Anti-Christie forces have struck pay dirt with the revelations that some of his aides were engaged in some mighty nefarious and completely indefensible practices. The scandal involving aides who engineered George Washington Bridge lane closings as an act of political … Continue reading →
Commenter “DNW” has a question: How in the world could these [liberal and leftist] others not value liberty and voluntary association as the very premisses that made human life worth living? But they obviously don’t… We now have a situation … Continue reading →
It occurs to me that Obamacare is one of the few liberal policies that gives the Republicans the chance to highlight sob stories from ordinary people. Liberals think they own that approach, and so they find it hard to believe … Continue reading →
There have been a host of recent cases (and pending ones) involving the Obamacare mandates and religious freedom. This article explains that nonprofit religious employers (churches, for example) can be exempted from Obamacare and/or from the Obamacare penalty/tax if it … Continue reading →
What’s the lie? That anyone on the right ever advocated it in the first place. Thomas Sowell’s challenge has gone unanswered all these years: Years ago, this column challenged anybody to quote any economist outside of an insane asylum who … Continue reading →
…to the future, with a Mustang rather than a DeLorean:
Continue reading →Last night I was reading this piece about Obamacare as a redistribution of wealth, and it occurred to me that even fairly decent articles about Obamacare seem to get some basic facts wrong. I’m not saying I’m the world’s greatest … Continue reading →
A federal court has ruled as unconstitutional a gun sale ban in the city of Chicago. In the wake of the SCOTUS decisions in Heller (5-4) and McDonald (also 5-4), an outright gun ban is unacceptable. Chicago tried to fine-tune … Continue reading →
Those of you who have followed my war with the powers-that-be at Yahoo, who had changed virtually every aspect of their email service for the worse, will probably be happy to learn that Yahoo has brought tabs back due to … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Last night when I took a few notes for this post, I was able to read the WSJ article on which it was based. Now, when I’m wanting to take another look in order to actually write my post, … Continue reading →
This Atlantic article by Molly Ball, entitled “The Agony of Frank Luntz,” has an odd tone. Is it snarky? Is it objective? I can’t really tell, although I’d vote for “snarky.” I’m not really all that interested in the article … Continue reading →
If you want to take a look back—and I mean way back—at the lives and times of the Everly Brothers, this is an in-depth documentary. I hadn’t realized they were part of a family act in their early teens. Fascinating … Continue reading →