So asks David Post, writing at Volokh, in a thoughtful piece that takes to task Paul Finkelman’s insipid and historically inaccurate revisionist reimagining of Thomas Jefferson, which the NYT Op-ed page titles “The Monster of Monticello”. Writes Post: The founding generation, Finkelman writes, helped perpetuate a “treason against the hopes of the world,” by “fail[ing] to place the nation on the road to liberty for all,” and “no one bore a
December 2012
December 3, 2012
“Group to Sue EPA to Force Backdoor Cap-and-Trade, Raise Fuel Prices”
Rebekah Rast, ALG: Apparently, gas isn’t expensive enough yet-at least for one environmental interest group that is now suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force the creation of Cap-and-Trade. The Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law last week told EPA to expect the lawsuit. “They want to make cheap energy expensive, so that expensive energy will seem cheap,” said Ryan Houck, executive
December 3, 2012
“When Work Is Punished: The Tragedy Of America’s Welfare State”
Been meaning to post this here but never got around to it until now. Forgive me if you’ve already seen it, pored over it, and thrown up a little in your mouths because of it. Zerohedge: Exactly two years ago, some of the more politically biased progressive media outlets (who are quite adept at creating and taking down their own strawmen arguments, if not quite as adept at using an
December 3, 2012
The Chicago Way: Insurance companies to pay protection fee for privilege of selling insurance in ObamaCare exchanges [Darleen Click]
Nice business ya got dere, too bad if anything were to happen to it … WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday that it would charge insurance companies for the privilege of selling health insurance to millions of Americans in new online markets run by the federal government. The cost of these “user fees” can be passed on to consumers. The proposed fees could add 3.5 percent to premiums for
December 2, 2012
NBC Sports hits a new low
On tonight’s half time show, Bob Costas took the entirety of his weekly bit of canned moralizing to quote approvingly from a Jason Whitlock article on the murder suicide of Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher (who shot his girlfriend, then drove to the Chiefs’ facility and shot himself, leaving behind a 3-month-old daughter), citing as the cause of the crimes the availability of handguns, essentially demonizing those who somehow manage —
December 1, 2012
December fundraiser begins today [sticky; new posts below; Tuesday update; FINAL FRIDAY UPDATE]
Yes, November sucked, politically speaking. Which means I’m committed to at least a few more years of trying to right the ship of state before I give up the ghost and sell my soul for whiskey and ammo, then move to the hills of West Virginia and learn the banjo/ mouth organ as a kind of currency for acceptance into an extended family of self-sufficient pioneer types. And their inbred