Category: Current Affairs
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Generation Screwed and Demographic Screwed
The Obamacare Generation The Orphaned Middle Class
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Some Points on Homosexuality in the Context of the Culture War
A few days ago I was blissfully unaware of Duck Diversity Dynasty, the reality show on the Arts and Entertainment channel. I still haven't watched even one episode, nor am I particularly inclined to; the antics of rednecks are not my thing. I have gathered, however, that the series falls more on the entertainment end…
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Obama’s On-the-Job Training
Perhaps by the end of his second term the Pomo Prez will know something about the world, the U. S. government, and the job he was foolishly elected to do. Krauthammer, Obama the Oblivious Will, Obama's Tardy Epiphany
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The Incoherence of ObamaCare ‘Insurance’
One cannot insure against an event the probability of which is 1. It violates the very concept of insurance. I have a homeowner's policy for which I pay about $400 a year. It insures against various adverse events such as fire. Suppose I didn't have the policy and my house catches fire. Do you think…
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On the Label ‘Obamacare’
Some object to the popular 'Obamacare' label given that the official title of the law is 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act' or, as commonly truncated, 'Affordable Care Act.' But there is a good reason to favor the popular moniker: it is descriptive where the other two labels are evaluative, expressing as they do a…
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Linkage
Christina Hoff Sommers on Camille Paglia. Excerpt: But Paglia stole the show. She deftly reminded the audience that Mother Nature tends to get the final word—and is not a feminist. [. . .] My favorite Pagliaism: ”Leaving sex to feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.” Chicago Tribune: Obamacare a Mess. This got…
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Give Shut Down a Chance
John Lennon, Give Peace a Chance. I love the Beatles, but this is just awful. Worse than the idiotic "Imagine." P. J. O'Rourke, Give War a Chance Benjamin W. Powell, Give Shut Down a Chance
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McAfee Says ObamaCare a Hacker’s Wet Dream
More proof, as if more proof is needed, that the Obama Administration is incompetent. There is some justice in this, however. A stupid electorate deserves a stupid government.
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Minorities Can’t Be Expected to Have Photo ID, but Can be Expected to Navigate ObamaCare Sites?
Long-time reader Tony Hanson perceptively notes a contradiction in the Obama administration's attitude toward their poor minority clients: As I read about the complexity and nightmares (or as Obama prefers, glitches) of the ACA [Affordable Care Act] marketplace roll out today, I am reminded of your posts on Voter ID. Apparently the condescension of Obama…
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Around the Web
Mona Charen on Stephen Hawking. Proves that a great physicist can be a moral idiot. College student forced to undergo 'diversity training.' Liberal fascism at taxpayer expense. Related: A Diversity Paradox for Immigration Expansionists. Bilingual Education and the Left's Diversity Fetish. Victor Davis Hanson, Obama: Transforming America Robert Samuelson, Here Comes the Spoils Society. Excerpt:…
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Obama the Feckless
Obama promises Syria strike will have no objective.
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Detroit City
Bobby Bare's 1963 Country and Western crossover hit features the lines, "By day I make the cars, by night I make the bars . . . ." But that was '63, around the time a series of Democrat mayors took control of the city. Since then there have been seven, five of them black, with…
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Anthony Weiner
Two summers ago he was in the news and now he's back. I wrote four entries about him. The best of them, Anthony Weiner at the Gym, ended thusly: It is the control of the cock, more than its deployment, that makes the man. New York City needs a man for a mayor, not a…
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On the Zimmerman Acquittal
A. W. e-mails and I comment: I know you've been following this case. I must say I'm impressed by the outcome. Even though I believed that Z's account of the events was consistent and that the prosecution's case was incredibly weak, I was expecting the all-female jury to cave in to the pressure and declare…