Happy Labor Day
Labor Day is one of those holidays I ordinarily don’t think too much about, except as an excuse for a barbecue and a day off. It has bad associations for me because it always came around the time of the … Continue reading →
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Today’s Honduras (and SEC investigation) updates
See Fausta for more on Honduras, much more. And this editorial by Monica Showalter at IBD is must-reading on the topic of US policy towards Honduras, the reaction of other nations, and the likely consequences. In a completely unrelated affair, … Continue reading →
Predicting the Obama future: Cassandra or Chicken Little?
When people worry and speculate about the possible dire consequences of the Obama presidency, one of the most heated disputes is about just how bad will it is likely to get. For example, as of now, this thread on the … Continue reading →
Acupuncture to the rescue
You may recall that I hurt my knee about two weeks ago. It was progressing, but in the wrong direction—day by day getting worse instead of better. Medicine didn’t offer me much (actually, it didn’t offer me anything), and there … Continue reading →
Why Honduras matters more and more
Obama cuts aid to Honduras in an attempt to blackmail the country into accepting Zelaya. Isn’t it interesting that our President comes down so hard on a country for merely attempting to assert its own constitution against a power grab … Continue reading →
Obama Arrangement Syndrome
I propose the use of the following term for the tendency to make excuses for our new President: Obama Arrangement Syndrome, or OAS. I picked up this felicitous phrase here, from commenter “Terry Gain,” who writes: …at least six months … Continue reading →
Snowe job: health care reform compromise?
Olympia Snowe, RINO of Maine, is engaged in brokering a compromise deal with Obama on health care. The idea is that if she comes on board, other balking moderates will join and the bill will be passed. This is exactly … Continue reading →
Not quite “death panels”—but the slippery slope of palliative care policy
Several British doctors, experts on palliative care (which means the compassionate treatment of the dying in order to make them more comfortable), have registered alarm at a trend in British medical practice: Forecasting death is an inexact science,”they say. Patients … Continue reading →
The SEC Madoff investigations: shockingly inept
Anyone who’s been following the Madoff story already knew that the SEC botched its chances to catch him, and that it had plenty of them. But now we have a report that says as much. I wrote back in February … Continue reading →
How tyrannical takeovers happen: past, present, future
Today commenter “Artfldgr” asked the following question, “anyone else realize that what happened in germany took 12 years to go from start to finish?” Coincidentally, last night (before that comment was posted) I had spent some time reading “The Rise … Continue reading →
Obama’s Polish joke
Read it and weep. A broad pattern is emerging in foreign relations a la Obama: offend our allies and friends, and cozy up to our enemies.
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…and the Duggars are expecting.
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