Jonah Goldberg is editor-at-large of National Review Online,and the author of the forthcoming book The Tyranny of Clichés. You can reach him via Twitter @JonahNRO. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Perhaps Mitt Romney played it right when he was meek and contrite in response to the Washington Post's front-page allegations that he bullied a kid half a century ago in high school. Romney no doubt feels embarrassed... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/05/16/romneys_media_handicap 8138bb65-d8c5-4800-9196-41d998e9a062 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT For most of 2012, President Obama has been running in the Democratic primary. I know that seems odd given that he's essentially running unopposed. Though don't tell that to West Virginia Democrats, who cast... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/05/11/money_primary_pushes_obama_to_the_left ae972dc3-08f0-4d56-9fe1-415cf00753e9 Fri, 11 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT "If Mitt Romney can be pushed around, intimidated, coerced, co-opted by a conservative radio talk show host in Middle America, then how is he going to stand up to the Chinese? How is he going to stand up to Putin?"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/05/09/romney_feeds_the_crocs 9f53b79e-292b-4426-9d05-e4a7ee2b37f1 Wed, 09 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT "They do that because they were born that way." If you say that about homosexuals, you are tolerant and realistic. If you say it about blacks, you are racist (unless you're black yourself). If you say it about women,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/05/03/republicans_have_bad_brains 68894c2c-4e95-453a-a61a-2e38de30c0f8 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Washington is full of nerds. I know. I speak nerd, not fluently mind you, at least not anymore. But I certainly know more than a few phrases memorized from a Berlitz nerd-to-English phrase book. I can talk Dungeons &... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/05/02/the_false_modesty_of_nerds e881abf3-2119-4a60-ad10-c134162d6f29 Wed, 02 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT With the Supreme Court taking up Arizona's "show me your papers" immigration law, we're once again thrust into a useful debate over the role of the government and the obligations of the citizen -- and non-citizen.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/27/my_papers_no_thank_you 0684ae9e-22cf-4e98-a93c-b7f2235b12bf Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Jon Corzine left Goldman Sachs with a net worth far exceeding even that of Mitt Romney today. Many accounts of his tenure at Goldman suggest he "failed up" the corporate ladder. Pushed out of Goldman in a power... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/25/obamas_tainted_bundler 762cbea9-fd5e-45cc-958f-46f77f83ae1b Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT It's going to be bait and switch for as far as the eye can see. That's how it looks now that the smoke has cleared after the recent "Mommy War" skirmish over Democratic operative Hilary Rosen's comment that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/20/issues_vs_distractions 39c870ff-eb96-4052-930f-510ac5e99827 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT "The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead, and an economy that continues down the road we... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/18/obamas_problem_his_record c79cdbd2-00aa-4a91-b0ec-a92da6f11f04 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's re-election largely hinges on his ability to play young voters for suckers -- again -- and whether Mitt Romney will let him. In 2008, Obama won the youth vote by better than a 2-1 margin, 66... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/13/in_battle_for_young_voters_romney_should_play_it_uncool fd1bde89-6a65-4d28-9d14-f889da09d721 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT In his Wisconsin victory speech last Tuesday, Mitt Romney said, "Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business." This to me is a more worrisome statement than his communications... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/11/free_the_markets_mr_romney 57508761-be40-4897-acd3-c43f776eb95d Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT In his speech before the Newspapers Association of America/American Society of News Editors Wednesday, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney accused the president of changing positions to get... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/06/obama_energy_policy_very_few_of_the_above d4be0215-1c31-49b8-8501-7ef853635754 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT It looks as if it's going to be Mitt Romney after all. With Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush endorsing the former Massachusetts governor last week, there aren't any white knights left to play the role of GOP... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/04/04/obamacare_will_be_romneys_savior 23a522ca-7c31-4311-a2cc-bcadcf8975cd Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg likes the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act and other ingredients of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka "ObamaCare." Why, she asked toward the end... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/03/30/conservative_interpretations 3c2d80fa-7f40-412d-9002-d8894179290c Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT "White Hispanic." That's how the New York Times, Reuters and other media outlets have opted to describe George Zimmerman, a man who would simply be Hispanic if he hadn't shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2012/03/28/playing_the_race_card_again 50b24b30-a057-4918-882d-4ab80e6f9695 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT