…what is she being recognized for? I think Megan McArdle may be onto something when she writes: By allowing Clinton to take the lion’s share of the fundraising dollars and the media attention, the party has left itself without a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a repeat of a post from the 65th anniversary of D-day. I have added a small amount of new commentary to update.] Today is the 71th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII. Here’s a … Continue reading →
…on how the requirement for keeping electronic health records is driving doctors away from the practice of medicine. I’ve heard this complaint myself from doctors I know. Ah, but bureaucrats know best in our brave new world.
Continue reading →Heartless bot from the comments section of an article entitled “More boomers are committing suicide”: Everyone loves what you guys tend to be up to. Of course, since bots aren’t people, I guess they’re all heartless.
Continue reading →Old people—especially really old people in their upper 90s—who seem otherwise healthy, can become highly debilitated due to a mysterious wasting that happens to a great many of them as they approach advanced old age. It’s called sarcopenia, and although … Continue reading →
…are too hard on Hillary Clinton because women are hard on other women. Just when you think you’ve heard all the excuses possible for why Clinton isn’t receiving the approval she was expected to get, you see something creative like … Continue reading →
Let’s rename a couple of government agencies. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement department (ICE) will henceforth be known as U.S. Immigration and Customs Non-Enforcement (ICN). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will now be known as the Department of … Continue reading →
George W. Bush in April 2013: “History will ultimately judge the decisions that were made for Iraq and I’m just not going to be around to see the final verdict,” the two-term president told CNN in a wide-ranging interview. “In … Continue reading →
I thought I’d highlight this observation by commenter “Caedmon” in the “Free speech on campus” thread: I wonder how much influence high tuition fees have on this?… When the high costs of tuition fees in the US are discussed the … Continue reading →
Ace notes that even some liberal professors on campus are becoming alarmed (although for the wrong reasons) about the closed, doctrinaire, power-driven, anti-free-speech tactics of the social justice [sic] warriors on campus. He quotes a liberal professor named Edward Schlosser … Continue reading →
Isn’t it interesting how Josh Duggar’s sealed juvenile records were leaked to the media and published, but no one could manage to get Michael Brown’s? [ADDENDUM: I wrote “leaked” above, but it turns out the records were released by the … Continue reading →
A reader sent me a link to this article by Rich Cohen in Tablet Magazine about how the post-WWII golden age for acceptance of Jews in America is past: The horror of the Holocaust purchased us a 70-year vacation from … Continue reading →