The Daily Show takes on history: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c An Energy-Independent Future www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Contemporary talk of “green power” is no different than the… Continue Reading
I was astonished to learn last night that New York State does not have no-fault divorces. If the columnists at Freakonomics are to be believed, a switch to no-fault divorce benefits neither the “monied” nor the “un-monied” spouse; it does… Continue Reading
Mitch Daniels is the Governor of Indiana. He is a dark-horse possibility for the Republican nomination for President in 2012, although I’m not entirely sure of how much traction that would get. But he has raised his profile significantly by… Continue Reading
I caught the tail end of the President’s address from the Oval Office tonight on NPR as I drove home. It’s hard to believe that he’s been in office over a year and not before used this vehicle for communicating… Continue Reading
The top overall vote-getters for Governor yesterday were: Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown 1,478,752 Meg Whitman 1,101,528 Steve Poizner 461,823 So under the old rules, Brown and Whitman are their party’s nominees and will face off against each other in November.… Continue Reading
I haven’t ever done official endorsements before, but blogging is all about trying new things. So here goes. Proposition 13: Provides that certain kinds of seismic upgrades to existing structures will not trigger reassessment and thus property tax increases. I… Continue Reading
Twice in as many weeks, it has been revealed that the Obama Administration has offered White House jobs to prominent primary challengers to incumbent Democrats. Once in Pennsylvania and now, we learn, in Colorado. The idea seems to be to… Continue Reading
I really really want to like Rand Paul in Kentucky. I want to see him find a way to mediate basic libertarian ideas and appeals to social conservatives. But he isn’t doing it. Hopefully, the worst of his gaffefest is… Continue Reading
I got a Hawaii quarter yesterday during a routine transaction. It occurred to me that the fiftieth state was admitted into the Union in 1959. For more than fifty years, there hasn’t been another new state admitted. Looking back over… Continue Reading
Thanks to Ordinary Gentleman Mark Thompson, I can provide you with a link to a toy that lets you try to cut the Federal budget. It turns out to be a good deal more difficult that it might seem. Here’s… Continue Reading