How ’bout…
…them Sox?
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Happy 25th birthday, Midnight Run!
Actually, it’s Happy Belated Birthday. But I still have to write (again) about one of my favorite movies of all time, “Midnight Run”, in honor of its 25th birthday, which occurred a few months ago. On paper, there’s nothing about … Continue reading →
Another question reporters could have asked Obama today, but didn’t
Why was the Obamacare government website design outsourced to a Canadian firm? And this is exactly and precisely the question I’ve been asking myself for days: “Why is healthcare.gov so bad, when Obama’s digital campaign was so good?” Priorities, I … Continue reading →
Sowell: the inarticulate Republicans
Another excellent article in a long line of them by Thomas Sowell: Boehner is not unique in having a blind spot when it comes to recognizing the importance of articulation and the need to put some serious time and effort … Continue reading →
The Alinsky president has a press conference
I won’t be watching it. My stomach’s not strong enough. But others such as William A. Jacobson at Legal Insurrection are doing it for me, and highlighting the tweets of various people who also are watching. Obama is reiterating his … Continue reading →
Kathleen Sebelius: good party apparatchik
Either Kathleen Sebelius has a remarkably deadpan sense of humor, or she’s being serious in her piece in USA Today entitled, “HealthCare.gov simple, user-friendly.” I doubt that even those who are in favor of Obamacare think the government website for … Continue reading →
Sticker shock on Obamacare
There are a lot of surprised people in California now that more Obamacare details are coming out: In California, 1.9 million people buy plans on the open market, according to officials with Covered California, the state’s new health insurance exchange. … Continue reading →
Thoughts on the debt ceiling fight
It’s hard to get reliable information on what would actually happen if the debt ceiling were not raised. Tom Coburn says it wouldn’t be such a big deal: “We’ll continue to pay our interest, we’ll continue to redeem bonds, and … Continue reading →
Spam email of the day
Poor Yahoo. It seems to be having some major difficulties with spelling today. And oddly enough, it also forgot my Yahoo username and addresses me generically: Dear User We noticed your Account was Accessed from an unusual Location, And we … Continue reading →
In China: the IKEA theme park
[Hat tip: Althouse.] Going to IKEA in China is a bit different from the way it is in the US. It’s like a theme park—a really really dirty theme park: The store is gripped by a kind of anarchy that … Continue reading →
Don’t mess with WWII vets
They may be old, but there’s life (and fight) in them yet.
Continue reading →I already liked Scott Walker…
…and now I like him even more for this.
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