be favorable to his campaign, including the latest spate of polls showing he has gained a lead.

The 1930s Redux

The nation’s economy is caught in a perfect storm. We are looking at an international tsunami of fear. Investors are dumping their stock holdings. Credit has hit a choke point making it difficult for banks and lending institutions to make the loans that are the ocean of trust and optimism upon which our economy floats.

A Month of Campaign Madness

This is what you need to keep in mind between now and November 4th. It will be a month of complete political madness. Nothing you hear or read has any purpose other than to get you to commit to one candidate or the other.

The Ethanol Election Issue

The issue of the nation’s financial and economic security is likely to dominate the November 4 election. Earlier in the campaign cycle we might have assumed that foreign affairs and energy would be uppermost on the minds of voters, but we’re told that, ultimately, voters vote their pocketbooks.

No Joy in Mudville

As in the case of Mighty Casey at the Bat, unless John McCain comes out swinging for the remaining two debates, there will be no joy in Mudville after Election Day.

A Heartbeat Away

At a dinner for Nobel Prize winners in 1962, President John F. Kennedy said that those present constituted “probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.”

The Great Veep Debate: A Preview

Thursday night will be the great debate between the vice presidential candidates, Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin. Pundits are already predicting who will win or lose depending on their political preference.

Politics Versus Economics

Congress reminds me a lot of the Wizard of Oz these days. They keep telling us to ignore the man behind the curtain, but they are the man behind the curtain.

If I Were a Republican Strategist

If I were a Republican Strategist right now I would be licking my lips, rubbing my hands together, and probably drooling a bit over the prospect of hanging this “sub-prime” mess around the necks of the Democrats in general and Barack Obama in particular. Fannie Mae

Democrats Caused the Financial Meltdown

There is something genuinely sickening about seeing Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and others trying to stick President Bush and the Republicans with the blame for the financial meltdown that has put the American taxpayer in hock for the problem they created.

Why Americans Can’t Get U.S. Oil

Aside from the fact the Democrats in Congress are trying to fool Americans into believing they are “lifting” the ban on off-shore exploration and drilling for oil, the opposition to our domestic oil companies by both Democrats and radical environmental groups lies at the heart of why America is so dependent on foreign oil.

Gore the Vandal

Did you see the news item about Al Gore’s speech this week in which he urged “civil disobedience” to stop the construction of coal-fired plants to meet our nation’s growing need for more electrical power?

When Republicans Act Like Democrats

My friend, Don Devine, in addition to being a vice chairman of the American Conservative Union, edits its “Conservative Battleline” and is a contributor to it. If you want to know how and what a true conservative thinks, you could do no better than to read Dr. Devine’s writings.

Needed: A Calm Approach to a Very Big Problem

Your local bank isn’t called a “trust” for nothing. The only thing that keeps the banking and investment community going is trust. And liquidity. Money moving in and out. Since they underwrite all business and industrial expansion—essential for capitalism to succeed—that trust is essential.

Social Justice or a Bad Idea?

I have a close family member who is as liberal as I am conservative. We talk every day and, mostly, we avoid discussing politics. Most of us have family members whose politics differ from our own and most of us are wise enough to avoid such discussions.

The Real Winner or Loser?

It is a truism that all national elections are crucial to the future of the nation. We choose a President and a Vice President, along with a whole bunch of other candidates whom we believe will do the best job of guiding the affairs of the nation.

If They Knew It Was Going to Happen

The September 29 cover of Business Week asks, “Is It Safe Yet? Inside, it has a page titled, “Lessons Not Learned.”

Assigning Blame

After listening to a week’s worth of “explanations” about why the financial system of the United States was in trouble, it occurred to me that, if we were China, a whole bunch of guys would have been hauled into stadiums in New York and Washington, D.C., and publicly executed.