NYT headline: “President Pushes Health Plan as an Economic Boon“
Sure. And if I tore my house down and sold the lumber and other materials, that would be a good way for me to earn some extra income. Really, this stuff is worth money. There are some old oak 4×4s, for example, that woodworkers would love to have.
I didn't know a national politician could be capable of writing something this good. Bob Dole had a sharp wit, and also did heroic work in saving our country from nationalized health care in the 90s. But this guy might be able to top Dole on both counts. ...
In the weekend WSJ, Gerard Baker tries mightily to raise the double standard. The scene might not make quite as good a monument as the statue of the soldiers raising the flag on Iowa Jima, but it ought to count for something in the journalism profession.
The article is titled ...
Quote of the weekend
The Times implies, without quite saying it, both that it approves of Obama's evasions ("the United States must take special care") and that it would approve if he took a different approach ("he may have to speak out more forcefully"). It's hard to know whether to describe ...
When Obama's first stimulus bill was making its way through Congress, we kept hearing about "shovel ready" projects that could get started right away. Then it turned out there weren't so many such projects.
But now we see that some projects truly are shovel ready. ...
I guess the old saying is no longer operative. Lefters used to say that you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. It looks like Gerald Walpin may have broken the wrong egg.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House lawyer says President Barack Obama fired ...
George Bush had his Colin Powell, and now Barak Obama has his Larry Summers.
Colin Powell sacrificed his integrity to give an eloquent speech at the UN, assuring the world of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapon's of mass destruction. He of course had lots of doubts about it ...
When the subject of hate-crime legislation comes up, there are always advocates who say, No, it's not going to outlaw hate speech or hate thought.
If that's true, then we should expect those people who advocate hate-crime laws to do the following:
Condemn the existence of the Canadian Human Rights Commission ...
This was the comment I posted in response to the WSJ article, "Boomers to This Year's Grads: We Are Really, Really Sorry"
So Mitch Daniels (who is my age) goes to a 2009 commencement and spends much of his time talking, not about the class of 2009, but about his own ...
I posted this in the comments section of a WSJ article titled "Going 'Paperless' to Thwart Scalpers."
I love scalpers, too. They don't suck anyone's blood. They don't steal anything. I decide if I like the asking price, and if so, I pay it. If not, not. Usually it's not, because ...
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