In response to Delta Airlines Apologies For Computer Generated ‘H8GAYS’ Confirmation Code: This is a really unfortunate coincidence, but seriously, how do you insure that no random combination of letters and numbers could possibly be deemed offensive by someone, somewhere?
The second “Hobbit” movie has the same strengths and weaknesses of the first, except the strengths are a bit stronger, and the weaknesses a bit less noticeable. I still can’t help feeling this story would have been better served as
One of President Obama’s most frequently repeated talking points, during the ObamaCare crash-and-burn, is that his opponents don’t have any ideas of their own. That is patently false, to a degree the media would simply never accept if he were
I’m not quite sure what to make of the Bloomberg News opinion piece that suggests giving a free bag of pot to kids who enroll in ObamaCare. The author, Caroline Baum, is sharply critical of ObamaCare at the beginning, casting
In response to Why Healthcare.gov Doesn’t Collect Payments Directly: Meanwhile, over in Washington State, the ObamaCare commissars have direct access to peoples’ checking accounts, and they’re not shy about using it. KGW in Portland reports: For the second week in
While we’re talking about the Arapahoe High School shooting and those who would politicize the crime, isn’t this pretty much the worst-case scenario for gun control extremists? The shooter employed a shotgun, the preferred weapon of Vice President Joe Biden,
In response to Denver Post: Arapahoe High School Shooter Held ‘Strong Political Beliefs’: Let me preface this by reiterating that I don’t think the actions of any crazed individual discredit the philosophy and principles of sane, law-abiding people, whether I
In response to Fake Interpreter at Mandela Memorial Once Faced Murder, Rape Charges: This really has gone from a bizarre, comic sideshow to a serious scandal, albeit still hilarious. How in the world was this allowed to happen? What the
In response to The Evolution of Politifact’s Lie of the Year: As humiliating as Politifact’s panicky walkback of their previous Obama defense may be, for my money they’re still spinning like crazy. The premise of this year’s “Lie of the
A while ago, I was musing on the various levels of government power – short of outright and absolute tyranny – and it occurred to me that the highest level is power beyond the law. It’s one thing when the
In response to Why Castro, but Not Mugabe?: That’s a great analysis. I’d add the consideration that Cuba is considered more significant to US interests, through a combination of physical proximity, the Cuban expat population, shared history, and the fact
In response to Looks Like Another Budget Deal Disaster, GOP: I was holding my fire on this deal until there are formal announcements, but nothing I’ve heard about the negotiations fills me with optimism. This is so lunkheaded that it’s
In response to Dylan Byers: MSNBC Is Everything the Left Accuses Fox News of Being: The Byers criticism of MSNBC was interesting and significant because it exists at all, but he’s still praising them with faint damn. He goes out
In response to Katy Perry Banned Her GOP Parents from Obama Inaug. : I don’t want to make too much from the flighty like-oh-my-Gawd ruminations of an entertainer, but that’s a pretty brutal expression of the kind of “intolerance” these
Sven Wilson at Pileus does a great job of taking one of my favorite hobby horses out for a trot: he thinks one of the reasons ObamaCare has gotten in so much trouble with the public is that it violates
There have been some interesting attempts to explain the curious psychology of the Obama years, in which an executive office that was already too powerful seized incredible new powers, while conducting an unprecedented semi-nationalization of an entire industry… but the
It’s about time for everyone to start putting together best-of and worst-of lists for 2013, so I’d like to jump in early with a recommendation for NBC’s “Hannibal” as one of the best new TV shows. I couldn’t imagine how
In response to Why Hoaxes Work: What’s interesting about this latest rash of “receipt hoaxes” is how easily they were debunked. It took fairly minimal investigative effort to find the accused bigots and get their side of the story… complete
I took a chance on home-theater entertainment and rented the DVD of “The Mortal Instruments” tonight, and it’s a good thing you can only lose a buck fifty at Redbox Roulette. What a stinker! I don’t know what anyone involved
The latest distraction from ObamaCare failure is a renewed emphasis on “income inequality,” which is one of those endless, highly subjective crusades the Left views as a bottomless well of power. It’s like global warming in many ways: its definition
In response to Unions Organize Fast Food Workers Demanding $15 an Hour: This is all part of a coordinated Democrat strategy to change the subject away from ObamaCare, which is absolutely killing them. The only way it could be more
Remember how ObamaCare was premised on the superior intelligence, compassion, and organizational skills of Big Government? Pretty funny in retrospect, right? (Of course, anyone with a lick of common sense knew it was funny at the time, but the American
I see that President Obama is going off on “trickle-down” economics and “income inequality” again. Of course, it’s an obvious desperation ploy, a frantic effort to change the subject by a nervous politician who thinks he can’t lose by playing
In response to ObamaCare Is Running On Fumes: Megan McArdle at Bloomberg News makes the case that Obama’s not really even pretending to make ObamaCare “work” any more. He’s just trying to keep it alive. He thinks the midterm elections
In response to Glitch: Some Obamacare Enrollees Not Really Enrolled: Just when you think ObamaCare couldn’t get any worse, news like this comes along. For the love of God, this Administration is actually going to send tens of thousands of
