Donna Brazile, the super-genius who couldn’t figure out why her insurance premiums were going up after ObamaCare slammed into the market, is back with more Twitter entertainment, delivering this President’s Day message to His Majesty King Barack the Magnificent: “Enjoy
by John Hayward17 Feb 2014, 8:13 PM PST0
In response to Michael Dunn: The Zimmerman Media’s ‘Jerk Store’ Trial: As a Florida resident, John, I can tell you the Dunn trial has been big news down here, but nowhere near the all-consuming feeding frenzy as the Zimmerman-Martin incident
by John Hayward17 Feb 2014, 10:45 AM PST0
Yes, yes, Joe Biden is a dunce, and he’s objectively wrong; there has rarely been a moment when polls show the American people more firmly opposed to everything his Party stands for, right down to the very crucial question of
by John Hayward15 Feb 2014, 7:05 AM PST0
In response to Study: Termite Robots Build Castles, Pyramids: One step closer to the science-fiction implementation of nanotechnology: self-replicating robots small enough to manipulate individual cells in the body, or in the extreme example, atoms of matter. It could be
by John Hayward14 Feb 2014, 7:06 AM PST0
The Hollywood Reporter has a long article about the backlash director Darren Aronofsky has been getting from some Christians in the test audiences for his upcoming “Noah” epic, starring Russell Crowe as the Bible hero. Aronofsky says only ten or
by John Hayward13 Feb 2014, 9:00 PM PST0
Back when that H-bomb of a Congressional Budget Office forecast landed on ObamaCare, and panicked Democrats began running around like maniacs and burbling that unemployment is the essence of freedom, I thought they were making a huge and dangerous concession
by John Hayward13 Feb 2014, 8:26 PM PST0
In response to No Debt Ceiling Battle A Bitter Pill: I truly wish I had confidence that Speaker Boehner and the rest of the leadership would come roaring out of this debt-ceiling capitulation and deliver that focused battle against ObamaCare
by John Hayward13 Feb 2014, 7:08 AM PST0
In response to White House, Press Corps Cover up Obama’s ‘Alex de Tocqueville’ Gaffe: I’d be inclined to write this off as a simple verbal stumble – I suspect Obama knows that de Tocqueville did not go by “Alex” or
by John Hayward12 Feb 2014, 8:25 AM PST0
In response to Obamacare’s Directive 10-289: I kept waiting for some kind of punchline to this story, some walkback that would make it less creepy and totalitarian, but no, they’re serious. They really are going to make executives sign Thought
by John Hayward11 Feb 2014, 7:51 PM PST0
In response to The LEGO Movie Has a Progressive Streak: I never thought I’d be picking apart the philosophical underpinnings of a movie about toy blocks, but considering your response alongside what Mollie wrote, I’ve just got to settle it
by John Hayward10 Feb 2014, 2:49 PM PST0
Twitter buzz over the weekend made me suspect I had chosen the wrong movie to see and review for its cultural significance. I went with “The Monuments Men,” but I’m starting to think I should have seen “The Lego Movie”
by John Hayward10 Feb 2014, 7:18 AM PST0
George Clooney’s new World War II film, “The Monuments Men,” has to be one of the most ill-conceived major studio releases ever. It’s not exactly a bad film or a hot mess; that would make it much more interesting –
by John Hayward9 Feb 2014, 6:04 AM PST0
Speaking of suppressed ideas and sloppy discourse, NBC is really going out of its way to make the Russians happy in its Sochi Olympics coverage. Did you catch the powerful statement International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach delivered against discrimination
by John Hayward8 Feb 2014, 7:07 AM PST0
Mark Steyn, the most important figure in the debate over free speech in America today – which, as he might say, isn’t a bad day’s work for a Canadian – makes a crucial point about the impulse to control words
by John Hayward8 Feb 2014, 6:41 AM PST0
In response to Latest Jobs Report Shows Decline in Healthcare Sector Employment: Now, hold on there, Liz! It seems like only yesterday that Democrats were saying ObamaCare would create a billion jobs in the health care industry. Oh, wait, it
by John Hayward7 Feb 2014, 8:29 AM PST0
President Obama’s determined effort to find the most unqualified campaign donors he can possibly reward with important ambassadorial positions continues to bring comical, and disturbing, results. First there was the hapless boob he tapped for ambassador to Norway, top Obama
by John Hayward7 Feb 2014, 5:27 AM PST0
In response to Imagine If The GOP Did Something That Creepy: It’s all part of “otherization,” or what I once imagined as the “Shroud of Contempt.” The goal is to strip the target of their very humanity. Sarah Palin remains
by John Hayward6 Feb 2014, 7:27 AM PST0
In response to Democrats Silent After CBO Opens Up on Obamacare: Fear not, my friend, because the Democrats spent all day rehearsing their mindless parrot talking point, and downloading into the brains of their drone followers will commence forthwith. That
by John Hayward6 Feb 2014, 5:39 AM PST0
In response to Red Hot Chili Peppers: We Faked Super Bowl Performance So As Not to ‘Pretend’… Or Something: Great, now the “fake but accurate” ethos has spread to rock bands. They can’t even just admit to lip-syncingor instrument-syncing; they’ve
by John Hayward6 Feb 2014, 5:26 AM PST0
Well, this isn’t creepy at all: Hitachi, the big electronics company based in Japan, is manufacturing and selling to corporations a device intended to increase efficiency in the workplace. It has a rather bland and generic-sounding name: the Hitachi Business
by John Hayward4 Feb 2014, 8:43 PM PST0
Engadget reports on South Korea’s deployment of Microsoft Kinect devices on the DMZ: According to Hankooki, the Korean military is currently using Kinect sensors to monitor movements at the border between North and South Korea. Thanks to software developed by
by John Hayward4 Feb 2014, 1:29 PM PST0
In response to Liberals Rush to Condemn Sexual Assault Victim: Of course, they can’t just say a few random cranks said something unkind, because then there’s no collective purpose. There has to be sinister intent to make these cultural conflicts
by John Hayward3 Feb 2014, 2:17 PM PST0
I thought President Obama’s pre-Super Bowl interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News was noteworthy because of how evasive and dismissive the President was. He simply didn’t answer the questions O’Reilly posed. He accused Fox News of essentially inventing the
by John Hayward3 Feb 2014, 9:47 AM PST0
Shot, from me on Friday afternoon: Skeptics of the GOP leadership wonder if they’re capable of thinking more than one move ahead. Don’t they realize that giving up 25 percent of what the Left wants will swiftly lead to their denunciation
by John Hayward2 Feb 2014, 12:34 PM PST0
It’s just awful to learn that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead at 46 from a heroin overdose. He had so much to lose. It’s scary to think such an successful and thoughtful actor, a person of such enormous accomplishments,
by John Hayward2 Feb 2014, 12:25 PM PST0