Noted libertarian P.J. O'Rourke on "my problem with people who agree with me," i.e. other libertarians:
And therein lies my problem. Nobody really disagrees with us these days. Our own children, at their most rebellious age, believe in the first two things we toasted. (Although, until they acquire jobs and babies, they practice passive resistance to the third.)
Former President Bill Clinton understands what is going on in Israel right now:
Hamas was perfectly well aware of what would happen if they started raining rockets into Israel. They fired one thousand and they have a strategy designed to force Israel to kill their own civilians so that the rest of the world will condemn them.
This is thhe 50th anniversary of Barry Goldwater's famous speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination. The most quoted line from that speech, is of course:
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
But he also said:
You've seen it in the movies: A bitch who is so cold-hearted she sends a "Dear John" letter to her sweetheart while he's in combat. Well, it turns out the United States government is that cold-hearted bitch:
The Pentagon is laying off thousands of military officers, including those serving or who have recently served in Afghanistan.
Greetings from the government that thinks it's competent enough to run the health care system:
No, the United States isn't trying to build a military force of centenarians.
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.
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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:
