Spambot of the day
This one fooled me, if only for a second. When I read the first few words, I thought it had my number: I thought this was going to be another long boring blog post, but I was pleasantly suprised. I … Continue reading →
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Roamin Roman’s…
…return?
Continue reading →Sexting: another reason I’m glad I’m not the parent of a teenager today
Technology marches on, and teenagers are in the vanguard. With the ubiquity of cell phones that take pictures that can almost instantaneously be sent to friends, coupled with the driving force of sex in newly-pubescent bodies, we have a recipe … Continue reading →
Three million visitors to neo-neocon
At some unknown moment last night my sitemeter recorded that the number of visitors to this blog had passed the three million mark. So I want to celebrate, and I ask you to join me. I would be lying if … Continue reading →
The growth of public sector unions
This WSJ piece by Daniel Henninger describes an important and little-discussed turning point in American politics: In 1962, President John F. Kennedy planted the seeds that grew the modern Democratic Party. That year, JFK signed executive order 10988 allowing the … Continue reading →
Bush’s absence…
…makes the heart grow fonder. Another factor is disillusionment with his successor. Some of us, of course, were never illusioned in the first place.
Continue reading →Mr. Brown Goes To Washington
I’ve been saving that title for quite some time. And now there it is, big as life—because Scott Brown, the Republican Senator-elect from Massachusetts, has gone to Washington today. Flying coach. As John McCain said, “Sen. Brown represents the dreams … Continue reading →
SCOTUS decision allows corporate and union campaign financing
The Supreme Court has overruled the decades-long prohibition on direct spending by corporations and unions in political campaigns, by a vote of 5-4. The conservatives on the bench were joined by the “swing” voter Justice Kennedy in rendering the libertarian … Continue reading →
What we have here: Obama’s response to the Massachusetts results shapes up
Obama acknowledges the frustration Americans are feeling. —But he thinks it is free-floating anger at government in general, and that his administration just happens to be the target of the moment. He understands that people feel “remote and detached” from … Continue reading →
Obama the lame blame duck
Quoth Obama: “Here’s my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office,” the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC … Continue reading →
After Brown: what happens now to health care reform?
Is this a complete game-changer? Will the Obama administration now be divided into two eras: BB and AB—Before Brown and After Brown? There was a lot of trash talk on the part of Democrats and their supporters before yesterday’s election. … Continue reading →
The Greeks had two words for it
HUBRIS: Followed by… NEMESIS:
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