John Hayward / Doctor Zero Podcasts

The Cash for Clunkers program was touted as a huge success by the Obama Administration. The program offered hefty taxpayer subsidies when old, environmentally insensitive cars were traded in for new vehicles. The old cars were then destroyed, ending their menace to our fragile ecosystem. Their metal was recycled to build the Deepwater Horizon oil […]

You hear a lot about the “hatefulness” of conservatives and Tea Party activists these days. Lefty web sites were eager to pin the recent stabbing of a Muslim cab driver in New York on right wingers, since all opposition to the Ground Zero mosque is dismissed as vicious bigotry . . . Click here to […]

The Washington Post brings us news of an Obama Administration report to the United Nations, confessing our “less than perfect” human rights record . . . Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

After the passage of his massive health-care plan, President Obama promised a “hard pivot” to dealing with our flagging economy. Job creation was said to be his new “top priority.” Politicians make a habit of declaring lots of top priorities. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire […]

Saturday brought the bizarre saga of Sweden announcing a rape charge against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, then withdrawing the warrant within a matter of hours, downgrading the international media hurricane to a tropical storm of “molestation” charges. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Sometimes people say there’s no way America can pull out of its death spiral. No matter what polls may say about the national mood turning against those pushing us into submission and bankruptcy . . . no matter what brilliant ideas for national renewal might be advanced . . . our character has become too […]

The strands of the Internet hum with confusion, anger, and message manipulation from an increasingly desperate Left. Their last-ditch strategy involves brewing up a petri dish full of viral memes about the conservative grassroots, in the hope of weakening their resolve, and perhaps frightening a few independents into staying home in November. They hope to […]

The following facts about Islam are objectively true: 1. Islam is the most violent religion in the world. Almost every point of contact between Islam and other religions, or secular government, is damp with blood . . . Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No . . . it’s a plain bird. That’s the best superhero joke I know. Doc Zero once wrote that it was best to begin a composition with an arresting opening paragraph. I always preferred to go for comedy over drama. Get the audience […]

Back in June, Vice President Joe Biden made one of the bizarre statements for which he has become famous, as reported by CBS News: Vice President Joe Biden gave a stark assessment of the economy today, telling an audience of supporters, “there’s no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession.” Click […]

In the comments to The Dominion of Liars, itzWicks asks: The refrain that I hear over and over again at the conclusion of excellent essays such as this (as well as from the well articulated comments that follow on this blog) is sadly the same: “What are we going to do about it? What can […]

Even some of President Obama’s supporters are beginning to grumble about what a terrible liar he is. He lies incessantly, often with a clumsy “as I have always said” introduction that seems positively delusional in the Google era. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Reuters columnist James Pethokoukis tells us the markets are preparing for a fantastically expensive “August Surprise” from President Obama: Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

California’s Proposition 8 added a provision to the state constitution, declaring “only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California.” Its supporters fought a hard campaign in 2008, and passed it with seven million votes. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

Arthur Laffer has a magnificent column in the Wall Street Journal today, concerning the reduction of income to the Treasury which accompanies rising tax rates on the evil rich. Laffer’s expertise on this subject is legendary, as is his patience for explaining it over and over again, to generations of liberals who refuse to believe […]

How much is a new Chevy Volt electric car worth? The sticker price is $41,000. However, with federal subsidies, you could pay as little as $33,500. Additional subsidies provided by the state of California could knock it down even lower, for residents of the Golden State. So what’s the price? Click here to download / […]

The past few days have brought a number of developments which illuminate the future our ruling party has planned for us. Consider the outlines of this rapidly approaching future when you decide how vigorously you wish to oppose it, or whether you’ll allow a general sense of disgust and weariness to keep you away from […]

The local news in my part of Florida is humming over a peculiar act of vandalism. At some point over the weekend, someone posted a set of well-made yellow street signs reading “Illegal Alien Crossing.” Identical signs were posted on either side of a pedestrian crossing, so drivers heading both ways would see them. Click […]

Shirley Sherrod, formerly of the USDA, said some rather provocative things during the rambling March 2010 speech that would later prompt the Obama Administration to summarily dismiss her. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay

We’re getting close to a major congressional election, and the early maneuvers of the 2012 presidential race are under way. That means it’s time to worry about independent voters again. Click here to download / listen to the Podcast Click here to read the entire essay