In a post below, I used quote from Coolidge about “the chief business of the American people is business” and the context of the quote was the intimate relationship between the press and American business, since the press is American business. This sparked a good comment . . . . Continue Reading »
So Mitt Romney has said some stupid nonsense regarding the London Olympics. Everyone who reads the London papers or the Drudge Report knows that the London Olympics have their problems. Mitt Romney, putative Republican nominee, spoke what had been commonplace in the headlines, and apparently now he . . . . Continue Reading »
I mean just look at the man’s sweet face! I’m sure his mama would never take away his happy stick. I mean he can obviously bear it, right? And it is an arm, right? I don’t see what else we need to know, but Pete keeps mentioning something called Heller v. DC . Some . . . . Continue Reading »
This is from the Justice Scalia-written majority opinion in the landmark case of Heller v. DC in which the Supreme Court upheld an individual right to keep and bear arms: Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a disturbing story in Today’s NYT about a severe looming doctor shortage that will make treatment ever more difficult to obtain no matter how universal the coverage. From the story:Across the country, a factor increasing demand, along with expansion of coverage in the law and . . . . Continue Reading »
I am keeping an eye on the Ecocide Movement—which would criminalize large scale resource development as the “5th crime against peace”—worried that I seem to be the only one who takes it seriously outside the core of true believers. But anyone who says that such . . . . Continue Reading »
What other films do we have, besides this one, that really capture the exhilarating rush—and the decadent come-down—of the 60s culture-revolution? We have a number of fine literary portrayals, such as Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test , and shading out of the . . . . Continue Reading »
A federal judge in Colorado has enjoined the Obama Administration from forcing Catholic business owners to provide contraception coverage to their employees. The case was decided based on a federal statute known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and not the U.S. . . . . Continue Reading »
Yes! Freedom of religion is not a limited “freedom of worship.” It also applies to how one acts and lives out their faith in the world.A self insuring private business, the owners of which object on religious grounds to contraception, have been awarded an injunction . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Here is one reason I think the “You didn’t build that” issue is proving so hard to shake: It comes across like special pleading and it is demeaning to disfavored social groups. Obama describes the success of businessmen and women as a matter of luck (“a . . . . Continue Reading »
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