Of course, should they round us all up and put us in ovens, one wonders if they’d even note the irony.

So says Politico. Yet I don’t see the evidence that Bachmann won’t accept an apology, just that she didn’t appreciate Wallace’s question, which played directly into the left’s — and make no mistake, the GOP establishment’s, as well — desire to see Bachmann, like Sarah Palin, ultimately marginalized as a candidate. Of course, the mainstream press has been willing to build her up — doing so may keep Palin out

As part of my late trip to New York I was invited by director Steve Bannon to screen a rough cut of his film on Sarah Palin, The Undefeated. I’ll post my more detailed thoughts on the film later on this week, but for the moment let me just say this: those of you who’ve been convinced to believe in either Palin’s lack of intelligence or her intentional self-aggrandizement are

No, really: An estimated 14 million Americans are unemployed now, counting both those currently receiving unemployment checks and those whose benefits have expired and who have given up looking for jobs. Most experts agree that, even under the most optimistic scenarios, unemployment will remain at 8 percent or above between now and November 2012. So irrespective of ideological considerations — the Phoenix Center is a strong proponent of free markets

It’s almost like forty acres and a mule. Only, you know, the exact opposite. But don’t worry. There’s a fundamentally transformational tunnel at the end of all this lightbringer light. (thanks to geoffb)

Victor Davis Hanson notes a curious phenomenon: socialism tends to be pushed hardest by those who, when push comes to shove, ask, “wait, you thought we were serious about that…?”

What could possibly go wrong? CNS: “Even though we’ve turned our economy in the right direction over the past couple of years, many Americans are still hurting, and now is the time to focus on nation building here at home,” Obama said before explaining the partnership in his Saturday address. In addition to the 11 corporations, the administration also picked a small group of universities to participate in the government-corporate

For those of you who haven’t already seen it, what follows is video of New York Times columnist and recovering crack addict (NTTAWWTIYKWIMAITYD) David Carr — in an answer to Bill Maher’s assertion that Kansas and Alabama aren’t “smart states” — feigning edgy candor and playing to the progressive base that makes up the vast majority of Maher’s audience: I spoke last week about Deepak Chopra’s strained attempts to throw