What a difference…
…a few years and a new administration makes in the debt ceiling voting.
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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 →
The murder of Leiby Kletzky: parents and the desire to protect
Today I have a piece up at Pajamas Media on the Leiby Kletzky murder. You can comment there, or here if you’d like.
Continue reading →Steve McQueen: tough guy
On the Fourth of July, I posted a short clip from the Steve McQueen movie, “The Great Escape.” It got me thinking about the actor, one of the huge crushes of my youth (and not really limited to my youth, … Continue reading →
Obama gets mad
This was either an exaggeration of what really happened, a strategically-orchestrated temper tantrum, or the beginning of the breakdown some people have expected from the brittle Obama from the start. I vote for #2.
Continue reading →The Times—and the White House— tackle the story of his mother’s fight with insurance companies
[My previous post on Obama’s misrepresentations about his mother’s health insurance problems can be found here.] Perhaps the NY Times decided to cover this story because the author of the Ann Dunham biography is a former writer for the newspaper, … Continue reading →
Gay marriage and religious freedom
Although gay marriage was approved by the legislature on New York, opponents are vowing to fight on. They propose a state amendment to ban gay marriage, although my sense is that passage would be an uphill battle—especially since there is … Continue reading →
McConnell’s proposal: it’s not kabuki, it’s harakiri
The Wall Street Journal explains Mitch McConnell’s strategy in saying Republicans should let Obama raise the debt limit himself: Mr. McConnell would then let the President propose three debt-limit increases adding up to $2.5 trillion over the coming months. Senate … Continue reading →