I like the cut of Governor Brewer’s jib: Today I was notified that the federal government has filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona. It is wrong that our own federal government is suing the people of Arizona for … Continue reading →
Just a couple of days ago I wrote a post defending the looks of the PT Cruiser against those who dare call it ugly. And now I read that Chrysler is ending production of the cute little guy, once so … Continue reading →
The Obama administration has decided to go forward with the threatened lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law, and the approach will be that the state has pre-empted the federal government’s over-arching right to regulate immigration. Never mind that the feds have … Continue reading →
I’ve already written about Kathleen Parker’s odd notion that Obama is the first woman president, . But today, when I came across the following quote from Britain’s first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher, it occurred to me that perhaps Obama … Continue reading →
Ah, those evil health insurance companies, refusing to enroll sick people in their individual programs (although they were covered in large group insurance), and forcing them into high risk pools. Greedy nasty capitalists, sucking our blood like the vampires they … Continue reading →
…three years, a changed political climate, and a need to run for re-election makes.
Continue reading →Inarticulate but well-meaning spambot: You may well have not intended to accomplish so, but I feel you have managed to express the state of mind that a ton of people are in. The sense of wanting to aid, but not … Continue reading →
Where? From an online site that sells circle contact lenses, that’s where. Apparently, normal-sized irises are no longer big enough. Colored contacts that cover not only only the iris itself, but part of the white of the eye, are becoming … Continue reading →
This book sounds interesting: Like a pair of financial sleuths, Ms. Reinhart and her collaborator from Harvard, Kenneth S. Rogoff, have spent years investigating wreckage scattered across documents from nearly a millennium of economic crises and collapses. They have wandered … Continue reading →
…here. [See these for background.]
Continue reading →Happy Fourth of July! I’m going to have dinner at the home of some friends, and then watch fireworks at the park tonight. How’s that for tradition? And speaking of traditions—it occurs to me that that are two kinds of … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. It was written in the springtime a few years ago, on a visit to New York. I thought it especially relevant today, though, because I see our liberties as increasingly at … Continue reading →