House repeals HCR
It’s merely symbolic, but nevertheless it’s still nice to hear that the House has resoundingly repealed Obamacare, 245-189 on a party line vote plus three Democrats.
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Spambot of the day
I take it back—no, not of the day, of the week. Maybe of the month. Oh heck, maybe of recorded history. I bring you: Advantageously, the put up is in reality the sweetest on this worthy topic. I harmonise with … Continue reading →
Hating Joe Lieberman
Until now, I was unaware of the existence of LDS (Lieberman Derangement Syndrome). But Emily Bazelon certainly demonstrates it in her farewell letter to Lieberman, published in Slate. It ain’t no Valentine. Bazelon begins with the following admission: My corner … Continue reading →
“Crosshairs” in the crosshairs
CNN’s John King has apologized for guest Andy Shaw’s use of the now-forbidden word “crosshairs” in describing the Chicago mayoral race. Bravo! Let’s just ban all non-literal speech, metaphors and colorful language of any kind. Let’s ban not only guns, … Continue reading →
Iowahawk nails the Palin conspiracists
What the rest of us drone on about seriously and far more tediously, Iowahawk skewers with wit. Just read it. [Hat tip: commenter “expat.”]
Continue reading →Meet the new, kinder, gentler Andrew Sullivan
I don’t like to link to Sullivan, so I’ll link instead to Ann Althouse’s post about him, which alerted me to the following passage representing his new attempt to talk about his béªte noire Sarah Palin while taking the high … Continue reading →
Loughner, dangerousness, and the collective gut feeling
It seems that nearly everyone who came into contact with Jared Loughner during the past year or two sensed that he was weird, perhaps even crazy. Nor did the form his oddity took seem harmless, although as far as we … Continue reading →
LBJ orders some pants
I’d heard this excerpt from the LBJ audio tapes before, but I forgot about it till Ed Driscoll reminded me. Here’s a man who pay attention to detail. So folks, does this qualify as civil discourse? Put This On: LBJ … Continue reading →
The HCR PR war continues: pre-existing conditions
A new report has been released by HHS Secretary Sebelius as part of the Democratic campaign to convince people that the HCR bill they have grown to loathe will actually help them. This, by the way, is a completely separate … Continue reading →
Palin and the press
Ross Douthat thinks the Palin/press war is a cycle of violence. He appears to equate the perpetration of baseless attacks with defending oneself against them; they both keep that cycle going, don’t they? Best to turn the other cheek in … Continue reading →
I’m not going to…
…even try to explain this: Nothing much has changed, except that Jay is old enough to not be a prodigy any more.
Continue reading →Clarification: my opinion about Obama’s Tucson speech
From the evidence of certain comments and a couple of emails I’ve received, it seems I didn’t make myself clear enough when I first discussed Obama’s Tucson speech—even when I expanded on my position here and here in the comments … Continue reading →