The pretend “Demon Pass” vote in the House looks like it will pass Sunday. All the ifs, ands, buts and maybes seem to be breaking the Democrats’ way. It is fitting that AMC’s award winning Breaking Bad series has its season opener Sunday night. The show’s protagonist, average and ordinary high school chemistry teacher Walter [...]
The Olympics and the Spirit of Capitalism
February 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The winter Olympics may seem an odd occasion to celebrate the virtues of entrepreneurial capitalism and economic decentralization, but a front-page piece in today’s New York Times provides an appropriate opportunity to do just that.
As the winter games conclude, the U.S. leads all competing countries in total medals won – 36 and counting – and [...]
Capitalism and the Jews – New York Times Book Review
February 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
The question of why so many Jews have been so good at making money is a touchy one. For hundreds of years, it has been fraught with suspicion, denial, resentment, guilt, self-hatred and violence. No wonder Jews and gentiles alike are so uncomfortable confronting Jewish capitalistic competence. Still, in his slim essay collection “Capitalism and [...]
The New Attack on Palin? Associate Her with John Edwards
February 8, 2010 By 74 Comments
The obsessive attacks on Palin take yet another morbid turn.
Obama: Bank Bailout “Necessary,” Iraq War “Dumb”
February 5, 2010 By 14 Comments
Are we sure the bank baillout was a success?
Air America Goes Bankrupt and Off the Air!
January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
How to Fight a Better War – by Jacob Laksin
January 11, 2010 By 15 Comments
To prevail in Afghanistan, the U.S. must improve its intelligence gathering.
The man behind RedState.com shakes up the Republican Party – St. Petersburg Times
January 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
MACON, Ga. — Between pecks at his laptop, Macon City Council member Erick Erickson ticked off some of his goals for the new year: • Beating Gov. Charlie Crist and electing Marco Rubio as Florida’s junior senator. • “Taking out” Republican Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah because he’s a centrist. • Ensuring the Republican establishment [...]
Security System Failed, Napolitano Acknowledges – NYTimes.com
December 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said Monday that the thwarted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner represented a failure of the nation’s aviation security system, not the success she and other administration officials had portrayed in comments over the weekend. via Security System Failed, Napolitano Acknowledges – NYTimes.com.
Security reviews under way after airliner attack – AP
December 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment. His success in smuggling and partially igniting the material on Friday’s flight to Detroit [...]
