I’m planning a several-part series comparing three ballerinas in the lead role in “Swan Lake,” and changing styles in dance and art. I got the idea after an evening of surfing around on YouTube and watching old favorites and new … Continue reading →
In the midst of the flurry of attention in the press and blogosphere given to the commerce clause vs. penalty/tax controversy in the SCOTUS decision on Obamacare, I began to wonder whether it was possible that the Medicaid part of … Continue reading →
There’s been an email going around alleging that Muslims will be exempt from the Obamacare tax/mandate. It’s not true, at least at the moment, but it stands a remote possibility of becoming true. The facts are here and here, and … Continue reading →
…for a little particle has culminated with its discovery. Maybe: Signaling a likely end to one of the longest, most expensive searches in the history of science, physicists said Wednesday that they had discovered a new subatomic particle that looks … Continue reading →
A circular firing squad. See this and this, wherein the Weekly Standard gives Romney a tongue-lashing for his style of focusing on the economy, and the WSJ excoriates Romney for taking pretty much the only tack open to him on … Continue reading →
[NOTE: A portion of this post has been recycled, and part is very new.] For many days after 9/11 I found myself going to the ocean and sitting on the rocks. Everyone remembers that blue blue sky of 9/11, but … Continue reading →
The SCOTUS leaks are coming—to coin a phrase—fast and furious. The other day we heard through CBS’s Jan Crawford that two highly-placed anonymous sources described Umpire Roberts’ late innings mind change on Obamacare, and that rumors that Roberts wrote the … Continue reading →
…but this announcement makes me very, very sad. Ah, but who believes the government, anyway? Today it’s “no mermaids,” but tomorrow they’ll say there are no unicorns, and that the space alien autopsy videos are bogus. The nerve! When I … Continue reading →
Eric Holder, in his continuing effort to deflect criticism for his actions in Fast and Furious (and just about everything else), recently told the WaPo: “I’ve become a symbol of what [Republicans] don’t like about the positions this Justice Department … Continue reading →
Avik Roy outlines a plan.
Continue reading →Each day I have a decision to make. Actually, I have a lot of decisions to make, including the first one—to get out of bed, and then what to have for breakfast. But some time after that I have to … Continue reading →
Here’s Ann Coulter, writing in 2005: …[W]e don’t know much about John Roberts. Stealth nominees have never turned out to be a pleasant surprise for conservatives. Never. Not ever… [L]et’s ponder the fact that Roberts has gone through 50 years … Continue reading →