Succinctly put: Unless the voters in Wisconsin decide to surprise us all [today], the trouble in the Badger State means trouble ahead for public sector unions across the country. A Scott Walker victory would reshape not just Republican politics but … Continue reading →
…this time defending his proposed banning of the 16-ounce size of sugared drinks. His article is an almost perfect illustration of how to slide down the slippery slope. In it, he shows no awareness of the difference between bans that … Continue reading →
…is the Scott Walker recall election in Wisconsin. Should be interesting. Here’s a roundup, including some new polls (valid or not). And I wonder: do you agree with me that there seems to be a slight lull in the presidential … Continue reading →
In the ever-expanding interests of diversity in academia and elsewhere, we’ve hit a new high (that is, low): Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: “White/Jewish.” CUNY … Continue reading →
I got some spam email in my mailbox that began this way: Who I am? Shiny green eyes, twenty two years… It went on to catalogue her other enticing body parts—“C cup,” for example, which I would have thought was … Continue reading →
…not. The wrong Scott Walker, apparently. And the whole thing also made me think of this period piece:
Continue reading →You’ll never guess who this is from looking at it, even though it’s a very famous person who’s usually instantly recognizable: It’s Groucho Marx without his trademark mustache and bushy eyebrows or eyeglasses. And to me it looks a lot … Continue reading →
…but Elizabeth Warren is just a flipper. And also, I suppose, a hypocrite. Although it’s an interesting question: is a person who rails against “predatory banks and heartless foreclosures” allowed to profit from those foreclosures? Is Warren just against the … Continue reading →
…a sentence of life imprisonment. Probably a rather short sentence, considering that the former president is 84 and ill. Predictably, protests erupted from some Egyptians wanting blood. The protestors, of course, are vocal and loud and get a lot of … Continue reading →
…Obama longs for McCain,” says the Washington Examiner headline. The above photo was presciently supplied by Vanderleun at American Digest back on Dec. 2, 2011. But he was joking about the Republican primaries; who knew it would be Obama who’d … Continue reading →
…Romney the fighter from “Open Blogger” at Ace’s: Romney and his campaign staff are clearly moving themselves “inside the loop” in their campaign against Obama. They’re raising more money, they’re responding to the news cycle better, and they’re aggressive about … Continue reading →
Even if what they do is perfectly legal. Even if they constitute an infinitesimal percentage of the total population of rich people—“one half of one percent of the 4 million tax filers that make up the top 3 percent” of … Continue reading →