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August 2013

Pethokoukis: “Is uncertainty about Obamacare really hurting the US labor market?”

His take:  possibly, but the case isn’t airtight.  And then there’s the fact that the move toward employers’ increasing reliance on part-time workers is tied to the the economic downturn, not just to ObamaCare, as the trend predates ObamaCare’s passage. My take:  because nobody really knows what is in the law, or how it will be implemented (selectively, post-election season, etc), some businesses are fiercely worried, while others simply have

“Welfare: A Better Deal than Work”

This, my friends, is what is commonly referred to as “reaching the tipping point.” Or, if you’re a bored, narcissistic, imperial ideologue who happens to be a wonderful father (rumor has it) and a Good Man who is, Visigothic epithets to the contrary, merely your garden variety liberal Democrat who is doing what he thinks is best for the country — you call it “fundamental transformation,” and your clear intentions

“It sends a message that you can’t trust government.” [Darleen Click]

And you’re just figuring this out now? Small-business investors in California were promised big breaks five years ago, but now they’re being told to pay up, instead after a court ruling. After following the law, many of them are getting hit with tax bills as high as $250,000. […] “They relied on California law as it was written, that they would get a tax break if they invested in certain

ObamaCare scores another victory: UPS to drop coverage for 15,000 spouses [Darleen Click]

On the march to single payer United Parcel Service Inc. plans to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan because they are eligible for coverage elsewhere. The Atlanta-based logistics company points to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as a big reason for the decision, reports Kaiser Health News. The decision comes as many analysts are downplaying the Affordable Care Act’s effect on companies such as UPS, noting that

“Obama Misses HALF Of Obamacare’s Implementation Deadlines”

But hey, it’s the law of the land and the GOP can’t do anything about it. Other than continue to fund raise against it, then — once back in power — promise to manage it better than the Democrats. Oh. And they can also exempt themselves from it’s reach. But then, pointing that out is just petty. Because, like, brain drain. And probably racism, somehow. Warner Todd Houston: Many of

Not content to sit on your asses and let the progressives run your lives?

Well, we aren’t either. Only, we here is Weld County, CO — and several other counties that are joining us or are preparing to join us — are actually trying to do something about it. Aside from the civil disobedience with which we’re already making our displeasure known, which includes a refusal by our district reps and state senators to follow the anti-gun laws passed by New York Mayor Michael

Freud, call your office: NYPD/Bloomberg points hundreds of guns at audience [Darleen Click]

What? What’s the worry? While we hope that the NYPD had the good sense to clear each and every firearm on display, what they failed to do is as undeniable as it is unforgivable. They clearly left magazines in, with bolts closed, on numerous firearms pointing at the press corpse. I mean, press corps. At least one of the guns picture above, third up from the bottom on the left,

“School Has Become Too Hostile to Boys” [Darleen Click]

Who knew? Across the country, schools are policing and punishing the distinctive, assertive sociability of boys. Many much-loved games have vanished from school playgrounds. At some schools, tug of war has been replaced with “tug of peace.” Since the 1990s, elimination games like dodgeball, red rover and tag have been under a cloud — too damaging to self-esteem and too violent, say certain experts. Young boys, with few exceptions, love

“N.J. Gov. Christie signs ban on gay conversion therapy”

Or, as my wife put it, Ann Coulter’s superconservative superstar essentially signed a ban on dubious parenting, depending on one’s perspective — in a further blow against religious liberty, and keeping the government out of the personal affairs of families. If the family won’t act, politicians will. For the children! Because nobody knows your child better than a legislator in a state government. And if the government wasn’t more than

Former seventies teen idol Leif Garrett comments on Barbara Streisand’s call to the American people to help Obama and the Democrats take back the House

“I liked What’s Up, Doc? a whole lot. But once she did Yentl? I mean, bro. I may have had a slight problem with heroin, and sure, I’ve had to give a handjob or two to some dude in a stall at the Whisky if I was in a bad way and needed a balloon. But the last time I took myself seriously, or was so ridiculously self-indulgent, was when