You may have heard that the IRS was fined $50,000 for improperly releasing to the left the names of donors to a pro-traditional-marriage group called NOM in 2012, material that ended up being published and used in the 2012 election. … Continue reading →
I hadn’t closely followed the Mississippi Republican primary, even though I certainly had been aware that it involved a Tea Party candidate, McDaniel, challenging the incumbent Cochran. I tend to follow the old Buckley adage to support the most conservative … Continue reading →
Well, now we know—at least, according to Koskinen—the answer to one of the questions I posed a few days ago about whether computer crashes were “a routine matter” at the IRS. Here’s Koskinen: It is not unusual for computers anywhere … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is somewhat of a companion piece to my new article today at PJ.] The administration is refusing to say how many illegal immigrants it’s released in the last couple of months, although it knows: Senior U.S. officials directly … Continue reading →
“Contempt” in several senses of the word. Please watch to the end [the tape should start around minute 3:00]: Oh, and by the way—here’s the video of the March 26 hearing where Koskinen promised to provide ALL the emails: What … Continue reading →
Richard Fernandez has written another great great article. Probably one of his best, and that’s saying something. Someone in the comments section there made reference to this 1902 Kipling poem which I’d never even seen before. I was impressed enough … Continue reading →
My new article is up at PJ: What do we owe the enormous numbers of children who have crossed our borders illegally in the last couple of months from various countries in Central America? We certainly owe it to them … Continue reading →
Obama’s laissez faire attitude towards Iraq has led us from this good news to its opposite: The insurgents came at midday, walking across a canal, advancing under cover of mortar fire toward the cluster of three Iraqi villages. Within eight … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP—for just a couple more days.] Time passes so quickly when we’re enjoying ourselves, doesn’t it? But it’s been a while since I asked you to donate to a semi-worthy cause: this blog. And so I’m going to ask … Continue reading →
ABC US News | ABC Celebrity News Drugs aren’t ordinarily involved in the formation of identical twins. They can be involved for fraternal ones, though, because fertility drugs tend to make it more likely that the mother will release two … Continue reading →
Edward Klein has written Blood Feud, a book that purports to give the inside info on the Clintons and the Obamas and the fact that there’s no love lost between the two couples. Klein is a curious figure. A former … Continue reading →
He was wrong about the time frame. He was wrong about the “brilliant” part; we could fill in with a lot of other adjectives, and “inexperienced” and would be among the kindest. Also, perhaps “generated”—with its implication of “manufactured rather … Continue reading →