John Hayward / Doctor Zero Podcasts

Leftist writers and pundits have been trying to stroll past the crater left by the Daily Caller’s JournoList bombshell, hands stuffed in their pockets and eyes rigidly forward. Over at the Caller, Jim Treacher provides a roundup of reaction from across the blogosphere (look for a familiar name!) Click here to download / listen to […]

Value is knowledge. That sounds a little backward, doesn’t it? It’s easy to see how knowledge is valuable. Consider the fanciful example of traveling back in time with tomorrow’s stock market results. Such data would be worth fantastic sums of money. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the […]

Even as the starting bell rings for the first round of the Republican presidential free-for-all, we’ve got a couple of anonymous Mitt Romney advisors coming off the top rope, aiming elbow smashes at Sarah Palin’s back. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Through DVD rental, I recently saw two films which took a similar premise in very different directions. The contrast between them is interesting. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Whatever “green jobs” are, it’s very clear America doesn’t want them. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

The original mission statement of NASA reads as follows: “To improve life here, to extend life to there, to find life beyond.” The part about improving life here turns out to be a kind of cosmic Interstate Commerce Clause, justifying any conceivable activity including “expanding our international relationships” and “reaching out to the Muslim world,” […]

On the most urgent matters facing the United States at the moment — including the economy, the Gulf oil spill, border security, and foreign policy — Obama and the Democrat Party have almost completely given up on addressing the actual crises. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the […]

During his immigration speech last week, President Obama said: “Being an American is not a matter of blood or birth. It’s a matter of faith.” Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Mike Riggs at the Daily Caller reports on a remarkable statement of support for the late Senator Robert Byrd from the NAACP: On Monday the organization released a statement from NAACP President and Chief Executive Benjamin Todd Jealous claiming that Byrd’s life “reflects the transformative power of this nation.” Click here to download / listen […]

Thomas Sowell makes an interesting point about gun control laws, in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision concerning the Second Amendment: Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

The concept of profit takes a lot of abuse from the Left. Democrats usually spit the word out as though it were a curse, especially when they’re working to increase government control over private industry. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Just the other day, I was discussing the challenge of maintaining cordial relationships in a highly politicized society with a friend of mine. When politics have infused every aspect of our lives, right down to the menus at fast-food restaurants, our political opinions are often interpreted as judgments of character. Click here to download / […]

There are two Republican parties, and both had a candidate on the 2008 presidential ticket. John McCain was the candidate of the thin-blooded aristocracy, tired men who dislike certain elements of their nominal constituency far more intensely than their political opposition . . . Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here […]

British papers have an odd habit of hooking up with utterly clueless American correspondents, to obtain preposterous reports on the rapidly changing American political scene. Back in February, the Guardian passed over the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have actually seen a Tea Party rally to publish the tedious fantasies of Joe Queenan. Click […]

Honor is essential to the maintenance of a free society. We learn about honor from our fathers. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

The current federal government of the United States is the largest, best-funded organization in human history. Our public debt has grown to over $13 trillion. We pay hundreds of billions per year just to service this debt . . . Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire […]

The American flag is 233 years old today. The President has proclaimed the entire week to be Flag Week, which sounds like a good idea to me. She deserves a good long birthday celebration. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Every time I write something optimistic about the future of the United States, I hear from some doomsayers who assure me things will never get any better. Pessimistic conservatives say we’re locked into a death spiral, at the mercy of a system running on autopilot and programmed to crash. Click here to download / listen […]

Some grim humor could be found earlier this week, in the spectacle of the President’s “deficit reduction commission” going over budget and running out of money . . . Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

It’s easy to see the contemptible end of Helen Thomas’ career as a metaphor for the twilight of the entire dinosaur media. Her departure is the latest tremor in a rapidly shifting print and television landscape. This is no country for old hens. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to […]