A trip back in time to the epicenter: Cornell, 1969. As Allan Bloom wrote: …[S]tudents discovered that pompous teachers who catechized them about academic freedom could, with a little shove, be made into dancing bears. It was a turning point, … Continue reading →
Roger Simon (not to be confused with PJ’s Roger L. Simon) was long a respected and supposedly objective journalist. And yet take a look at his column: Question: If Ted Cruz and John Boehner were both on a sinking ship, … Continue reading →
It has not escaped my notice that the Obamacare website is named “healthcare.gov.” That sounds innocuous enough, so why am I calling anyone’s attention to it? It’s emblematic of the insidious nature of the language around the ACA that we … Continue reading →
Although, come to think of it, it certainly wouldn’t be the only government program to resemble that illustrious undertaking in Boston: The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling … Continue reading →
David Horowitz was a leader of the American left during the tumultuous 60s and 70s. Raised by Communist parents, he was a devoted mover and shaker in the cause, and an early editor of Ramparts magazine. But Horowitz has been … Continue reading →
Republican moderates in the Senate such as Susan Collins of Maine have gotten used to augmenting their own power by being the great compromisers and go-betweens, part of this or that “gang.” But this time the Democrats don’t seem as … Continue reading →
…the debacle that was the Obamacare website launch: For the past 12 days, a system costing more than $400 million and billed as a one-stop click-and-go hub for citizens seeking health insurance has thwarted the efforts of millions to simply … Continue reading →
Go to Legal Insurrection for some good coverage of today’s events in DC, with demonstrations by vets and truckers. Also via Legal Insurrection, take a look at this from the NY Times, about the Obamacare website: These are not glitches,” … Continue reading →
[See ADDENDUM below.] They were high school buddies. Both were children of divorce, and both were famous at a young age. The first two photos are one person, the second two another. ADDENDUM and CORRECTION: Mea culpa. I was so … Continue reading →
Here’s where it stands at the moment: There is no agreement, Boehner said in a room in the Capitol Saturday, and there are no negotiations between House Republicans and the White House, since Obama rejected the speaker’s effort to lift … Continue reading →
Some conservatives are predictably lashing out in frustration at John Boehner, whom they already neither liked nor trusted. Sellout. RINO. Wuss. You know the drill. But I don’t see it quite that way. Before there’s any misunderstanding (although as Popper … Continue reading →
The public’s mad at Obama, Democrats, and Republicans–really, at just about everybody in Washington. They hate Republicans the most, but they’re not happy with anybody: The AP-GfK poll finds few people approve of the way the president is handling most … Continue reading →