Here it comes again, the day it’s obligatory to have a rollicking good time. Why, I’m not so sure. Perhaps because the passage of the years can be depressing, especially after the age of forty or so. Or perhaps it’s … Continue reading →
The state of Maine has requested that it be exempted from that portion of Obamacare, about to go into effect soon, which dictates that “insurers must devote at least 80 percent of the premiums they collect to medical claims or … Continue reading →
Here’s Krauthammer today: Obama knows he has only so many years to change the country. In his first two, he achieved much: the first stimulus, Obamacare and financial regulation. For the next two, however, the Republican House will prevent any … Continue reading →
If you do, be prepared to pay a $41,000 sticker price (you’ll get a $7,500 tax credit) for a blah sedan that can go about 50 miles on batteries if you charge it overnight, or can use conventional fuel. How … Continue reading →
There’s a big hue and cry over Obama’s interim appointment of James Cole as Deputy Attorney General. It’s a controversial pick, and the use of the interim method to bypass Congress is obviously a strategic gambit to get him in … Continue reading →
Floyd Abrams, one of the lawyers who defended the NY Times in the Pentagon Papers lawsuit, differentiates between Daniel Ellsberg’s actions in releasing those documents and Julian Assange’s in Wikileaks. Ellsberg, he says, was mindful of the damage that could … Continue reading →
And one can hardly blame them: “The return of the mark? I can imagine that we could see the rise of a German Tea Party focusing on precisely this issue,” says Thomas Mayer, chief economist at Deutsche Bank, referring to … Continue reading →
A ski lift derails in Maine, sending skiers plummeting up to 30 feet and injuring several. The accident was attributed to high winds, which were clocked at around 40 miles per hour. All of New England has experienced strong winds … Continue reading →
I’ve had some requests for the recipe I mentioned in this post on spinach. And because I aim to please, here you go: olive oil, to taste small onion, chopped garlic to taste, chopped a few tablespoons of tomato paste … Continue reading →
…is that nearly everything in it won’t go as was “expected.” Unless, that is, you’re a curmudgeonly unbeliever in the concept of the free lunch, as I am. Then you might have expected things such as this to happen.
Continue reading →Memo to Governor Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii: many of the folks who would like Obama to produce his Hawaiian long form birth certificate don’t actually think he was born abroad. They just would like him to properly document the fact … Continue reading →
The other day I made a favorite dish: chickpeas with spinach, onions, garlic, and tomato paste. As I cooked it, I mused on how easy it’s become. First, the canned chickpeas. Yeah, the soaked-and-then-simmered ones that you do yourself are … Continue reading →