The Cure Is the Same as the Disease: How Convenient!
Michael Ramirez sums up much of our recent economic history with admirable concision; click to enlarge:
One of the most annoying aspects of contemporary politics is Barack Obama’s incessant complaint that he inherited a big deficit. The obvious question is, was that a good thing or a bad thing? Obama’s whining implies that it [...]
Pants on the ground
“General” Larry Platt is one of the heroes of the civil rights era. Now Platt is experiencing 15 minutes of fame as the result of his appearance performing his composition “Pants On the Ground” last week on American Idol in Atlanta. As the Christian Science Monitor explains, even though Platt’s performance cracked [...]
What Van Jones signifies
Not that we’re inclined to do so, but it would be a mistake to write off Van Jones as a one-off nutjob in the Obama administration. He signifies. The Obama team sought him out and signed him up for his job as green jobs commissar precisely because he is who he is. [...]
