Roger Kimball

The Washington Post Pay-to-Play Scandal: Was Anyone Really Surprised?

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

The real story has as much to do with journalistic irrelevance as journalistic integrity. (Also read Ed Driscoll's Credibility: You're Doing it Wrong, MSM)

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It’s Not Easy Being Green

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

The aura of piety that surrounds environmentalism has effectively immunized it against ridicule. (Also read Roger L. Simon: My Liberal Friends Don't Want to Talk About Global Warming Anymore)

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The Potemkin Presidency Meets a Moment of Sanity in the New York Times

Monday, June 29th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

A robust challenge to Obama's health care plan appears ... in the Times. Written by a Harvard professor.

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Energy Tax Bill Is a Nightmare for Main Street (Updated)

Friday, June 26th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

How much will Obama's cap-and-trade scheme cost you and your family? (Update: How America became a third-world country with first-world feelings of moral superiority)

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Announcing the ‘Save Frank Rich’ Society

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

A man of his talents should really be elsewhere — writing PR for ACORN, for example.

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D-Day and the Air-Sickness Bag

Sunday, June 7th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

"A sort of god" at Normandy. (Also read Claudia Rosett: Other Way Round, in Normandy)

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Why You Should Oppose Sonia Sotomayor’s Nomination to the Supreme Court

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

The first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court believes that the job of judges is to make the law, not uphold it.

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Join a Freedom Brigade Near You

Monday, May 25th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

What we need now are additional recruits to the cause of prosperity of the United States and the freedoms of its citizens.

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The Meaning of Obama, Part II: When Words Don’t Have Meaning

Sunday, May 17th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

When it comes to spending, the message is "do as I say, not as I do."

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The Meaning of Obama

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 - by Roger Kimball

When it comes to money, Obama seems curiously divided in his mind.

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