A Glimpse of the Future with Obamacare?

Randy Shepherd is a 36-year-old father of three who needs a transplant to replace a failing heart weakened by childhood bouts of rheumatic fever. When he was placed on a transplant waiting list last year, the prospect of resuming a normal life with a healthy donor heart helped him tolerate the fatigue, lost appetite and the inability to [...]

Terrorist Trials in Civilian Courts

Because I’m lazy right now, and because Of Buckley and Beatles did a good job, I’m simply referring you to this post at that blog.  You may comment there, if you wish.

Economics 101!

Quantitative Easing Explained!    

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?

I’m linking this whole story (it’s an Associated Press story, they don’t much like folks copying their stuff). If you read it, you will discover: 1.  A federal judge declared the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy to be unconstitutional, and ordered the military to stop enforcing it. 2.  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is [...]

Olby’s Suspension, Part 3

As noted by reader Gripweed in a comment in the previous thread, it’s over. From Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC: After several days of deliberation and discussion, I have determined that suspending Keith through and including Monday night’s program is an appropriate punishment for his violation of our policy. We look forward to having him back on [...]

Olby’s Suspension, Part 2

The story that won’t go away.  I’m still convinced there’s more to this than what has been made public.   Opinion on this suspension seems to be all over the place: ABC News reports: In a statement, MSNBC said its ethics policy bans journalists from making political contributions. Olbermann, perhaps the cable network’s most famous [...]

Olby’s Suspension

Is there anyone who hasn’t heard this news yet? MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was put on indefinite suspension Friday after bosses at the cable news network learned that he had donated to three Democratic candidates, including one who had appeared on his show on the same day, in violation of the network’s rules. Is there anyone, [...]

Media Distortions

Surfing the web today, I found this at a blog called Of Buckley and Beatles. Yahoo’s The Upshot blog takes the cake for distortions today with this headline:  Republicans Take Aim at Obama’s Trip to India. Reading the article reveals it is only two republicans, Michele Bachmann and Mike Huckabee, citing these figures, yet the [...]

The Dems do not own the Hispanic vote

Read the whole article at National Review.  Very interesting. The highlights are below:   Contrary to Harry Reid’s notorious comment that “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican,” the most notable Hispanic winners Tuesday were Republicans – and immigration hawks. Senator-elect Marco Rubio of Florida and Governors-elect Susana Martinez of New Mexico [...]

Let’s Get the Ball Rolling!

And here you go, your first real post at the blog.  It may be a little controversial, but hey – that’s what we’re here for. I happen to like David Frum a lot.  He’s a conservative, and he’s sane, rational and logical.   Lots of folks call him a RINO.   Lots of folks will [...]