The corporate bailout is now the most expensive thing the Federal government has ever done. Indeed, it is more expensive than the New Deal, the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, the Apollo Program (and indeed everything NASA has ever done),… Continue Reading
HT: Below the Beltway
From the Really Bad Ideas Department: the city of Rancho Cucamonga pressuring a billboard company to remove a sign paid for by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Of course, in Rancho Cucamonga you can see billboards for strip clubs, casinos,… Continue Reading
Readers: I write about politics, government, history, and civic issues a lot. It’s time to see if you all are able to keep up. Here is a test by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute — as you might expect, average scores… Continue Reading
It looks to me like you age about one year for every six months you serve as President. Tough business. Hey, you asked for this job, Senator Obama.
1. Obama Has Juice on Capitol Hill Or, at least, that’s how the change of chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is being read. Old and busted: John Dingell, Democrat of Minnesota and shameless shill for the Big… Continue Reading
The CEOs of Chrysler, GM, and Ford all flew from Detroit to Washington to beg for money, because they fear their companies are going to run out of liquid capital and cease to be able to operate. And those same… Continue Reading
I’ve said it before — conservatism isn’t really about getting in to peoples’ bedrooms and telling them when and how they can have sex. It isn’t about telling people to go to church or paying for them to do it,… Continue Reading
I know that a new economic stimulus is a bad idea, and I know that saving the Big 3 automakers is a bad idea — precisely because Ben Stein thinks they are good ideas. If Ben Stein can be counted… Continue Reading
You’ll have to fill out this questionnaire. And I thought applying to be a judge was onerous. This looks more like a Chinese Communist Party exercise in “self-criticism.” Check out question 13: “If you have ever sent an electronic communication,… Continue Reading