It’s still…
…Groundhog Day! Let’s watch it again and again and again and… …again, till we get it right.
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Judicial activism is in the eye of the beholder
It’s funny how Judge Vinson’s ruling against the constitutionality of the HCR individual mandate has been called “judicial activism” and “overreaching” by the left and the Obama administration. Here’s an article that points out that it’s not really “activist” to … Continue reading →
Chaos, small and large
There are heaps of snow outside my door right now, and in that I’m hardly alone. From midwest to northeast we’ve had a huge disruptive blizzard. Some places have had the pleasure of an ice storm as well, which brings … Continue reading →
Lessons for Egypt from Iran
Michael Totten has an important must-read interview with Iranian exile Abbas Milani, professor at Stanford, who discusses the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution that led to the present theocracy there, and how it might relate to Egypt today. Here’s Milani … Continue reading →
News on commenter “strcpy”
I’ve received word from long-time commenter “strcpy” that he’s been taken ill and is awaiting a definitive diagnosis, but it appears he has some form of cancer. Please join me in wishing him well and add your prayers, if you’re … Continue reading →
Judge Vinson’s HCR ruling
I was going to write a long post about this today but alas, I already got caught up in long-windedness on another topic, that of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. So I’ll just do a roundup. Putting on my Instapundit hat: This … Continue reading →
The age-old question: fools or knaves?
In my previous post for today, I called those who discount the jihadist intent of the Muslim Brotherhood fools and useful idiots. But it occurs to me that they might instead be knaves. Or both. It’s the age-old question—although what … Continue reading →
What does the Muslim Brotherhood want? And why do some discount it?
Ever since the turmoil in Egypt began, I’ve been saying that no one knows what will happen there. That is still my position. But amidst all the speculation, I think we discount the possibility of an Islamist state at our … Continue reading →
The revolutionary usurpers
Historian Andrew Roberts seems to be channeling neo-neocon. Not really. But this article of his on Egypt and revolutions sounds a number of themes I’ve been writing about in the last couple of days.
Continue reading →Obamacare ruled unconstitutional–for now
Every time these rulings come down, I refuse to get too excited one way or another, because the only ruling that will end up mattering is the one that will one day almost inevitably be issued by SCOTUS—in other words, … Continue reading →
Teen pregnancy and education: slip-sliding away
This article by Gerry Garibaldi in City Journal—about the enormous number of teen pregnancies, our attitude towards them, and the state of education in our country today—is a must-read. Garibaldi is a teacher in an urban school in Connecticut. The … Continue reading →
The revolutionary young
The situation in Egypt keeps conjuring up memories of Iran for me. This seems as though it might become relevant again. I hope not; I hope that as events unfold it will turn out there was no analogy after all. … Continue reading →