The Cato Institute on the Gang of Six’s budget proposal
Here’s the analysis.
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If even the SEC couldn’t detect Madoff’s Ponzi scheme…
…when it was pointed out to them and outlined and described by Harry Markopolus, and they launched an official investigation, why should investors and banks have been expected to discover Madoff’s fraudulent dealings all on their own? But the Madoff … Continue reading →
Deepak Chopra gives us some insight into the liberal mindset
His own, that is. Chopra’s basic argument: even though you’re pissed at Obama, you must support him because otherwise evil will triumph. I especially like his first paragraph: One of the virtues of being on the liberal side of politics … Continue reading →
I don’t quite know what I want to say about this…
…but I know I want to say something. This is about the marriage between 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison and 16-year-old Courtney Stodden, about which a lot of people are up in arms. Her parents are not among them, however; they … Continue reading →
Stop the presses! Michele Bachmann gets migraines!!!
Until someone else wins the Republican nomination, or until Michele Bachmann drops out of the running—whichever comes first—there will be a relentless drumbeat to destroy her. This much I know. The latest salvo is the allegation that she gets severe … Continue reading →
The narrowing of the blogosphere
John Hawkins at RightWingNews laments the decline of the independent right wing blogosphere. Popular blogs are increasingly bigger and more connected to conventional media, or are group or aggregate blogs. It’s harder for a little guy (such as myself) to … Continue reading →
What a difference…
…a few years and a new administration makes in the debt ceiling voting.
Continue reading →The welfare state: goods vs. rights
Excellent Noemie Emery article.
Continue reading →Carmageddon not what is was cracked up to be
There’s Armageddon, and then there’s Carmageddon. No, it’s not the time when all your past deeds come back to haunt you in a karmic tsunami. It’s the temporary closing this weekend (to make repairs) of that part of LA Freeway … Continue reading →
Obama is…
…the man who cried Armageddon.
Continue reading →Heredity…
…is a powerful thing. Case in point, Bette Midler and her daughter:
Continue reading →Robert Reich wonders whether Obama can pull a Bill Clinton before the election of 2012…
…and his answer is: probably not, but maybe so. It’s sort of humorous to read Reich on the subject. As a former member of Clinton’s administration, he must know how different the two men are in personality and temperament, as … Continue reading →