Well, language changes and evolves, doesn’t it? Sometimes overnight, depending on political exigencies: Wikipedia has suspended the edit feature on its ‘Recession’ page after users flocked to amend it to concur with President Biden’s claim that the US isn’t suffering … Continue reading →
A compromise has been reached – surprise, surprise (not) – but the details aren’t quite ironed out yet: Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday that he came to an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a reconciliation bill, after … Continue reading →
Accepting federal funds is accepting federal control through federal threats to withhold those funds. Here’s an example: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in May announced that K-12 schools must comply with its interpretation of the ban on discrimination based … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” observes: The language game is the MO of the left. It works most of the time because most of our political and policy debates occur in the realm of abstract theory. The left can bluff its way through … Continue reading →
The Biden administration continues the Obama administration’s emphasis on labeling, as though calling something by a different name would fool people into actually seeing it differently. Why do they do this? The main reason is that they believe in the … Continue reading →
The war on farmers spreads to Canada: In his latest bid to amass greater control of Canadian society, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to move forward with his government’s plan to reduce nitrogen emissions by limiting fertilizer use among … Continue reading →
On the one hand, I applaud Krugman and Stephens for admitting they were wrong about something. It’s not easy to do and many many people never do it no matter how many times they’re wrong and no matter how public … Continue reading →
Google started out with the mantra “Don’t be evil”: When Google went public in 2004, it epitomised technological and entrepreneurial genius. Two engineers had developed a remarkably powerful, easy-to-use search engine, opening the doors to vast amounts of knowledge. The … Continue reading →
…for the moment, courtesy of Joe Manchin. Although Biden may try to muscle it through anyway, with that tried and true method of bypassing the legislature known as “executive action”: President Joe Biden vowed Friday to take “strong executive action” … Continue reading →
It’s hard to say whether a governmental policy of required Green farming – currently causing problems in The Netherlands and even bigger ones in Sri Lanka – is the result of wishful thinking on the part of the government or … Continue reading →
(1) Elon Musk wants to pull out of the Twitter deal because of Twitter bots. Then again, does he really, or is this just a negotiating tactic? More here: Twitter initially rejected Musk’s $54 per share bid, called Musk names, … Continue reading →
Our brilliant leader has a July 4th weekend message: My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are … Continue reading →