Was it legal to kill al-Awlaki without due process, courtesy of drone? Some will say “who cares? Good riddance.” But they are ignoring the importance of the issue and the possible danger of the precedent, while those who question the … Continue reading →
Buffett isn’t so sure he likes the Buffett rule, although he’s still sure he likes Obama. Nor is he all that certain that he knows how Obama plans to define it. This is the Buffett rule as Buffett now says … Continue reading →
…agree about fat guy Chris Christie, and those who criticize him for being endowed with excess adipose. In Chait’s article he refers the reader to this book, The Obesity Myth. I haven’t read it, but I’m familiar with the genre. … Continue reading →
…this reality show was inevitable. See this for an earlier discussion of related issues (boy, is that a pun!—and a double pun at that). [Hat tip: Althouse.]
Continue reading →It’s been 73 years to the day that the Munich Pact was signed (on September 30, although it was post-dated September 29), ceding the Sudetenland to Hitler and giving appeasement a bad name. No, I don’t have the date memorized; … Continue reading →
…here come the “Christie’s too fat to be president” articles (here and here). From the latter: Unfortunately, the symbolism of Christie’s weight problem goes way past the issue of obesity itself. It is just a too-perfect symbol of our country … Continue reading →
…killed. And by the same unit that got Bin Laden. This time it was the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. He apparently was the power behind the Christmas bomber (otherwise known as the underwear bomber), and “inspired” the 2010 Times Square … Continue reading →
This guy says Subway’s is the worst. And I’m glad to see my new personal favorite for best, Jack in the Box, doesn’t make the bad restaurant cut. Plus I have to say that I’ve never eaten at most of … Continue reading →
…says David Frum. The question is: does anyone care what David Frum thinks at this point? [ADDENDUM: And the WSJ’s Daniel Henninger asks why not start taking Herman Cain’s candidacy seriously? He’s got private sector experience up the wazoo, and … Continue reading →
The state of Maine has raised its top speed limit to 75, but the new figure only applies to a 110-mile stretch of highway way up north (or downeast, whichever you prefer). That means it will probably affect about three … Continue reading →
Could it be black voters? Actually, I distrust the results of the poll, which I think must be over-exaggerated. What could have happened in the last week to cause black voters to migrate in such great numbers away from Obama? … Continue reading →
James and Daniel Kelly are fraternal twins, two handsome young men who live in England. Unlike identical twins, fraternal twins are genetically no more similar than any two siblings of the same parents; they just happen to be the result … Continue reading →