The FBI’s investigation into the IRS scandal has yielded no criminal charges. That’s not so surprising, considering that the bar for criminal behavior is set fairly high. And that there really wasn’t all that much of an investigation: Cleta Mitchell, … Continue reading →
It’s just that the plan may not have been what most people thought it was. And I’m not even talking about eventual single payer; I’m talking about Obamacare itself. Jonathan Cohn analyzes the first set of data we’ve received on … Continue reading →
The headline of this article on a post-Bridgegate Pew public opinion poll is “Christie Story Attracts Little Public Interest.” That certainly appears to be true at first glance, when you read that only 18% followed his apology “closely.” As for … Continue reading →
Last night by chance I came across the story of the French village of Le Chambon during WWII. I’d never heard it before, but it’s one of the most fascinating stories of rescuers during the Holocaust. I’ve written about rescuers … Continue reading →
This is news? The only “news” is why the WaPo has decided to finally report it. I don’t know the answer. Perhaps they’re trying to slip it in and hope no one notices in all the Bridgegate hysteria. Whatever people … Continue reading →
…who’s running for the Senate from Nebraska, sounds like a good guy to me. Nebraska born and bred. Harvard undergrad. Ph.D. in history from Yale, his prize-winning doctoral thesis was on populist conservatism from the 1950s to the 1970s. Lots … Continue reading →
Almost all Bridgegate, almost all the time. What could be more important?
Continue reading →…in the Bronx.* And it’s still standing, although it’s been relocated a few hundred feet, and a little park built around it. At the time Poe moved there, the Bronx was not a city. His young wife was dying of … Continue reading →
One possible problem with this gleeful open-field-day-on-Christie business is that those who come down hard on him open themselves up to the charge of hypocrisy if they haven’t been just as tough or even tougher on Obama for all the … Continue reading →
Ariel Sharon has died at 85, but you may be forgiven if you’re surprised that he was still alive in the first place. He had been in a coma since a devastating stroke in 2006, and it is easy to … Continue reading →
No, the poet Robert Frost didn’t write anything about the believers versus the deniers of anthropogenic global warming. After all, he died in 1963. When I started this blog (lo about nine long years ago!), I had some idea of … Continue reading →
But you were wrong, you silly goose. You thought you wanted a Prada bag, too, didn’t you? My new article is up at PJ.
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