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 →
…just as over half a century ago they became Judenfrei. Here’s the recipe: take a religious group that’s lived in your country for millennia, longer than Islam has been in existence. Kill some, threaten the rest, and soon you’ll soon … Continue reading →
There’s a long, long article in TNR that purports to be “The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan””and Watched It Crumble.” It’s worth reading, but maybe not for the reasons the author intended it … Continue reading →
The federal government refuses to take any responsibility for solving the border problem. In fact, we know the Obama administration considers the flood of illegal immigrants a feature, not a bug—except for the fact that it’s been so overwhelming in … Continue reading →
…lie murdered somewhere in Eastern Ukraine. And their family wants them back, along with the families of all the other Flight 17 victims: “No words can describe it,” Fredriksz-Hoogzand [the mother of one of the victims] told AP. “Bodies are … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago I was looking at some old comment threads to find some apropos quotes from commenter FredHJr for a post on the fifth anniversary of his death, and I came across a few extra ones that I … Continue reading →