If you’re familiar with Thomas Sowell’s concept of competing visions (see this or this) you’ll have a framework for this conversation between Steven Rattner, former counsel to Obama’s Treasury Department, and George Will, on the topic of what should be … Continue reading →
Israel releases terrorists in anticipation of talks with Palestinians. At this point I can’t say I really understand any part of it. These periodic releases—and periodic talks—keep happening, and there’s no reason to expect that anything good will come of … Continue reading →
Pat Smith has something to say to President Obama: The mother of a Benghazi victim is furious about the new White House strategy of calling the terrorist attack and many other scandals plaguing the Obama administration “fake” or “phony.” Patricia … Continue reading →
A laser, I tell you.
Continue reading →Detroit’s declaration of bankruptcy has been discussed in countless articles, both the how and the why of it. One thing nearly everyone agrees on is that it’s been a long time coming. Just how long? Well, if you’d like a … Continue reading →
Literally. The article says it’s the largest city in the US to ever file for bankruptcy, but New York came mighty close in 1975. I know, because I owned a very small NYC bond at the time, and I remember … Continue reading →
…it’s the honor system for Obamacare income subsidies. Oh, that’ll work just fine. Unbelievable. And yet at this point, ever so believable: The White House seems to regard laws as mere suggestions, including the laws it helped to write. On … Continue reading →
Part-time yes, full-time no. People are not dumb. They get around a law if they can. And Obamacare is a terrible, terrible law, passed in a terrible manner.
Continue reading →It may not be what you’d think.
Continue reading →…and oh, if only Obama knew! [NOTE: If you want to refresh your memory on the “if only Stalin knew” reference, see this.] [NOTE II: George Will weighs in, asking, “How stupid do they think we are?” My answer: “Very. … Continue reading →
Surprised that the Tsarnaevs of Massachusetts received welfare benefits?: The Tsarnaevs’ parents are former recipients of transitional assistance benefits, and both Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev received benefits through their parents when they were younger. Separately, Tamerlan and his family received … Continue reading →
Once a population has been welfarized, can a nation go back? Countries in Europe are facing problems as they start to run out of what Margaret Thatcher called “other people’s money.” So Denmark is trying, at least a little bitty … Continue reading →