It turns out that the amount of radiation exposure from the Fukushima reactor accident and any resultant projected increase in cancer cases has been minimal. But people in the comments section at the article refuse to believe this, so strong … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I originally wrote some of this as part of a comment of mine, but I thought I’d highlight it in a post of its own.] The D’Souza case has sent a chill up the spines of conservatives and other … Continue reading →
…would be laughable if it weren’t for the fact that this sort of stuff works. First let’s look at the offense, which occurred in 1988 while Walker was running for student body president at Marquette University. Yes, you heard that … Continue reading →
Funny, funny guy Harold Ramis has died at 69. I wasn’t a big “Ghostbusters” or “Caddyshack” fan. So sue me. But I’m one of the biggest “Groundhog Day” fans in the world. If Ramis had only helped to provide the … Continue reading →
The D’Souza case: a warning to all who would challenge or offend Obama. You’ll be next. The activities with which he’s charged are unlikely to have been uncovered in a “routine review,” as John Hinderaker writes at Powerline: Here is … Continue reading →
Whole Foods peddles a lot of stuff that makes upscale liberals feel good about themselves but has little evidence to back it up as especially healthful. But Whole Foods continues to rake it in. That’s because, IMHO, Whole Foods is … Continue reading →
What’s going on in Ukraine, and what’s likely to happen next? Here’s one analysis: A real democracy in Ukraine is an existential threat to the entire system that Vladimir Putin has built since 2000. Ironically because Putin is right ”“ … Continue reading →
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is set to announce the administration’s intent to make the biggest cuts in decades to the US military, returning it to its smallest size since 1940. I get tired of writing “this is no surprise.” … Continue reading →
The Anchoress has a lot to say about the Obama’s administration’s proposal to use the FCC to “study” the newsrooms: …[The administration is] thinking no one in the mainstream press has asked them a difficult or challenging question in 7 … Continue reading →
…and it was just opened. On her release, she appears to have made the happy discovery that gay marriage is here, and that furthermore it will save us in the following manner: As same-sex couples marry, they will be forced … Continue reading →
Noemie Emery has a fine article summarizing why the ACA is different, and more unpopular, than all the other seminal and sweeping bills passed by Congress. You may have forgotten some of the details of the story. Emery gives you … Continue reading →
I haven’t yet covered the story about this administration’s proposal that the FCC monitor newsrooms to see “whether journalists are producing articles, television reports, Internet content, and commentary that ‘meets the public’s critical information needs,’” although I plan to write … Continue reading →