Being on a business trip for a week makes it hard to keep up with blogging. And being on the US west coast helps with the realization that the world doesn’t revolve around Eastern time. <\/p>\n
On with the links.<\/p>\n
Obama is invoking Reagan a lot these days, trying to promote his agenda. But as Steven Hayward notes<\/a>, Obama takes Reagan’s words out of the context of the politics and the times in which they were spoken. <\/p>\n Just prior to Reagan, Jimmy Carter worked with the dictatorship of North Korea to send food in return for not pursuing nukes. In light of the recent (failed) N. Korea missile launch, you have to wonder why we thought it was a good idea to strike bargains with megalomaniacs<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Hillary Rosen remarks, condemning Anne Romney for being a stay-at-home mom tipped the hand of the Democrats as to what they really think of women who make that choice. (Because, as with everything else from the Left, it’s not about the principle so much as it is the politics). On the Right, some were suggesting that we don’t need to worry about this because it means stooping to their level to respond to "Rosen-gate". But Ben Howe points out that, yes, this issue is worth our time and effort to respond to<\/a>.<\/p>\n Irony Alert: For the third year in a row, Democrats punt on the budget<\/a>, while at the same time accusing the Paul Ryan budget of being irresponsible.<\/p>\n