Print John Hayward Read Full Bio Tamerlan Tsarnaev, victim of gun violence New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" movement held a demonstration in Concord, New Hampshire on Tuesday. A somewhat larger group of gun-rights proponents showed up. One of the gun-rights demonstrators got aggressive with the gun-control people and the police, which got him tasered and arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and assault. Needless to say, nobody on either side of this, or any other, debate should behave this way. 19 Jun 2013, 9:59 AM PDT More on 'US persons' I didn't see any way to bump yesterday's post about President Obama using the term "US persons" repeatedly during an interview on the NSA scandals, and I added an update that I didn't want to get lost in the shuffle, so here's a new post to get it to the top: 19 Jun 2013, 6:57 AM PDT Obamaphones and welfare-state corruption In response to Senator Vitter Reacts To ObamaPhone Sting: 'Waste, Fraud and Abuse Beyond Words': 19 Jun 2013, 5:19 AM PDT Congress nervous about changes to "their" airport US Airways and American Airlines are waiting on approval for a merger plan that would make them the largest air carrier in the world. (It's such a big deal that they need approval from the European Union, as well as the U.S. government.) The new super-airline would find itself controlling two-thirds of the takeoff and landing slots at one particular airport that just happens to be the one Congress uses: Reagan National in Washington, D.C. 19 Jun 2013, 5:05 AM PDT Out: 'American citizens'. In: 'U.S. persons' President Obama rolls out a bizarre new verbal tic during an interview with Charlie Rose of PBS, as excerpted by Buzzfeed. It pops up when Obama extols the "bigger and better" intelligence gathering capabilities of the NSA: 18 Jun 2013 More on Obama's Empty Chair poll drop CNN did some more polling, and found that not only are President Obama's approval numbers plummeting, but "a growing number of Americans believe that senior White House officials ordered the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative political groups." 18 Jun 2013 The strange morality of despair In response to The Immoral Consequences of Amnesty: 17 Jun 2013 Are young voters starting to bail out on the Left? Generation Opportunity notes that the latest round of polls show President Obama dropping especially hard among young voters - 17 points over the last month, according to CNN. Generation Opportunity president Evan Feinberg saw this poll confirming "a trend we have been noticing on the ground for quite some time now: young people are very concerned about a government that they see as bloated, inefficient - and, in some cases, threatening to its citizens." 17 Jun 2013 Another head apparently fails to roll at the IRS There was a bit of excitement late last week that somebody finally got fired over the massive abuse-of-power scandal at the IRS. Alas, according to her lawyer, supervisor Holly Paz has not been fired after all - she's joining her boss, Lois Lerner on "administrative leave." Unlike Lerner, she's officially lost her supervisory position at the Tax Exempt Organizations division, but there's no firm word on her likely future. She might even join the ranks of scandal figures who have been promoted. 17 Jun 2013 Movie review: 'Man of Steel' Well, of course "Man of Steel" is beating expectations, setting a June box office record, and flying high despite pinched-sphincter reviews from a handful of sourpuss critics. In addition to its dazzling special effects and joyous beating heart, his is one of the greatest Father's Day movies ever made. 16 Jun 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, victim of gun violence New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" movement held a demonstration in Concord, New Hampshire on Tuesday. A somewhat larger group of gun-rights proponents showed up. One of the gun-rights demonstrators got aggressive with the gun-control people and the police, which got him tasered and arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and assault. Needless to say, nobody on either side of this, or any other, debate should behave this way. 19 Jun 2013, 9:59 AM PDT
More on 'US persons' I didn't see any way to bump yesterday's post about President Obama using the term "US persons" repeatedly during an interview on the NSA scandals, and I added an update that I didn't want to get lost in the shuffle, so here's a new post to get it to the top: 19 Jun 2013, 6:57 AM PDT
Obamaphones and welfare-state corruption In response to Senator Vitter Reacts To ObamaPhone Sting: 'Waste, Fraud and Abuse Beyond Words': 19 Jun 2013, 5:19 AM PDT
Congress nervous about changes to "their" airport US Airways and American Airlines are waiting on approval for a merger plan that would make them the largest air carrier in the world. (It's such a big deal that they need approval from the European Union, as well as the U.S. government.) The new super-airline would find itself controlling two-thirds of the takeoff and landing slots at one particular airport that just happens to be the one Congress uses: Reagan National in Washington, D.C. 19 Jun 2013, 5:05 AM PDT
Out: 'American citizens'. In: 'U.S. persons' President Obama rolls out a bizarre new verbal tic during an interview with Charlie Rose of PBS, as excerpted by Buzzfeed. It pops up when Obama extols the "bigger and better" intelligence gathering capabilities of the NSA: 18 Jun 2013
More on Obama's Empty Chair poll drop CNN did some more polling, and found that not only are President Obama's approval numbers plummeting, but "a growing number of Americans believe that senior White House officials ordered the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative political groups." 18 Jun 2013
Are young voters starting to bail out on the Left? Generation Opportunity notes that the latest round of polls show President Obama dropping especially hard among young voters - 17 points over the last month, according to CNN. Generation Opportunity president Evan Feinberg saw this poll confirming "a trend we have been noticing on the ground for quite some time now: young people are very concerned about a government that they see as bloated, inefficient - and, in some cases, threatening to its citizens." 17 Jun 2013
Another head apparently fails to roll at the IRS There was a bit of excitement late last week that somebody finally got fired over the massive abuse-of-power scandal at the IRS. Alas, according to her lawyer, supervisor Holly Paz has not been fired after all - she's joining her boss, Lois Lerner on "administrative leave." Unlike Lerner, she's officially lost her supervisory position at the Tax Exempt Organizations division, but there's no firm word on her likely future. She might even join the ranks of scandal figures who have been promoted. 17 Jun 2013
Movie review: 'Man of Steel' Well, of course "Man of Steel" is beating expectations, setting a June box office record, and flying high despite pinched-sphincter reviews from a handful of sourpuss critics. In addition to its dazzling special effects and joyous beating heart, his is one of the greatest Father's Day movies ever made. 16 Jun 2013
AP boss blasts Justice over records grab, says move gives cover to dictatorships19 Jun 2013, 1:36 PM PDT
Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina, in wake of tighter state gun laws19 Jun 2013, 1:05 PM PDT
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AP boss blasts Justice over records grab, says move gives cover to dictatorships19 Jun 2013, 1:36 PM PDT
Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina, in wake of tighter state gun laws19 Jun 2013, 1:05 PM PDT
Cage-fight: Rep scrambles to stop California from imposing its egg laws on other states19 Jun 2013, 12:40 PM PDT