[NOTE: I’ll be adding comments as the night goes on.] So far McDonnell is projected the winner by a longshot in Virginia. New Jersey is unknown, and New York 23 likewise. Random observations: (1) I was watching CNN for a … Continue reading →
Now that I’ve become a rapacious capitalist self-promoter, I want to point out that I’ve added an Amazon button to the right sidebar, underneath the PayPal button. Call that area the neo-neocon mini-mall. This means that, whenever you want to … Continue reading →
It may be an off year, but it’s a potentially exciting one. I plan to tune in tonight and write something—hope the news is good. Here’s a thread where you can discuss things till then.
Continue reading →Too little, too late, many Independent and Republican voters who voted for Obama have woken up with a splitting headache: Pauline McAreavy voted for President Obama. From the moment she first saw him two years ago, she was smitten by … Continue reading →
Here’s a wonderful piece by Rich Lowry about Obama’s failure to visit Berlin for the anniversary of the fall of Communism. In it he calls the snub “the most telling nonevent of the Obama Presidency.” The excuse Obama has given—that … Continue reading →
New England used to be fairly solidly Republican, with the exception of Massachusetts, and even Massachusetts retained a periodic tendency to vote for Republican governors. But the New England brand of Republican was always a combination of fiscal conservative and … Continue reading →
The Wall Street Journal tackles the 1990-page wonder, and comes up with this. Summary: Mr. Obama rode into office on a wave of “change,” but we doubt most voters realized that the change Democrats had in mind was making health … Continue reading →
…he speaks to rank and file upstate New York Republicans when he asks them to show conservatives a lesson by voting for Owen? I’m not a Biden fan, but I thought he had a little more political savvy then that … Continue reading →
It comes as no surprise that, as the monster health care reform [sic] bill is slowly digested by those with stomachs strong enough to bear it, we discover what it has to say about tort reform: Not only will there … Continue reading →
Take a look: The Dunning”“Kruger effect is an example of cognitive bias in which “people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it”. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory … Continue reading →
I find it difficult to believe that the Democrats (with the possible exception of the Blue Dogs) have any interest in reforming the health care insurance business so that private insurance works better. It would be relatively easy to pass … Continue reading →
[NOTE: In response to some queries on this thread, I went back to look at an interview I gave four and a half years ago, towards the beginning of my blogging career. On reading it, I decided it might just … Continue reading →