Ethics. — Which, predictably, is a euphemism for “adopting progressive positions” — and proscribing conservative thought in the process as necessarily unethical. Unethical thought, it follows, is hateful — the practical effect of which will be that it is just, from an “ethical” standpoint, to remove conservative positions from the marketplace of ideas, ostensibly to avoid giving offense to those who are responsible for determining “hate” (or “extremism”): the serially

Underwritten by US Government. You’re In A Good Neighbor’s Hands, Who’s There, with US Government.

At Legal Insurrection, William Jacobson is tracking the scandal of the various coverups of “Just Arugula Guy” Barack Obama’s apparent addiction to dijon mustard (pronounced “Paw-kee-Stawn”). Stacy has thoughts on this subject, too. Neither of them, however, drills to the bottom of the OUTRAGE. The Andrea Mitchell video of the visit of President Macho’s visit to Hell Burger is clearly dated yesterday, Cinco de Cinco. With Mexico reeling from the

Finally! Jake Tapper (via Melissa on Twitter): The Center for Public Integrity has a new study identifying the top 25 subprime lenders that helped start this economic meltdown. Analyzing 7.2 “high interest” loans made between 2005 and 2007, CPI says the top 25 lenders were responsible for 72 percent of the high-priced loans made at the peak of the subprime market. The 25 lenders are: – Countrywide Financial Corp. (at

At Volokh, Jim Lindgren reacts to the news that Chrysler isn’t going to pay back any of the pre-bankruptcy money–your money–that it was “loaned” by the government. As you’re aware, that money was converted into shares that now belong in large part to the UAW, who will sell them post-bankruptcy to fund their pension and health benefits plans. Congratulations, America: you just bailed out the UAW. Equal protection? Don’t make

From Business Insider: Creditors to Chrysler describe negotiations with the company and the Obama administration as “a farce,” saying the administration was bent on forcing their hands using hardball tactics and threats. Conversations with administration officials left them expecting that they would be politically targeted, two participants in the negotiations said. Although the focus has so been on allegations that the White House threatened Perella Weinberg, sources familiar with the

…is ever more identity politics. From the AP, “On May 5, Mexican dominance irks other Latinos”: With mariachis, tequila and parades, Cinco De Mayo will be celebrated this week in parties across the nation, kicking off a commemoration of Mexican heritage in the United States as a pseudo-holiday that has been adopted by the general population. But for Dagoberto Reyes, a Salvadorian immigrant living in Los Angeles, May 5 is

These are the adventures of the Starship Goverprise, whose four-year mission is to seek out and destroy the American economy, to recreate the Constitution in the progressive image, to boldly fix everything that’s great about the United States. (being a Serr8d joint) “Captain, they’re firing up their disruptor beams!” “Send their Commander an iPod with my speeches in it.” “Captain, shields are down to 20%!” “Open more hailing frequencies.” “Captain,

Of course he does. The Constitution being a flawed document and all, it takes someone willing to rewrite it to save it. Chris Stirewalt, Washington Examiner: The White House and The New York Times are assuring Americans that President Barack Obama wants the next Supreme Court justice to be a pragmatist. If you think of the law as a sick patient and the justices of the high court as country