Chuck Schumer warns Republicans in Congress that if they don’t give the Democrats what they want regarding immigration reform, President Obama will take it anyway. Excuse me, did I say “will take it anyway”? What Schumer actually said was [emphasis … Continue reading →
A roundup of news: The 9/11 museum has finally opened, and Peggy Noonan most definitely approves. I’m planning to see it next time I’m in New York. Now, that’s a commencement speech. Europeans’ growing disillusionment with the EU and the … Continue reading →
Reading David Horowitz’s 1989 book Destructive Generation—and particularly the chapter entitled “Doing It,” about the Weathermen who morphed into the Weather Underground (notably Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, as well as several fellow travelers)—I am struck by the irony of … Continue reading →
…strike again in China.
Continue reading →I’ve already written quite a bit about Piketty’s main thesis about growing income inequality, his suggestions for a remedy, and the praise his book has garnered. But now comes the news that a Financial Times writer has accused Piketty of … Continue reading →
Noemie Emery has a good summary of why intellectuals were attracted to Obama’s candidacy, and how Obamacare has threatened the entire liberal enterprise as well as the reputation of intellectuals themselves. Obamacare has even gotten a few of those intellectual … Continue reading →
There was a time, and not so very long ago, when the left sang the praises of the VA health care system. Take Paul Krugman, economist extraordinaire, back in 2006: I know about a health care system that has been … Continue reading →
Another woman, who disappeared at the age of 15, has surfaced ten years later with a story of kidnapping. Some of the neighbors who knew her and her kidnapper as a couple don’t believe her story. They say that nothing … Continue reading →
…is having been born with two X chromosomes. I didn’t say it—they did: Note that the video was made at George Washington University. Although GW isn’t exactly Harvard, it’s a very respectable university and it’s located in Washington DC, where … Continue reading →
Here are the results of a poll on who it is that Americans blame for the VA scandal: Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and the VA (33 percent) receive more blame than either local VA hospitals (28 percent) or President … Continue reading →
Gotta placate those teachers: Since the city’s recovery from the 1975 fiscal crisis, mayors and the media have treated the city’s budget-day announcement as a sober technocratic event. Mayor de Blasio, by contrast, used his annual unveiling of the city’s … Continue reading →
There are so many crises generated by the Obama administration that it’s easy to lose sight of some. But in just a little over a week a probable new one will be unleashed when the EPA announces rules for existing … Continue reading →