The decision in any appeal of Halbig—and therefore the ultimate fate of Obamacare—may rest on that question. The left would like to say it was all a huge oversight and more or less an unfortunate and careless typo or drafting … Continue reading →
…is on the upswing. I’ve noticed it among the young. I’m a woman, but I’m not an upspeaker. That’s because I’m old. And very opinionated. Polite, but opinionated. And I don’t like upspeak, in men or women.
Continue reading →Most of us think we know a lot about what makes people fat. They eat too much and they’re inactive. Newer evidence about the influence of gut flora indicates the iffiness of the first proposition, at least as a hard … Continue reading →
Regular readers here may know that I frequently cross-post at Legal Insurrection, a popular blog with a fine and varied group of writers including several leading legal minds. They’re announcing a new feature called Morning Insurrection to which you may … Continue reading →
It’s so rare to see a piece describing a political change from right to left that this one in Politico entitled “Why Am I Moving Left?” caught my eye. It’s written by Thomas E. Ricks, a 50-something journalist who has … Continue reading →
Why is Ed Rogers so mild and tentative here?: Nothing suggests the president wants to own, control or take charge of securing our border. He only met with Texas Gov. Rick Perry when he was shamed into doing so and … Continue reading →
The phenomenon was mocked in “My Fair Lady” but its origins predated that, in “Pygmalion,” Shaw’s play from which “My Fair Lady” and this speech of Alfred Doolittle’s was taken. Isn’t it interesting that, despite writing this, Shaw was a … Continue reading →
How do you fight a group that is perfectly willing—nay, eager—to try to get you to kill its children even if you don’t want to? That’s the situation Israel faces in Hamas. It’s the situation we face against Islamist terrorists, … Continue reading →
Makes no more sense than the previous tales: In either case, a scratched HD platter wouldn’t result in a complete loss of data. This would be nearly impossible, given the simple physics of the device. You don’t change the orientation … Continue reading →
This article is filled with eye-popping statistics on the elite public high schools of New York and their demography over the years. The uneducated immigrant Chinese and other Asians of New York today do what poor immigrant Jews of New … Continue reading →
It seems altogether clear that SCOTUS will end up ruling in the not-too-distant future on the legality of federal subsidies in states that have declined to establish exchanges. I just predicted that, if only for the sake of not upsetting … Continue reading →
This in just a little while ago: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit delivered a huge blow to Obamacare this morning, ruling that the insurance subsidies granted through the federally run health exchange, which covered 36 states … Continue reading →