This is what leftwing think tanks are up to these days:
America is undertaxed, and the result is underfunding of public investments that would improve our economy and the overall welfare of Americans.
[. . .]
This is what leftwing think tanks are up to these days:
America is undertaxed, and the result is underfunding of public investments that would improve our economy and the overall welfare of Americans.
[. . .]
Holy cow. Hillary Clinton and I agree on something. In an interview with Der Spiegel:
SPIEGEL: The average annual income of an American household is $22,296 (€16,397). You earn up to $200,000 an hour for a speech. Can you understand if people are bothered by that?
Buzz Aldrin has come up with my new favorite phrase: "Magnificent desolation":
Here's a worrisome case, as clear a breach of the wall between church and state as we're ever likely to see:
This is my favorite photo of the month so far:
Yes, the place is called "Shooters," and, yes, it really is in Rifle, Colo. And it takes a 9-year-old to understand why this is a good thing, not a scary thing:
Boebert insists that the women be properly trained to protect -- and serve.
Don't panic, conservatives. The world isn't leaving you behind:
Boy, this sure takes the "war on women" in a whole new direction:
About that "the climate debate is over" crowd:
This seems utterly bizarre to me:
We just knew this was coming, didn't we?
Whoops! The Billings Gazette retracts its endorsement of President Obama:
On "Jeopardy!" last night the airline attendant whupped the linguist and the lawyer good -- hell, she destroyed them. A good win for a contestant is to hit about $20,000, and she won nearly $32,000. It was a good reminder that we shouldn't judge people by the kind of work they do; smart people can pop up anywhere.
The Final Jeopardy, by the way, was one of those that seemed too easy to me, but I guess I like that better than the ones I don't have a clue on. In the category 1970s films:
Did you catch the tribute to Howard Baker on the Saturday Journal Gazette editoiral page
Indeed, the Senate’s ability to deal effectively with the infamous 1972 break-in and the related dirty tricks that came to light in 1973 and 1974 was due in part to Baker’s willingness to let the investigation findwhat needed to be found.
The Supreme Court just ended its term with two 5-4 decisions on controversial, hot-button issues, so there's bound to be a lot of analysis about the "divided" court. But here's something you might not be aware of:
This reaction to the United States moving on in World Cup play despite its loss to Germany seems a little overwrought to me:
Sorry, World, but that is bullshit. And I don't even care if it helped America. It's not American style to lose but advance. We won a game, we tied a game, and then we lost a game, but still we advance. Why not just give every country in the world a "cup"? A big cup... of lameness.
Remember Dick Metcalf? He's the Guns & Ammo editor who got fired for wtiting a column saying that guns could be regulated without anybody's Second Amendment rights being violated. He has an interesting observation on "why we can't talk about guns":
Metcalf said it seems logical that if we can require people to get training before the operate a car, we can require them to get training before operating a firearm.
God, I really thought this whole demeaning-name thing had already gotten completely out of hand, but I guess I was wrong:
If you think everyone around you is an idiot, you may be a jerk -- the "essence of jerkitude":
So, are free-speech "buffer zones" unconstitutional or not? The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, seems to say yes, they are:
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Massachusetts law requiring protesters to stay at least 35 feet from the entrances to clinics that provide abortions is unconstitutional, a decision that cast a legal cloud over similar provisions in 15 other states. …
Feeling mean today? OK, then, let's pick on Chelsea Clinton:
“We don’t care about money here.”
“Well, that’s because you have it.”
“Would you repeat that?”
“You don’t care about money because you’ve always had it.”
—“The Aviator,” 2004
