Dick Morris (yeah, Dick Morris; can’t stand the guy but every now and then he writes something interesting) points out that Obama’s continuing popularity seems to rest on the fact that the majority of Americans still blame Bush for the … Continue reading →
Nor are you, if you’re reading this blog. But I had ever heard of the word before, and certainly couldn’t spell it until I’d seen it in this article. Fortunately for National Spelling Bee champ (and aspiring neurosurgeon, but that … Continue reading →
I can think of no better song for Memorial Day than Tim McGraw’s “If You’re Reading This“: If you’re readin’ this My momma’s sittin’ there Looks like I only got a one way ticket over here. I sure wish I … Continue reading →
It’s a Sunday in May. The lilacs are still in bloom, although they’re fading a bit. And the irises are starting to come out: What more could you ask for? Plenty, I know.
Continue reading →…when you’re just a candidate full of hot air and speechifying.
Continue reading →Here’s a good description of the government agency known as “NICE,” which makes decisions connected with health care and expense in Britain—including how much a life is worth. Warning: it’s not very nice.
Continue reading →Apparently not. But it’s time.
Continue reading →My answer to the first question is: nobody, not even Pelosi. Maybe especially not Pelosi. Her story on the waterboarding briefings has changed so many times, and is stated with such verbal hesitancy and telegraphing of prevarication, that even the … Continue reading →
Okay, who are these three dark beauties? A hint: one of them is the very first picture you’ve ever seen on this blog of neo-neocon, sans apple. Not that you’d recognize me, of course. Even my own mother might not … Continue reading →
…for the unretiring boomers.
Continue reading →Go on welfare in Massachusetts. And you might get a free AAA membership too.
Continue reading →I agree with Mickey Kaus that what he refers to as “the screwing of the secure lenders” and “the strong-arming of the banks that received TARP funds” by the Obama administration are both dangerous precedents. And I agree that it’s … Continue reading →