Clik here to view.
Well, they did it…
…but only because Stupak caved. And for what? A meaningless Presidential declaration and $726,409 in airport grants. Once again, I am reminded of “A Man for All Seasons“: MORE: I have one question to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Earth hour!
Gerard Van der Leun over at American Digest posted the poster above. As for me and my house, well, here’s a photo of our place from Earth Hour 2009: Repeat and rinse. ..bruce w..
View ArticleClik here to view.
A note of optimism
Something to keep in mind as the economy struggles and the government bungles. ..bruce w..
View ArticleSpeaking of restoring honor…
Hat tip to Gerard Van der Leun at American Digest. ..bruce w..
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Clinton budget fallacy
The two right columns are mine, but they're just math. Earlier today, a good friend of mine cited the Federal budget surpluses at the end of the Clinton Administration as an argument for higher taxes....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Left: reinventing fascism [updated][again]
What Hitler is currently being quoted as saying: “We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to...
View ArticleYou knew this was coming…
…you probably just didn’t expect it to be so well done. Hat tip to American Digest. ..bruce w..
View ArticleNational Review cruise – day 2
I’d like to post more, but the onboard ‘net access is expensive, slow, and flaky. Great sessions today: Jay Nordlinger interviewing Fred Thompson and John Sununu about running for president; a rather...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Euroarmageddon Tour — first blood
I did get two interviews. In two hours. Plus one bit of pungent walk-by commentary. I’ll chronicle the whole effort later, but here’s the feedback from today. Thomas — in his 30s, and looking like a...
View ArticleEuroarmageddon Tour — tension in Paris
Holidays notwithstanding, things are not all that gay in Paree this time. Here are some of the indications: When Sandra and I went to the Christmas Market on the lower half of the Champs-Elysees last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Post at Ace of Spades: why Obamacare is different
I have a new post up over at Ace of Spades about why Obamacare is different from the usual anti-GOP tropes put forward by the Democrats, and why they should be very, very afraid: 1) How many of you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Bursting Dam
The media for the past three years has failed to do its job as independent and skeptical investigative journalists with regards to Obamacare in general and the essential technology infrastructure in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Damp Squib
The national media, having been forced by the sheer bad performance of Healthcare.gov since its launch two months ago, is once again facing a critical decision: will it, in fact, report how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and Healthcare.gov: How We Got Here
Stephen Covey was fond of saying, “You teach what you are.” Regardless of what platitudes you speak, all you really teach is what you actually live and practice. It should not be surprising, then,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Fraudulent Turk
Decades ago, while home for the holidays from college, I attended a church-sponsored all-night New Year’s Eve party for college students. The organizers, whom I knew, had cozened me into providing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Bifurcated Cusp
Decades ago, as a computer science undergrad at BYU, I took a graduate math class in catastrophe theory, taught by Prof. Helaman Rolfe Pratt Ferguson. This wasn’t because of particular skill on my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Cold Equations
There is a famous 1954 short story by Tom Godwin called “The Cold Equations”.[1] In it, a young girl stows away on a rocket ship bringing plague vaccine to a colony world deep in space; her goal is to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Widening Gyre
[rewritten, with some additional links] As many writers have been noting, particularly over the past week. the Obama Administration is getting more and more desperate in trying to make Obamacare...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Subversive Masses
It is clear that with the start of 2014, the Obama Administration — as many (including myself) predicted — wants to declare victory with Obamacare and go home. It is also clear to many of us — but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obamacare and the Small Switcheroo
[minor edits and one added section] Ignore the nets for an afternoon and see what happens. The news I woke up to this morning (thanks to an early morning e-mail from John Fund at National Review) is...
View Article