In response to Ezekiel Emanuel’s Lazy Standards for Success: The nonsense spewed by ObamaCare apologists is an interesting contrast with the crushing burden of the hyper-regulatory State. I’ll bet lots of private companies wish they could just B.S. their way
In response to Oconomy: Shoppers Spend Less on Holiday Purchases: That is so not good news. Retail operations will suffer from reduced income during the crucial holiday season – at a moment when their labor costs are rising dramatically, and
The new “Hunger Games” movie isn’t the only adaptation of a monster young-adult bestseller in theaters at the moment. Buried deep in its box-office shadow is “The Book Thief,” whose source novel by Markus Zusak is enormously popular. The film
Eliana Johnson at National Review has written a thorough post-mortem on the bungled “60 Minutes” Benghazi piece, a high-profile special report that unfortunately spotlighted the dramatic stylings of B.S. artist Dylan Davies. Davies sold CBS News reporter Lara Logan a
While the Administration frantically looks for ways to spin the ongoing disaster of HealthCareDotGov as some sort of success – even though the system went down for a good 11 hours on the day we were promised it would be
I found it necessary to respectfully disagree with Pope Francis the last time he took a swing at capitalism. On that occasion, it seemed likely that his remarks were more specifically directed at sweatshop exploitation in the Third World, which
History will record that the real Barack Obama, long obscured by political trickery and a protective media, became clearly visible in the two remarkable press conferences he held as the ObamaCare disaster unfolded: the “ShamWow” presser, in which he acted
In response to Healthcare.gov’s ‘Drop Dead’ Date Is Upon Us: Why, I’m old enough to remember when the “drop dead” date was November 15. That date was bandied around by a lot of experts, at the beginning of October, as
In response to Brosurance! ObamaCare Event in Arkansas Has Condom Prize Give-Aways (Video): There’s also a big ObamaCare prize giveaway in progress for Obama’s powerful Big Labor allies, but they’re getting a heck of a lot more than free rubbers.
In response to Where to Find Christian Values in Hollywood: It is interesting to observe that the majority of positive Hollywood portrayals of Christianity occur in “black” films. There are a few other movies where good Christians have appeared outside
The White House has, according to insider reports, pretty much given up on defending most of ObamaCare, and is planning a 2014 political strategy that will focus heavily upon its Medicaid expansion. All the old technocratic pretensions of “reforming” health
In response to Critics of Nuke Deal Full of ‘Tough Talk and Bluster’ According To Obama: Obama’s really going to hate the tough talk and bluster from Bret Stephens at the Wall Street Journal, who compares the Iran deal unfavorably
In response to Has Israel Already Committed to Military Action Against Iran?: I’ve heard some speculation that Obama’s deal with Iran is so terrible that it must be part of some coordinated good-cop, bad-cop strategy with Israel. Obama and SecState
In response to Gallup: 69% Pleased with Current Health Care Coverage: There is some grim amusement to be had in watching the Obamabots – who previously claimed the right to seize control of the entire health insurance industry because a
If you liked the first “Hunger Games” film, you’re bound to enjoy the second installment, “Catching Fire.” Many of the same elements are in place; it deliberately plays like a retread of the first story at first, with our heroes
One of the things that troubles me about Harry Reid’s “nuclear option” is that it strongly appears to be a prelude for even further weakening of the minority. President Obama’s statement of support for the move certainly supports that impression.
In response to New HHS Delay Desperate and Futile: I also find myself wondering whether the delay of sticker shock until after the election will count for much, against the sky-shattering outrage generated by the employer market blowing up. Of
No sooner do I post a review of “12 Years a Slave” then a story about the enduring institution of slavery appears in Britain. The captives rescued from slavery were a 57-year-old Irish woman, a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, and a
Movies in the horror genre sometimes run into the problem of being too effective. A horror film can be so frightening, gruesome, or depressing that it turns the audience off (except, of course, for the subset of die-hard fans who
In response to Cruz: Today’s Vote Will Allow Shameless Democrats To Pack The DC Circuit: I really think the Dems miscalculated here. The Party and Obama are not sitting on the popular high ground to make a big power grab.
The Heritage Foundation reminds us that ObamaCare is a really massive disaster. It’s already got tentacles wrapped around every area of American life, and plenty more are coming. Hyper-regulatory regimes never get smaller, do they? Also, as the program’s finances
The great Walter Williams leaps astride one of my favorite hobby horses, the fundamental dishonesty of hidden government taxation, and takes it for a mighty gallop through the absurd fiction of “employer contributions” to Social Security and Medicare: Congress tells
ObamaCare has reduced the people of North Carolina to beggars who joyously celebrate a 24 percent insurance premium increase… because it means they get to keep the plans Barack Obama swore they would never lose for another year. 24 percent
One of these days, our bumbling Administration is going to get sued for big bucks by identity theft or credit-card fraud victims who got robbed after they were forced to use a crapware website the government knows is unsafe and
In response to Source: Census Bureau Fabricating Employment Data in Jobs Report: A word of modest caution, if I may: I’ve been fascinated by the business of computing unemployment reports since the first time I heard of the alternative metrics,
