Thomas Sowell is…
…well worth reading, as usual.
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Why Honduras matters
The fate of Zeleya and Honduras has dropped off the radar screen for the moment, but on Saturday Fausta filled us in on the most recent developments. The summary version: the UN, which is now mostly a vehicle to promote … Continue reading →
Health care reform: getting the good stuff without paying for it
President Obama gave a press conference recently at the G-8 summit. In response to a question about health care reform, he said: …whatever bill is produced has to be paid for, and that creates some difficulties because people would like … Continue reading →
I’m not writing about Sotomayor
There seems to be no point, since her nomination is a done deal and the hearings a formality. Also, I’ve written about the issues connected with her nomination several times before (see this). But I thought you might appreciate a … Continue reading →
Obama and fear itself: the small business owner
Entrepreneur Dan Kennedy writes of the fear Obama’s economic policies are sowing in the business community. He offers the following quote from a board member of a community bank, a man Kennedy describes as someone not prone to wild fears … Continue reading →
Flying pigs: a non-conservative journalist is fair to Palin. How about being fair to Obama?
Here’s an excellent summary of what has happened to Sarah Palin at the hands of the press both during the campaign and after. I recommend it for two reasons. The first is that it is written by a journalist who … Continue reading →
Two birds moonwalking
For your viewing pleasure;
Continue reading →A message from FredHjr’s wife
I received the following lovely note from FredHjr’s wife, who wanted me to post it on my blog. Feel free to comment with messages to her and to the family. To all of FredHJr’s blogger buddies: I am Fred’s wife … Continue reading →
Telling the tale of the Left: apostates and escapees
I write a great deal about what I call “political changers,” those people who have had some sort of political conversion or political evolution experience. As I explained here, this change is ordinarily unidirectional, from Left to Right; and (as … Continue reading →
Michael Totten reports from Iraq
Michael Totten is one of the few people visiting Iraq and writing about what’s going on there now.
Continue reading →Rarae aves doin’ it
A friend sent me the following video, which amazed me at the same time it warmed the cockles of my susceptible sentimental heart. Perhaps this birdy theme will become a recurring feature of my blog, replacing for a time the … Continue reading →
Walpin: gone, but not quite forgotten—although the White House would like us to
Remember Gerald Walpin? The man the White House fired as AmeriCorps Inspector General when he had the audacity to investigate Sacramento Mayor (and Obama supporter) Kevin Johnson for his alleged mismanagement of AmeriCorps funds? The one whose firing the White … Continue reading →