Obama does not heart Vegas
And it seems he may have it in for Harry Reid, too.
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It’s Groundhog Day: see it…
again and again: One of my favorite movies ever.
Continue reading →Promises are meant to be broken: budget includes back-door taxes for middle class
[See UPDATE below.] Sadly enough, this comes as no surprise whatsoever: The Obama administration’s plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit over the next decade relies heavily on so-called backdoor tax increases that will result in a … Continue reading →
O Canada!
Fifty-nine-year-old Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams needs heart surgery—and he’s going to the US to have it. That’s his prerogative. He’s lucky to have the resources to do so. But it’s an especially glaring example of a fact most of us … Continue reading →
You mean, abstinence-only programs might actually work?
We now have some convincing evidence that abstinence-only sexual education programs for teens, long derided as a counterproductive waste of time, actually work. This is news. This particular study has drawn attention because it is especially well-designed and includes longer … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, in other news…
…this may be bluster. Or perhaps not. The deficit marches on. AGW and the IPCC absorb more body blows. But is anybody but the conservative echo chamber listening?
Continue reading →Obama: promises about keeping your health insurance, and those sneaky little provisions
You remember Obama’s solemn pledge. No, not the one about televising the health care debates on C-SPAN. The one about how, if you like your health insurance, you would get to keep it under the Democrats’ health care reforms. Tom … Continue reading →
“Hey,” says the Obama administration, “how about…
…trying KSM at Gitmo?” Word is that this brilliant, groundbreaking, never-before-thought-of option is currently being considered. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there … Continue reading →
A stunning admission from Scott Brown: people aren’t stupid
In the end, the animating vision behind the message Scott Brown delivered was rather simple. Here it is folks: Mr. Brown says it frustrates him that too many politicians still believe that people will be fooled by what they’re proposing. … Continue reading →
Obama: premediation with malice aforethought
Jay Cost at HorseRaceBlog takes up the Obama vs. Alito SOTU controversy: I think it was inappropriate for the President to take a shot at the Court in the way he did. The Court’s solid reputation is a public good … Continue reading →
No professional misconduct for the lawyers in Bush’s Justice Department?
One of the worst decisions the Obama administration has made (and that’s saying something) was to go after lawyers Bybee and Yoo, who did the research and made the recommendations that allowed waterboarding under certain circumscribed circumstances. It appears, however, … Continue reading →
It’s NIMBY time for Manhattan and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
The Obama administration is looking to try KSM elsewhere than New York City. Apparently the movers and shakers in New York realized Obama had hung a huge millstone around their necks, and demanded he remove it. And although the tip … Continue reading →