…and he didn’t. But Chris Christie almost certainly will win, big time: One New Jersey Republican source noted that, if anything, the dichotomy between the two outcomes will only further crystallize Christie as a “unique” player in an increasingly partisan … Continue reading →
Of course. The Senate voted last night, the House will approve today. Now it’s time to emphasize what a train wreck Obamacare is. However, that could end up leading to single payer if the Republicans don’t do well in the … Continue reading →
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane famously said that if you can remember anything about the 60s you weren’t really there. Cute, but not really true. I bet even Kantner remembers quite a bit (as you can see by this), and … Continue reading →
You’ve probably already heard about the EBT card breakdown during a power outage in which shoppers at a couple of Louisiana Walmarts purposely took advantage of the situation by “buying” a huge number of groceries for amounts that greatly exceeded … Continue reading →
Yesterday I went to Whole Foods. I don’t live very close to one. But not too very far away, either. Perhaps just right (in the Goldilocks sense), because any closer and I’d be a lot poorer and a lot fatter, … Continue reading →
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 →