Feb 22 2010

Inconsolable Differences

Many Democrats now pugnaciously assert that, no matter what voters think, the Left is going to pass ObamaCare anyway… and you’ll jolly well like it, see!
Under this scenario, the House will simply pass the Senate version. Then, by abusing a procedure that is little understood (even by members of Congress) — and never intended [...]

Jan 25 2010

Obama On Brink Of Crackup

In the new movie The Young Victoria, the mother of Victoria and her chief overseer meet with the prime minister, Lord Melbourne, to discuss what role they’ll play now that Victoria has become queen of England.  They’ve waged a fierce struggle to retain control over Victoria.  Suddenly Melbourne cuts off the chatter and bluntly explains [...]

Jan 14 2010

Obama’s two-minute drill

Is Martha Coakley behind in the fourth quarter with two minutes to go in the game? In the video below, Barack Obama has come off the bench to run his two-minute drill.
How does he do? I’m not the target audience, so it’s a little difficult for me to assess the effectiveness [...]

Sep 29 2009

The Key to the Mystery of Democratic Perversion

I quote now from an interview given by Roman Polanski to the novelist Martin Amis (son of Kingsley) in 1979, the year after Polanski fled the United States and went on the lam to avoid serving the additional 48 days in jail that the judge threatened (bringing his total up to 90 days) — for [...]

Aug 27 2009

Lessons from Kennedy’s Life

What are the lessons to be learned from the life of Senator Edward (Teddy) Kennedy?
How about: Keep a set of life jackets in your car? Don’t go fishing off the side of bridge late at night from a moving car when you’re drunk?
Honestly, the rapturous tributes to this guy sicken me [...]