Sanford declared winner
Mark Sanford has won back his old Congressional seat. He’s certainly not my favorite politician, but if I lived in that district I would have voted for him over opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch.
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It seems…
…they won’t have as much of Chris Christie to kick around any more.
Continue reading →Speechwriters as experts: it’s all about the words
Several people have mentioned Ben Rhodes in connection with the Benghazi debacle (just Google “Ben Rhodes Benghazi” and you’ll find plenty of the speculation). It’s not at all clear how much responsibility Rhodes had for the decisions during the Benghazi … Continue reading →
More on the Cleveland kidnappings: psychics
We still don’t know too many of the details about yesterday’s remarkable case in which three kidnapped girls, long thought dead, returned. But one thing I do know is that the timing of their escape is excellent—Mother’s Day is coming! … Continue reading →
Return of the lost
This seems to be the week for the return of the disappeared, presumed dead. First it was Brenda Heist, whose disappearance was voluntary; she ran away and stayed away till now. Now comes the story of three Cleveland girls, ages … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
A bot with a vision: My website is all about stupidheads because I think that is what a website should be about.
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This is exactly and precisely how I’ve come to feel. And remember, we’re not talking about the need to filter and sift through interpretations or prognostications by the MSM. We’re talking about their reporting of supposedly simple and straighforward facts. … Continue reading →
Benghazi: why now?
The Benghazi story seems to be heating up, eight months after the fact. Previews of the whistleblowers’ testimony (see also this) ought to be profoundly disturbing to the Obama administration and the Clinton camp, who are likely to counter by … Continue reading →
My generation: hatin’ on the boomers
[Bumped up.] I couldn’t help but notice the amount of boomer-directed venom expressed in the comments section of yesterday’s thread. I’ve noticed it many times before. Actually, I’ve noticed it almost every time I write about—well, about my generation. And … Continue reading →
Megan McArdle deserves some sort of prize for this one
Please please do yourself a favor and read Megan McArdle’s comprehensive and penetrating analysis of that Medicaid outcome study. And afterward, please send it to some other people whom you think might actually be inclined to read it.
Continue reading →It turns out that the Benghazi whistleblowers…
…have some pretty good credentials: Appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be three career State Department officials: Gregory N. Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya at the time of the … Continue reading →
More Boomers are committing suicide
It’s particularly true for men in their 50s, for whom the rate has jumped by a factor of 50% (up to 30 per 100,000) during the first decade of the twenty-first century. For women ages 60-64 the rate jumped 60% … Continue reading →