Politics and other nightmares

"Great comfort in small blessings" department:

I yield to nobody in my conviction that Barack Obama's presidency has been a disaster for the Republic. Last week, in this space, I even suggested that some of his offenses rose to the level of impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Any comment really needed here?

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s food police have struck again!

Outlawed are food donations to homeless shelters because the city can’t assess their salt, fat and fiber content, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.

Good piece in the National Review on the killing of 17-year-old Trayson Martin by "neighborhood watch" vigilante and cop wannabe George Zimmerman. It makes an important point that those committed to armed self-defense must also commit to the principle that those who bear arms must act responsibly:

For the "With friends like these . . ." file:

Hmmmm. Mitch Daniels on how much he values a booming economy:

Oh, I don't think so:

At multiple events in New York City on Monday, March 19, First Lady Michelle Obama -- in campaigning for her husband's re-election -- made reference to the effect that Supreme Court appointees will have on "whether we can ... love whomever we choose."

Let's hear it for one of our favorite Hoosier natives and Purdue graduates:

Brian Lamb, who created the revolutionary nonprofit cable television network C-Span in the late 1970s and has been its public face ever since, is handing it over to two lieutenants, Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain.

Looks like this is a real race:

Richard Mourdock has closed within single digits of Sen. Dick Lugar in the Indiana GOP Senate primary race, according to a pair of polls commissioned by groups seeking to oust the six-term incumbent.

So a wine spy ended up at the state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron, and he informs us that the wines included a 2009 Peter Michael Chardonnay Ma Belle-Fille, Sonoma Valley, California (average price about $97), a 2008 Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla Valley, Washington (average price about $90) and a 2007 Iron Horse Vineyards Russian Cuvée (average price about $30). This will probably not please the White House:

Question asked:

The struggle to revive the IPO market is a microcosm of the larger debate: Is government regulation strangling the economic recovery?

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