Mike Smith

Smoking is healthier than fascism

A few days ago, WCAX filed a brief story whose title and contents summarize everything that is wrong with our society's current attitude toward smoking. I'll reproduce it here in full.It turns out there is an upside...

Following abortionist's murder, hypocrisy abounds on the Left, not the Right

Another abortion doctor is dead, and the gloating has already begun.Not from the mainstream pro-life Right, mind you, which has largely condemned the cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller (at a Sunday service in his Kansas church...

Why Sonia Sotomayor's racism must remain an issue

In the face of the impending confirmation of Court of Appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States, Senate Republicans are lining up to bend over before the P.C. police.Associated Press reported that in...

Bernie on another witch hunt: get the speculators!

Senator Bernie Sanders (I, VT) is on another self-important crusade... against oil speculators, of course. With Barack Obama having set the standard, picking on the private sector is definitely “in.”Darren Perron of WCAX reported yesterday, &ldquo...

Sheer brilliance from Obama's Energy Secretary: paint your roof white!

When I first laid eyes on this story, I sincerely hoped it was a joke.AFP reported yesterday that “U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said... the Obama Administration wanted to paint roofs an energy-reflecting white, as he...

Global Warming: who's really taking nature for granted?

Not very long ago, I was making an ill-advised nighttime drive through New Hampshire's White Mountain region on my way to a New Year's celebration. Alone and in the utter middle of nowhere without cell phone service...

An independent Vermont must reject the Imperial Presidency

President Obama's “green job commissar” (oh, excuse me, czar) lectured attendees at the Vermont Business and Industry expo yesterday about their role in the coming New Order.Associated Press reports that “[Van Jones] says Vermont must...

Why being a Castro apologist is still considered okay

My column of March 25, “A Semester in Cuba must address Communism,” provoked an unexpected barrage of comments, ranging from the occasional nod of agreement and support to the most vociferous denunciations – and quite a bit of...

Jim Douglas straps on his kneepads for Obama

WCAX announced a real shocker today: “Gov. Jim Douglas is lauding an Obama administration decision to follow the lead of California, Vermont and other states in linking vehicle fuel efficiency standards and carbon emissions.”If you read my...

Liberalism, not conservatism, has ruined the GOP

Tim Dickinson's sneering article in the May 28 issue of Rolling Stone perfectly encapsulates the mainstream media's current take on the Republican Party: “Leaderless and adrift, far-right Republican purists are trying to purge the party of...

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