It’s always unexpected, except that so often it was expected by conservatives, who really don’t matter: Medicaid enrollment under Obamacare is skyrocketing past expectations, giving some GOP governors who oppose the program’s expansion under the health law an “I told … Continue reading →
What a loser: Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield squared off in the ring at a charity fight night event in Salt Lake City. Romney, 68, and Holyfield, 52, sparred, if you could … Continue reading →
All of the following quotes from John Adams can be found here: “Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do … Continue reading →
Not by a drone strike; by a US commando raid. Note this [emphasis mine]: U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State leader in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi … Continue reading →
Now we have an effort to teach “gender fluidity” in middle and high school: Fairfax County Public Schools released a report recommending changes to their family life curriculum for grades 7 through 12. The changes, which critics call radical gender … Continue reading →
How reassuring: A well-known U.S. hacker told F.B.I. agents he took momentary control of an airplane’s engines mid-flight by hacking into its inflight entertainment system, according to a document filed in U.S. federal court and obtained by APTN National News… … Continue reading →
…as he was sentenced to death. I don’t think the jurors cried from sympathy. I think they cried from excess of emotion, relief, and exhaustion. It’s somewhat surprising that in Boston, a town where 62% had favored a life sentence, … Continue reading →
Here’s one more video to show you at least a tiny bit of what made Maya Plisetskaya one of the most wonderfully unique dancers who ever lived. Some dancers do the steps more perfectly, with a more elegantly stretched and … Continue reading →
It turns out that the answer is “a great deal.” The first weekend in May I attended a conference held in Boston entitled “GenerationCaliphate: Apocalyptic Hopes, Millennial Dreams and Global Jihad.” It was organized by Richard Landes, millennial scholar, inventor … Continue reading →
Congress had mandated that a new “positive train control” automatic braking system be installed on all passenger and major freight railroads by December 31 of this year. Had that system been in place in Philadelphia, the Amtrak disaster would not … Continue reading →
…to ISIS. This means a death sentence for a lot of people: “We have not received reinforcements from the government, and there will be a massacre of these people like there was in Speicher,” said Dahl. He referred to a … Continue reading →
I just got back from a trip to NYC and am somewhat behind in a host of tasks. So further posting will be delayed till this evening. It was beautiful in New York. Here are some of the things I … Continue reading →