I am old enough to have been raised with old-fashioned alarm clocks. You know, the kind that ticked loudly, especially on nights when sleep seemed elusive and their sound echoed through the still bedroom air. Their alarms were harsh and … Continue reading →
Canadian Diane Francis suggests that China’s wonderful one-child-per-couple rule be extended to the entire planet, the better to combat all the environmental ills that the dastardly human race has inflicted on the earth: A planetary law, such as China’s one-child … Continue reading →
First it was the WaPo, noticing that the Medicate buy-in that Reid announced as such a wonderful compromise substitute for the abandoned (for the moment) public option “could be a bigger step toward a single-payer system” than those rejected plans. … Continue reading →
…and it’s a lot friendlier and warmer than the original. [NOTE: Yes, I thought it was an Onion piece myself when I first saw the news. But the original AP story appears to be bona fide.]
Continue reading →Abe Greenwald wonders.
Continue reading →Commenter “Mrs Whatsit” asks how, if Obama is so lacking in understanding human interactions, can he be such a successful politician: What mystifies me most is that the man is a politician and an extraordinarily successful one (until just recently, … Continue reading →
I’ve said before that I don’t think much of speeches in general, unless the speaker happens to be Winston Churchill or Abraham Lincoln. Obama is neither. But I certainly can’t criticize him for that particular failing. And the text of … Continue reading →
…writes the WaPo in a spasm of rare thoughtfulness: Presumably, the expanded Medicare program would pay Medicare rates to providers, raising the question of the spillover effects on a health-care system already stressed by a dramatic expansion of Medicaid. Will … Continue reading →
…he’s unable to lunch tomorrow with King Harald of Norway. President Obama cancels the traditional prizewinners’ lunch with the Norwegian monarch. In his continuing effort to needlessly offend even those previously disposed to like him, Obama has not only insulted … Continue reading →
…and publishes (gasp!) an op-ed on Climategate by Sarah Palin. If you glance at the comments, you’ll see a great deal of outrage by the WaPo’s readers at the newspaper’s heresy. [NOTE: I think the op-ed’s title, “Copenhagen’s Political Science,” … Continue reading →
Only Harry Reid knows for sure—and he’s not telling. Or maybe even Reid doesn’t know. I’ve spent some time today trying to get the scoop on the latest version of the Senate health care reform bill, and I’ve given up … Continue reading →
In the Natalie Wood thread, commenter “Adrian” rightly wonders: I’m not sure I quite get your complaint. I’m certainly sympathetic to your reverence for the classics. I live off them. I don’t watch television and see very few new movies. … Continue reading →