Not that we needed more evidence, but new research is explaining just why it’s so hard for most people to lose weight and maintain the loss. I already knew about this from personal experience and observation. And don’t get me … Continue reading →
Shorter Daley on the EU: good fences make good neighbors. “Consensus” has become coercion. The imperatives of federalism and ever closer union have come bang up against the basic principle of democracy: that elected governments should be answerable to their … Continue reading →
Very good indeed. The human mind is still pretty ingenious.
Continue reading →This AP article fact-checks Obama on the topic of millionaires paying at a lower tax rate than their secretaries: On average, the wealthiest people in America pay a lot more taxes than the middle class or the poor, according to … Continue reading →
[The following is a reprint of a post I first wrote about a year ago. It still seems timely, so I thought I’d post it again.] Even the left appears to have fallen out of love with Obama, and wonders … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed, on looking at photos of models and some starlets (is that still an acceptable word?), that you need to have a rather broad and almost triangular face to continue to be pretty while at the same time sporting … Continue reading →
Let’s not get too taken with the minutiae of the Obama deficit-reduction proposal, which are a bit difficult to discern at this point anyway. This is merely Obama’s latest move in a chess game that will have many more moves … Continue reading →
Abbas’s announcement that he will seek UN approval for a Palestinian state and a seat at that august institution is hardly surprising. Israel’s position during the Obama years has been understood by the world to have been significantly weakened, because … Continue reading →
I’ve got an article at PJ about all of the above.
Continue reading →A number of people have recommended this article by Walt Harrington about George W. Bush, whom the journalist first met back in the 80s and became friendly with. Those people are correct; it’s a fascinating read. Their friendship endured throughout … Continue reading →
…the tell-all books begin.
Continue reading →The news is out that a way to objectively document a patient’s pain is being developed: A team at Stanford University in California used computer learning software to sort through data generated by brain scans and detect when people were … Continue reading →