There’s a memorable episode of “Seinfeld” in which George invents a fake organization called the Human Fund, to fool coworkers into believing that a gift was made on their behalf to a seemingly worthwhile cause. In dreaming up an innocuous, patriotic-sounding name the writers might just as well have called it the American Future Fund.Thing is, the American Future Fund [Read More]

Making Sense, By Michael ReaganNobody questions Barack Obama’s talent as an effective orator — it’s more a question of what he says than how he says it.With or without those omnipresent teleprompters, the president is failing to connect to the majority of his fellow Americans, mainly because they emphatically disagree with most of the snake-oil policies he’s trying to sell [Read More]

Beware of the Shifting, Seasonal Political Conventional WisdomIndependent’s Eye by Joe GandelmanMANCHESTER, New Hampshire ““ This year’s New Hampshire autumn was strange. Until September’s final days it was hot and then there was a sudden downpour, an abrupt cooling — and leaves started changing color within one weekend.Just like the conventional wisdom suddenly changing as a hot media narrative moves [Read More]