This skit might seem offensive at first glance, but take a moment to think about it before you pronounce it so. Notice that there is never approval of what they know is about to happen: Ultimately, this is a restatement… Continue Reading
Yes, it’s crass, but given that Ted Kennedy (or any other particular recent decedent at any given time) was a politician who spent his entire life trading on his name politically and the bulk of his energy and effort fighting… Continue Reading
Whatever else you might say about Ted Kennedy, there’s no doubt he was a titan of American politics. A pillar and in many ways a personification of liberal politics, his early support for Barack Obama broke the “inevitability” surrounding Hillary… Continue Reading
Concerning the issue of why, exactly, one should oppose health care reform, let me take on the subject of “Death Panels” and why, although they are a red herring, they reveal something interesting about the issue of how we deal… Continue Reading
I’ve been really, really busy with that trial so I haven’t done a ton of writing here these past several days. But I look back on the news of this week and last, and I see a lot of hand-wringing… Continue Reading
This op-ed in today’s Gray Lady is great. Not because its content is wonderful — it’s quite depressing. But it’s also dead on, and it forces the reader to confront some very stark issues. We ration health care now. To… Continue Reading
If Steve Jobs dies any time soon, will the board of directors at Apple prop him up and carry his corpse around like Weekend at Bernie’s? At this point, I think they’d have to, in order to preserve shareholder value.… Continue Reading
Too many celebrity deaths in June. Of course, Michael Jackson wins the poll.
Celebrity deaths are strange events. Some people act like someone close them has died, they go into mourning or participate in massive displays of love for the dead celebrity. This makes so little sense to me that I cannot even… Continue Reading
D.C. Metro crash — very bad news. At least nine people dead and fifty seriously injured. I’ve got many friends who live in D.C. and they all seem to be okay, for which I’m grateful. But that’s no consolation to… Continue Reading