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Category Archives: Politics
If Uncle George Had Ovaries, She’d Be Aunt Megan
That’s George Will and Megan McArdle. While not a conservative, she is Will-like in her logic and arguments. Some recent examples: Ms McArdle on the Democrat’s abortion of a health care bill: What I hope is that the Democrats take … Continue reading
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How Expensive Will The Nanny State Become?
One of the best blogging academic economists — Greg Mankiw — gives his perspective on the federal health care takeover: In the end, while I understood the arguments in favor of the bill, I could not support it. In part, … Continue reading
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The Rest Of The Story
No mention of ‘the rest of the story’ should fail to note the late great American broadcaster Paul Harvey. This from a Time article which noted his death last Feb 28, 2009: “This is Paul Harvey.” That clarion Midwestern voice … Continue reading
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Rubio and Barzini: It Was Them All Along
How good are things going for Marco Rubio? He was on the cover of National Review. George Will even explained why he thinks Rubio will win. He is raising money as if this were 2008 and his initials were B … Continue reading
Posted in Godfather Saga, Marco Rubio, Politics
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Barak Obama: He’s Just Not That Into Us
Us being Americans. President Obama’s first reaction to the Ft Hood shooting was to caution Americans “against jumping to conclusions.” Does this guy ever have a reaction where he defends America with something other than tepidness? Please don’t include Afghanistan … Continue reading
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The Golden Goose Tale Updated
Peggy Noonan’s description of those who prefer to aggressively expand the role of government – ‘they think America is the goose that lays the golden egg’ – rings true to me. Those who sincerely believe in government expansion have just … Continue reading
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A Few Observations
Rich Lowry on why Obama passed on commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall: Obama famously made a speech in Berlin during last year’s campaign, but at an event devoted to celebrating himself as the apotheosis of world hopefulness. He … Continue reading
Posted in Bob Griese, Humor, Observations, Politics
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Health Care Positions: Left, Center and Right
The Left as per Paul Krugman: Serious students of health care have known for a long time that the magic of the marketplace doesn’t work in health care; the United States has the most privatized health-care system in the advanced … Continue reading
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Sting: The Lost Interview
How the Sting interview might have gone if the interviewer took him seriously: Ms Moody: What did you think of Obama when you met him?Sting: I found him to be very genuine, very present, clearly super-smart, and exactly what we … Continue reading
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Government Promise [Un]Keepers
Below is a post practically unchanged from Greg Mankiw’s blog. The shock about what the government has done with GM is not that it failed to do what it promised. It’s that they failed — in staying out of business … Continue reading
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